Explore the abundant marine life that exists in Chinchorro, Quintana Roo

Chinchorro is an atoll and protected nature reserve located 36 kilometers from Mahahual, it is the largest atoll in the northern hemisphere and the second largest in the world. Its Geographic Location, the sustainable management plan of the government agencies involved and the fact that it does not have towns or settlements makes it one of the best preserved diving and snorkeling sites in Mexico and the world.

Famous for the excellent health of its corals, abundant marine life, pelagics, tropical fish, coral formations, and unusual coral cover.

Coral Negro. (Central section of the authorized area for diving)

Low walls and blocks of coral lined with both vertebrates and invertebrates, as well as colorful sponges and an abundance of tropical fish including groupers, damselfish, snappers, lobsters, blacktip sharks, reef sharks and nurse sharks.

Acuario, jardines. (Northern section of the authorized area for diving)

Small wall of coral with a 15-meter platform and a vertical drop from 12 meters on average at its lowest point to 20 meters at its deepest, between cut sandbanks with independent coral sections, characterized by color and ease of diving and Snorkel in the bolones of the lowest section of the area.

Types of Diving

• Fish identification diving, lobster and Nurse shark sighting.

Gatas, Baliza and Gonzales

Mixed coral formations between short broken walls, pinnacles, boulders and sandbanks characteristic for their swimming with nurse sharks and abundant marine life and colorful coral colonies.

Recommendations

• Feel comfortable in the water and know how to swim

• Over 14 years of age

• Do not suffer from seasickness in boats

• Enjoy swimming near or in the presence of sharks

• Be in good health and physical condition.

Restrictions

• A minimum group size of 6 divers plus snorkels

• Swell less than 1.4 meters to be able to cross safely.

• Children over 13 and adults under 70.

Duration

• From 7 to 9 hours

What is included?

• 2 hours of snorkeling interspersed between dives, with an hour of rest between the first and second hour.

• Fruit, water, sweet bread and chicken or vegetable sandwich in the surface interval

• Dive Master for maximum groups of 6 divers for each guide

• Roundtrip boat ride to the reef

• Entrance to the protected nature reserve