Los Arcos - Playa del Carmen

A place with a lot of current, suitable only for advanced or experienced divers. For this dive site it is ideal to have the NITROX certification to make the most of it. Multiple dives may be required to visit all the corners of this place.

Critters at this site

Good chances to see big animals like sharks (even out of season), groupers, big schools of spiny mackerels, green morays, big snappers, lobsters, turtles etc.

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

Tiger Lucine

Codakia orbicularis5 obs.

Symmetrical Brain Coral

Pseudodiploria strigosa3 obs.

Yellow Mussel

Brachidontes modiolus3 obs.

Frond Oyster

Dendostrea frons2 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Diodora dysoni2 obs.

Barbados Keyhole Limpet

Fissurella barbadensis2 obs.

Atlantic Winged Oyster

Pteria colymbus2 obs.

Ram's Horn Squid

Spirula spirula2 obs.

Atlantic Long-spined Sea Urchin

Diadema antillarum2 obs.

Musling

Tellina2 obs.

Musling

Semele2 obs.

Mountainous Star Coral

Orbicella faveolata1 obs.

Transverse Ark

Anadara transversa1 obs.

Yellow Stingray

Urobatis jamaicensis1 obs.

Spotted Limpet

Eoacmaea pustulata1 obs.

Red-Brown Ark

Barbatia cancellaria1 obs.

Koral & anemone

Plexaura homomalla1 obs.

Longspine Starsnail

Lithopoma phoebium1 obs.

Pyramid Noddiwink

Nodilittorina pyramidalis1 obs.

Purple Sea Fan

Gorgonia ventalina1 obs.

Reticulated Cowry Helmet

Cypraecassis testiculus1 obs.

Musling

Timoclea1 obs.

Atlantic Partridge Tun Snail

Tonna pennata1 obs.

Mossy Ark

Lamarcka imbricata1 obs.