El Bajo
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About this site
El Bajo is a seamount reef about 45 minutes by panga from La Paz in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico, reaching a maximum depth of 18 metres. The reef is dense with groupers, turtles and moray eels, and it regularly attracts schooling hammerhead sharks, mobula rays and goliath groupers.
Winter brings mobula rays and the occasional humpback whale, and humpbacks have been spotted surfacing above the seamount during those months.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Mobula (devil ray)Mobula (devil ray)Reported here · unconfirmed
Moray eelMoray eelReported here · unconfirmed
Sea turtleSea turtleReported here · unconfirmed
Elkhorn CoralAcropora palmataReported here · unconfirmed
Bluestriped GruntHaemulon sciurusReported here · unconfirmed
Atlantic Sergeant MajorAbudefduf saxatilisReported here · unconfirmed
Caribbean Bluehead WrasseThalassoma bifasciatumReported here · unconfirmed
Hammerhead sharkHammerhead sharkConfirmed present · 3 independent sources
GrouperGrouperReported here · unconfirmed
WhaleWhaleReported here · unconfirmed
Manta rayManta rayReported here · unconfirmed
Eagle rayEagle rayReported here · unconfirmed
Nurse sharkNurse sharkReported here · unconfirmed
BarracudaBarracudaReported here · unconfirmed
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