Punta del Cabo - Santa Marta & Tayrona
Punta del Cabo generally offers a solid dive for those exploring the Santa Marta coastline. You'll often find schooling fish here, sometimes big jacks, and we’ve even spotted nurse sharks tucked away. The site isn't spectacular but it's reliably decent, good for getting a couple of dives in and generally suitable for most experience levels when conditions are calm.
- Location
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia, South America
- Coordinates
- 8.668512, -77.357480
Marine Protected Area: Acandí Playón y Playona
Nearby Dive Sites in Santa Marta & Tayrona
- Arrecife coralino
- Bahia Aguacate
- Canto del Bajito (wreck)
- Canto del Mero (cave)
- Caribaru
- CIUDAD DE ITAGUI - 12m (wreck)
- DARIEN - 9m (wreck)
- DONA LOLITA (POSSIBLY) - 2m (wreck)
- EL AGUILA - 1m (wreck)
- El Gran Cañón (reef)
- El Jardín
- El Laberinto (reef)
- Formaciones coralinas
- Grieta Isla Narza
- Imelda
Nearest Dive Centres to Punta del Cabo
- 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