Punta Baru - Santa Marta & Tayrona

Punta Baru gives you a typical Caribbean reef dive, gentle slopes down to sandy patches. You'll find plenty of snapper, grunts, and schooling jacks cruising past. It's a relaxed site, good for knocking off the rust or for newer divers looking to build confidence without strong currents.

Location: Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia, South America
Coordinates: 10.125878, -75.705070

Marine Protected Area: Area marina Protegida Archipielago Corales del Rosario y San Bernardo

Nearby Dive Sites in Santa Marta & Tayrona

Nearest Dive Centres to Punta Baru

Buzos de Baru - ["PADI"]
Cartagena Divers - ["PADI"]
Centro de Buceo Rincon del Mar
Coveñas Diving Co - ["PADI"]
Diving Planet - ["PADI"]
Isla Fuerte Ecolodge & Diving Center – Narval - NAUI

Marine Life in Santa Marta & Tayrona

Home to 533 recorded species including 416 reef fish, 38 hard corals, 17 sharks & rays, 13 other, 9 crabs & lobsters, 7 whales & dolphins.

Notable Species

Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus) - Crabs & Lobsters
Mojarra (Eugerres plumieri) - Reef Fish
Zabaleta Anchovy (Anchovia clupeoides) - Reef Fish
Ronco (Micropogonias furnieri) - Reef Fish
Blueback Mullet (Mugil liza) - Reef Fish
Tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) - Reef Fish
Jack (Caranx hippos) - Reef Fish
Swordspine Snook (Centropomus ensiferus) - Reef Fish
Caitipa Mojarra (Diapterus rhombeus) - Reef Fish
Ground Croaker (Bairdiella ronchus) - Reef Fish
Common Snook (Centropomus undecimalis) - Reef Fish
black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) - Seagrass & Algae
white mangrove (Laguncularia racemosa) - Seagrass & Algae
Silverfish (Trichiurus lepturus) - Reef Fish
Mulet (Mugil curema) - Reef Fish
Thin leaf lettuce coral (Agaricia tenuifolia) - Hard Corals
Atlantic Thread Herring (Opisthonema oglinum) - Reef Fish
Dark Green Parrotfish (Sparisoma viride) - Reef Fish
Gutong (Scarus iseri) - Reef Fish
Mustard hill coral (Porites astreoides) - Hard Corals