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Cabo Pulmo Marine Life & Wildlife Guide

Wildlife · Destination Guide

Cabo Pulmo

Big fish schools, bull shark season, and a community-built marine park on Baja's East Cape

Updated Jan 23, 2026 • 19 sources

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Wildlife In Cabo Pulmo

Browse the full species list linked to approved dive spots in Cabo Pulmo.

Shark swimming with striped fish underwater

Bull Shark

Carcharhinus leucas

4 linked spots

Photo of Grouper/Basslets

saltwater-fishes

Grouper/Basslets

4 linked spots

Photo of Snapper

saltwater-fishes

Snapper

4 linked spots

Green sea turtle ( Chelonia mydas ), Moorea, French Polynesia

Green Turtle

Chelonia mydas

3 linked spots

Photo of Jackfish

saltwater-fishes

Jackfish

3 linked spots

Photo of Sea Lion

Sea Lion

3 linked spots

green and black fish in body of water

Stingrays

2 linked spots

Photo of Sweetlips and Grunts

saltwater-fishes

Sweetlips and Grunts

2 linked spots

a whale swimming in the ocean with a lot of fish around it

Whale Shark

Rhincodon typus

2 linked spots

Gestreifter Adlerrochen ( Pteromylaeus bovinus )

Eagle Ray

1 linked spots

Photo of Giant Oceanic Manta Ray

Giant Oceanic Manta Ray

Mobula birostris

1 linked spots

gray snake photography

Moray Eel

1 linked spots

Photo of Nudibranch

Nudibranch

1 linked spots

Photo of Pufferfish

saltwater-fishes

Pufferfish

Tetraodontidae

1 linked spots

Photo of Scalloped Hammerhead

saltwater-fishes

Scalloped Hammerhead

Sphyrna lewini

1 linked spots

Photo of Shrimp

Shrimp

1 linked spots

Photo of Tuna

saltwater-fishes

Tuna

1 linked spots