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Description:
The best dives off Puerto Rico are a couple of kilometers offshore, since water visibility nearshore is often clouded by river runoff. Legendary Desecheo Island, west of Rincón, is perched on the edge of a 9km (5mi) deep submarine canyon and is regarded as one of the ultimate Caribbean diving destinations. Other top sites include La Parguera, off the southwestern coast; the islands of Culebra and Vieques, off Fajardo; Humacao, south of Fajardo; and Mona Island, a six-hour boat trip from Mayagüez. Sections of the northwestern coast near Isabela and Aguadilla offer shore diving, but water conditions can be rough and visibility poor. | |
| Details: |
 Nearest commercial airport: Luis Munoz Marin Int |
| Average watertemp: Min 25 - Max 35 oCelcius. |
| Average visibility: 10 Horizontal metres |
| Bottom composition: Sand, Corals, Rocks, Vegetation, Vulcanic |
| Dive conditions: Ocean/Sea, Salt water |
| Seasonality: Open all year, although busiest from Dec.-May. Operation usually closed from May 15-June 10th. |
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Marinelife in the area:
| Species | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | | | Coastal fish & Reef Life |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Seahorse encounters are the specialty here as they actively breed on our reef (for the past ten years) right off shore. Marine life such as batfish, frogfish, flying gurnards, sea robins, golden spotted eels are 1-60% likelyhood. Octopus and squid 60-90% likelyhood. Reef fish feeding, every dive!
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| | | Stingrays | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Green stingrays.
| | Probability of encounter:  0%,  0 > 60%,  60 > 90%,  90 > 100%
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