Contreras
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About this site
Contreras, or Isla Contreras, is part of the Coiba Marine Park in Panama and lies 70 minutes by boat from the dive resort. Few other boats visit the sites in this part of the park, so a dive team will often have the site to itself.
Black coral, sponges and sea fans grow on the reef. Divers may see massive schools of jacks and snapper, along with lobsters, moray eels, starfish, seahorses, pipefish, harlequin shrimp and frogfish.
Reef sharks such as nurse, white-tip and black-tip swim in these waters, and in season hammerhead sharks and giant manta rays frequent the area.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Orangeside TriggerfishSufflamen verresReported here · unconfirmed
Guineafowl PufferArothron meleagrisReported here · unconfirmed
King AngelfishHolacanthus passerReported here · unconfirmed
Redlip ParrotfishScarus rubroviolaceusReported here · unconfirmed
Blue-barred ParrotfishScarus ghobbanReported here · unconfirmed
Black-nosed ButterflyfishJohnrandallia nigrirostrisReported here · unconfirmed
Yellow SnapperLutjanus argentiventrisReported here · unconfirmed
Rockmover WrasseNovaculichthys taeniourusReported here · unconfirmed
White-spotted PufferArothron hispidusReported here · unconfirmed
Yellowfin SurgeonfishAcanthurus xanthopterusReported here · unconfirmed
SnapperSnapperReported here · unconfirmed
SeahorseSeahorseReported here · unconfirmed
PipefishPipefishReported here · unconfirmed
Harlequin ShrimpHymenocera pictaReported here · unconfirmed
Nurse sharkNurse sharkReported here · unconfirmed
Hammerhead sharkHammerhead sharkReported here · unconfirmed
Manta rayManta rayReported here · unconfirmed
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