El Bajo
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About this site
El Bajo is a seamount dive site located within the Espiritu Santo National Park, reached by a roughly 90-minute boat ride from the dock. It is composed of three seamounts oriented north to south that rise from the ocean floor but do not break the surface. The northern peak reaches its shallowest point at around 25 m (82 ft), the central peak at approximately 16 m (52 ft), and the southern peak at around 21 m (69 ft), with a maximum depth of 40 m (130 ft).
The seamounts support an exceptionally rich concentration of marine life, and El Bajo is known above all for pelagic shark encounters, particularly schools of scalloped hammerhead sharks and silky sharks. Beyond sharks, divers may also encounter tuna, whale sharks, marlins, giant manta rays, moray eels, jacks, snappers, parrotfish, angelfish, and reef fish. The site is notably prolific for moray eels.
El Bajo is a boat-only site situated about 30 minutes from Los Islotes within Espiritu Santo National Park. Due to its depths and often challenging conditions, an Advanced Open Water certification is required; it is not suited to beginner or entry-level divers.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Jack / amberjackJack / amberjackReported here · unconfirmed
ParrotfishParrotfishReported here · unconfirmed
Moray eelMoray eelReported here · unconfirmed
Whale sharkWhale sharkReported here · unconfirmed
Sea turtleSea turtleReported here · unconfirmed
Reef sharkReef sharkReported here · unconfirmed
Hammerhead sharkHammerhead sharkConfirmed present · 3 independent sources
Whale SharkRhincodon typusReported here · unconfirmed
SnapperSnapperReported here · unconfirmed
AngelfishAngelfishReported here · unconfirmed
Bigeye TrevallyCaranx sexfasciatusReported here · unconfirmed
Razor SurgeonfishPrionurus laticlaviusReported here · unconfirmed
Graybar GruntHaemulon sexfasciatumReported here · unconfirmed
Yellow SnapperLutjanus argentiventrisReported here · unconfirmed
Guineafowl PufferArothron meleagrisReported here · unconfirmed
Panamic PorkfishAnisotremus taeniatusReported here · unconfirmed
Longspined PorcupinefishDiodon holocanthusReported here · unconfirmed
Manta rayManta rayConfirmed present · 3 independent sources
TunaTunaReported here · unconfirmed
GrouperGrouperReported here · unconfirmed
PufferfishPufferfishReported here · unconfirmed
TriggerfishTriggerfishReported here · unconfirmed
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