Laguna Kaan Luum - Yucatán Cenotes
Mwanyaza is a drift diver's dream, plain and simple. We love how the mild current just carries you along, letting you really soak in the reef without kicking your fins off. It’s an easy run, shallow at a max of 16 meters, so you get plenty of bottom time to appreciate the sheer volume of fish here. Think schools of snapper so thick they shimmer like a silver wall, and fusiliers that flow over the coral like a river of scales. We've found the visibility here averages a decent 15 meters, often better early in the morning before any surface chop picks up. Keep an eye out for the smaller stuff too; we often spot Oriental flying gurnards fanning their incredible fins on the sandy patches, and a surprising number of cowries tucked into the coral. It’s a site that rewards a slow drift, perfect for anyone who loves to just glide and watch the ocean put on a show.
- Location
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico, North America
- Coordinates
- 20.166200, -87.552600
- Type
- reef
Marine Protected Area: Playa Tortuguera X'cacel-X'cacelito
Nearby Dive Sites in Yucatán Cenotes
- Acuario (reef)
- Acuario (reef)
- Akumal Reef (reef)
- Akumal Reef (wreck)
- Angelita Cenote - 30-60m (cenote)
- Bahia Príncipe (reef)
- Bahia Príncipe (wreck)
- Blue Ha Reef (reef)
- Casa Cenote (reef)
- Cenote Angelita (cenote)
- Cenote Angelita (reef)
- Cenote Angelita (cenote)
- Cenote Azul - 5-15m (cenote)
- Cenote Calavera (cenote)
- Cenote Carwash (cenote)
Nearest Dive Centres to Laguna Kaan Luum
- Dive Life SCUBA
- MAR ADENTRO DIVING - PADI, SSI
Marine Life in Yucatán Cenotes
Home to 425 recorded species including 340 reef fish, 30 hard corals, 14 other, 13 sharks & rays, 6 crabs & lobsters, 4 sea snails & nudibranchs.
Notable Species
- loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta)
- Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
- Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas)
- Blue Doctor (Acanthurus coeruleus) - Reef Fish
- Great star coral (Montastraea cavernosa) - Hard Corals
- Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) - Hard Corals
- French grunt (Haemulon flavolineatum) - Reef Fish
- Barber (Acanthurus bahianus) - Reef Fish
- Sheephead (Microspathodon chrysurus) - Reef Fish
- Cowfish (Tursiops truncatus) - Whales & Dolphins
- Dark Green Parrotfish (Sparisoma viride) - Reef Fish
- Massive Starlet Coral (Siderastrea siderea) - Hard Corals
- Gutong (Sparisoma aurofrenatum) - Reef Fish
- Bluestriped Grunt (Haemulon sciurus) - Reef Fish
- Mustard hill coral (Porites astreoides) - Hard Corals
- Coney (Cephalopholis fulva) - Reef Fish
- Cola (Ocyurus chrysurus) - Reef Fish
- Doctorfish (Acanthurus chirurgus) - Reef Fish
- Gutong (Scarus iseri) - Reef Fish
- Spiny Brittle Star (Ophiocoma echinata)