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Neptune's Finger is a wall dive site within the Cabo San Lucas Marine Park, located at Land's End where the Pacific Ocean meets the Sea of Cortez. The site consists of two coral reefs: a vertical wall and the largest sandfall in the marine park. The minimum depth is 80 feet (25 metres), with the sandfalls visible at 130 feet (40 metres) and a maximum depth of around 107 feet (32.6 metres) at the wall itself, which drops steeply into deep water. The site is protected from Pacific weather and reached by a short boat ride of around five minutes.
The reef holds a broad range of marine life. Resident species include turtles, groupers, machetes, goatfish, and schools of tropical fish. Neptune's Finger is also a reliable spot for larger pelagics: manta rays, schooling devil rays, yellowtails, and amberjacks pass through regularly, and Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) have been recorded here. White tip reef sharks are also sighted at the site. Schools of sardines form bait balls in the November–January period, and the site can be productive from May through August as well, with the marine park open year-round.
The site is rated for advanced open water divers, and a deep diving specialty is recommended given that meaningful sections of the dive—particularly the sandfalls—are reached well below 100 feet (30 metres). Boat traffic is noted as a hazard.
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Sea turtleSea turtleConfirmed present · 4 independent sources
Mobula (devil ray)Mobula (devil ray)Confirmed present · 3 independent sources
Reef sharkReef sharkReported here · unconfirmed
California Sea LionZalophus californianusReported here · unconfirmed
Guineafowl PufferArothron meleagrisReported here · unconfirmed
Sally Lightfoot CrabGrapsus grapsusReported here · unconfirmed
Longspined PorcupinefishDiodon holocanthusReported here · unconfirmed
Cortez Rainbow WrasseThalassoma lucasanumReported here · unconfirmed
GrouperGrouperConfirmed present · 3 independent sources
Manta rayManta rayReported here · unconfirmed
Mola mola (ocean sunfish)Mola mola (ocean sunfish)Reported here · unconfirmed
GuitarfishGuitarfishReported here · unconfirmed
Eagle rayEagle rayReported here · unconfirmed
NudibranchNudibranchReported here · unconfirmedDurable tips from divers — access, hazards, marine life, facilities. For day-of conditions, use the report tool in the conditions card above.
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