Chankanaab

Chankanaab is a marine park accessible from shore at the Chankanaab Beach Adventure Park where you can lounge on the beach, swim with dolphins, have lunch at the restaurant, hike around the Mayan ruins, or snorkel and dive the Chankanaab reef right from shore.

Marine life at this site

Wildlife encounters include spotted eagle rays, nurse sharks, turtles, stingrays, moray eels, tons of reef fish, and the endemic Splendid toadfish, only found in Cozumel.

Based on open species observationswithin ~5 km — likely to see, not necessarily confirmed at the site itself.

Slangestjerne

Ophiothrix angulata var. atrolineata5 obs.

Red ophiocoma

Ophiomastix wendtii3 obs.

Dwarf Brittle Star

Amphipholis squamata3 obs.

Pink Vase Sponge

Niphates digitalis2 obs.

Reticulated Brittle Star

Ophionereis reticulata2 obs.

Yellow Stingray

Urobatis jamaicensis1 obs.

Two-Claw Shrimp

Brachycarpus biunguiculatus1 obs.

Giant Barrel Sponge

Xestospongia muta1 obs.

Hawkwing Conch

Lobatus raninus1 obs.

Krebsdyr

Neogonodactylus bredini1 obs.

West Indian Fuzzy Chiton

Acanthopleura granulata1 obs.

Greater Star Coral

Montastraea cavernosa1 obs.

Lettuce Sea Slug

Elysia crispata1 obs.

Pygmy Seahare

Aplysia parvula1 obs.

West Indian Chank Shell

Turbinella angulata1 obs.

Flamingo Tongue Snail

Cyphoma gibbosum1 obs.

Red Cushion Sea Star

Oreaster reticulatus1 obs.

Lined Seahare

Stylocheilus striatus1 obs.

Rough File Clam

Ctenoides scaber1 obs.

spotted seahare

Aplysia dactylomela1 obs.

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Slangestjerne

Ophionereis3 obs.

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Slangestjerne

Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) suensonii3 obs.

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Svamp

Amphibleptula aaktun2 obs.

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Svamp

Neosiphonia microtriaeneae2 obs.