Playa del Carmen Reef Diving in Mayan Riviera - Riviera Maya Mexico

Reef Diving in Mayan Riviera
RIVIERA MAYA REEF	REEF MAP	REEF DIVES

RIVIERA MAYA REEF DIVING

If you are a diver then chances are the Great Maya Reef may very well be the focus of your trip. This ancient reef was directly responsible for settlements that rose along its shores. When the Spaniards arrived the reef became the seagate for the Conquistadors and sanctuary for pirates and buccaneers. From colonial times to this day, it is responsible for thousands of shipwrecks that now lay scattered along its coral tentacles.

The Great Maya Reef is not one single barrier reef but a chain of shallow patch reefs, drop offs and coral gardens. It is also home to a weave of coast-hugging sandbanks, fringing reefs, islets and coral atolls. The whole myriad stretches from the tip of the Yucatan in Mexico 600 miles southward to the Bay of Honduras.

Playa del Carmen Reef Fish

There are more than 500 species of fish and 4 species of sea turtles to be found in this reef.
Water temperature is between 26 to 30 degrees.

There are 72 dive sites in the Riviera Maya providing divers with numerous reef formations, giant coral buttresses deep walls and shallow plateaus.

Mexican Caribbean Sea Turtle

In Playa del Carmen we can dive 12 different reefs with differents depths and different sealife. Diving the Mayan Riviera, Cozumel and the cenotes will produce several different dive experiences.....YOU CANNOT MISS!

Reef Diving in Mayan Riviera

RIVIERA MAYA REEF DIVING

PLAYA DEL CARMEN REEF MAP

REEF DIVES