Divesite: Tortugas
Level: Intermediate
Maximum Depth: ideal im 16m Bereich
Diving in Playa del Carmen at our reef Tortugas
Tortugas Reef owes its name mostly to the countless turtles that can be spotted here. The reef is a flat coral garden covered with large brown barrel sponges that covers approximately 1 square kilometer and lies diagonally to the shore.
You can make a free descent as Tortugas Reef usually has a moderate current that is similar to Sabalos, for example.
Here you can dive from south to north starting from the shallower area (10-12 meters) to our maximum diving depth of 45 meters.
The range between 14-16 meters is perfect since we see a wide variety of marine life and have longer bottom time at this depth.
Hawksbill turtles, barracudas, eagle rays, parrotfish and a relatively large number of lionfish often can be seen here between 16 and 17 meters.
With a little luck, we see nurse sharks in the summer months and bull sharks in the winter months.
