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La Esperanza sits along the Baja California Sur coastline near the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula, in the waters where the Sea of Cortez meets the Pacific. This area near Cabo San Lucas and the Los Cabos corridor is typically accessed by boat from the nearby marinas. The site is a reef dive reaching a maximum depth of about 25.9 metres, rated advanced, with visibility generally described as great. Divers have reported bull sharks, tiger sharks, grouper, snapper, stingrays, mobula rays, and sea turtles around the reef.
AI overviewConfirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
SnapperSnapperReported here · unconfirmed
StingrayStingrayReported here · unconfirmed
Mobula (devil ray)Mobula (devil ray)Reported here · unconfirmed
GrouperGrouperReported here · unconfirmed
Tiger sharkTiger sharkReported here · unconfirmed
Bull sharkBull sharkReported here · unconfirmed
Sea turtleSea turtleReported here · unconfirmed
Razor SurgeonfishPrionurus laticlaviusReported here · unconfirmed
Guineafowl PufferArothron meleagrisReported here · unconfirmed
Cortez Rainbow WrasseThalassoma lucasanumReported here · unconfirmed
Graybar GruntHaemulon sexfasciatumReported here · unconfirmed
Bigeye TrevallyCaranx sexfasciatusReported here · unconfirmed
Blue-barred ParrotfishScarus ghobbanReported here · unconfirmed
Yellow SnapperLutjanus argentiventrisReported here · unconfirmed
Redlip ParrotfishScarus rubroviolaceusReported here · unconfirmed
Tiger SharkGaleocerdo cuvierReported here · unconfirmed
Bull SharkCarcharhinus leucasReported 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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