Mexico Rocks

Mexico Rocks Marine Reserve is a shallow patch reef complex located off the northern tip of Ambergris Caye. The site consists of approximately 100 Holocene patch reefs and is composed predominantly of boulder corals all in very shallow water making this a great snorkel site.

Marine life at this site

You’ll see typical Caribbean life like nurse and reef sharks, possible eagle rays, turtles, stingrays, and lots of fish: snapper, angelfish, grunts, parrot fish, and grouper.

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

Yellow Stingray

Urobatis jamaicensis1 obs.

Southern Stingray

Hypanus americanus1 obs.

Atlantic Ghost Crab

Ocypode quadrata1 obs.

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Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata1 obs.