El Vencedor
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About this site
El Vencedor is a small wreck in the marine park at Cabo Pulmo, a sunken tuna boat that now works as an artificial reef at about 11 to 14 metres (35 to 45 feet). Corals and sponges cover the hull.
It is the most reliable place in the park to find bull sharks, which cruise past the cleaning station, and large numbers gather during the cooler months from November to March. Tiger sharks are a possibility.
Groupers, snappers, turtles, stingrays, garden eels and Panamic green morays are common residents, and schools of yellowtail snappers, grunts and sardines move around the wreck, which makes it a good subject for photographers.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
SnapperSnapperConfirmed present · 4 independent sources
Bull sharkBull sharkConfirmed present · 4 independent sources
Tiger sharkTiger sharkReported here · unconfirmed
Garden eelGarden eelConfirmed present · 3 independent sources
Moray eelMoray eelReported here · unconfirmed
Sea turtleSea turtleReported here · unconfirmed
StingrayStingrayReported here · unconfirmed
Razor SurgeonfishPrionurus laticlaviusReported here · unconfirmed
Guineafowl PufferArothron meleagrisReported here · unconfirmed
Blue-barred ParrotfishScarus ghobbanReported here · unconfirmed
Graybar GruntHaemulon sexfasciatumReported here · unconfirmed
Bigeye TrevallyCaranx sexfasciatusReported here · unconfirmed
Cortez Rainbow WrasseThalassoma lucasanumReported here · unconfirmed
Yellow SnapperLutjanus argentiventrisReported here · unconfirmed
Yellowfin SurgeonfishAcanthurus xanthopterusReported here · unconfirmed
Tiger SharkGaleocerdo cuvierReported here · unconfirmed
GrouperGrouperConfirmed present · 4 independent sources
TunaTunaReported here · unconfirmed
Bull SharkCarcharhinus leucasConfirmed present · 5 independent sources
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