Cedral Wall

Cedral Wall lies off the west side of Cozumel, part of the reef system running along the island's protected leeward coast in the Yucatan Channel. It's one of the drift dives commonly run out of San Miguel de Cozumel, with the reef sloping down toward the wall structure typical of this stretch of coastline, topping out at a maximum depth of around 18.3 metres and rated an intermediate dive. Eagle rays and sea turtles are regularly seen along the wall, and divers have also reported angelfish, barracuda, moray eels, nurse sharks, reef sharks, snapper and parrotfish here. As with other Cozumel wall sites, boats typically drift divers along with the prevailing current rather than anchoring.

Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.

• AngelfishAngelfishReported here · unconfirmed
• Reef sharkReef sharkReported here · unconfirmed
• Nurse SharkGinglymostoma cirratumReported here · unconfirmed
• Nurse sharkNurse sharkReported here · unconfirmed
• ParrotfishParrotfishReported here · unconfirmed
• Sea turtleSea turtleConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
• Moray eelMoray eelReported here · unconfirmed
• Caribbean Spiny LobsterPanulirus argusReported here · unconfirmed
• French AngelfishPomacanthus paruReported here · unconfirmed
• Atlantic Sergeant MajorAbudefduf saxatilisReported here · unconfirmed
• Atlantic Blue TangAcanthurus coeruleusReported here · unconfirmed
• Giant AnemoneCondylactis giganteaReported here · unconfirmed
• Southern StingrayHypanus americanusReported here · unconfirmed
• Black TriggerfishMelichthys nigerReported here · unconfirmed
• Queen AngelfishHolacanthus ciliarisReported here · unconfirmed
• Bluestriped GruntHaemulon sciurusReported here · unconfirmed
• Eagle rayEagle rayConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
• BarracudaBarracudaReported here · unconfirmed
• SnapperSnapperReported here · unconfirmed