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Cancun

Warm water, reef art, and wildlife megafauna within day-trip range

Updated Oct 30, 2025 • 21 sources

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Wildlife In Cancun

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

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Saltwater Fishes

Barracuda

7 linked spots

green and black fish in body of water
Rays

Stingrays

5 linked spots

gray snake photography
Rays

Moray Eel

4 linked spots

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Saltwater Fishes

Parrotfish

4 linked spots

a fish that is swimming in some water
Saltwater Fishes

Angelfish

3 linked spots

Gestreifter Adlerrochen ( Pteromylaeus bovinus )
Rays

Eagle Ray

3 linked spots

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

Green Turtle

Chelonia mydas

3 linked spots

Saltwater Fishes

Grouper/Basslets

3 linked spots

gray shark in body of water
Sharks

Nurse Shark

Ginglymostoma cirratum

3 linked spots

brown turtle in sea
Turtles

Hawksbill Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata

2 linked spots

Saltwater Fishes

Jackfish

2 linked spots

Saltwater Fishes

Snapper

2 linked spots

Saltwater Fishes

Sweetlips and Grunts

2 linked spots

A blacktip reef shark swims over sandy seabed.
Sharks

Blacktip Reef Shark

Carcharhinus melanopterus

1 linked spot

dolphin in body of water
Dolphins

Bottlenose Dolphin

1 linked spot

Shark swimming with striped fish underwater
Sharks

Bull Shark

Carcharhinus leucas

1 linked spot

Turtles

Loggerhead Turtle

Caretta caretta

1 linked spot

Molluscs

Octopus

1 linked spot

a blue and white fish in an aquarium
Saltwater Fishes

Triggerfish

1 linked spot

Saltwater Fishes

Wrasse

1 linked spot