Wildlife · Destination Guide

Drake Bay and Caño Island

Protected Pacific reefs by day, Osa rainforest by night.

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Wildlife In Drake Bay and Caño Island

Browse the full species list linked to approved dive spots in Drake Bay and Caño Island.

Saltwater Fishes

Barracuda

2 linked spots

Wildlife In Drake Bay and Caño Island

Browse the full species list linked to approved dive spots in Drake Bay and Caño Island.

Saltwater Fishes

Barracuda

2 linked spots

Rays

Giant Oceanic Manta Ray

Mobula birostris

2 linked spots

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

Turtles

Green Turtle

Chelonia mydas

2 linked spots

Saltwater Fishes

Moray Eel

2 linked spots

Rays

Stingrays

2 linked spots

Sharks

Whitetip Reef Shark

Triaenodon obesus

2 linked spots

Dolphins

Bottlenose Dolphin

1 linked spots

Sharks

Bull Shark

Carcharhinus leucas

1 linked spots

Saltwater Fishes

Goatfish

1 linked spots

Saltwater Fishes

Grouper/Basslets

1 linked spots

Whales

Humpback Whale

Megaptera novaeangliae

1 linked spots

Saltwater Fishes

Jackfish

1 linked spots

Saltwater Fishes

Lionfish

1 linked spots

Sharks

Nurse Shark

Ginglymostoma cirratum

1 linked spots

Jellyfish

Portuguese Man o'War

Physalia physalis

1 linked spots

Rays

Ribbon Moray Eel (Ghost Eel)

Rhinomuraena quaesita

1 linked spots

Saltwater Fishes

Scalloped Hammerhead

Sphyrna lewini

1 linked spots

Saltwater Fishes

Scorpionfish

Scorpaenidae

1 linked spots

Saltwater Fishes

Snapper

1 linked spots