Punta de Choros

Cold rocky reef

Chile · Coquimbo Region

Profundidad: 5–25 mNivel: Advanced Open WaterAll year round

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A marine reserve off Isla Damas, within the Humboldt Current, with wildlife endemic to the South Pacific.

Depth

5–25 m

Recommended level

Advanced Open Water

Average visibility

12 m

Water temperature

15 °C

Current

Moderate

Access

Boat

Best time

All year round

Recommended certification

Drysuit Diver

Approx. price

60 USD / dive

Ocean

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Best time: All year round
Approx. price: 60 USD / dive

Location

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16 species documented in Punta de Choros

Endangered

Ballena azul

Balaenoptera musculus

Least Concern

Delfín mular

Tursiops truncatus

Vulnerable

Pingüino de Humboldt

Spheniscus humboldti

Near Threatened

Cormorán guanay

Leucocarbo bougainvilliorum

Least Concern

Piquero peruano

Sula variegata

Least Concern

Ballena franca austral

Eubalaena australis

Least Concern

Ballena jorobada

Megaptera novaeangliae

Not Evaluated

Calamar de Humboldt (pota gigante)

Dosidicus gigas

Not Evaluated

Cangrejo Sally Lightfoot

Grapsus grapsus

Critically Endangered

Cazón

Galeorhinus galeus

Least Concern

León marino sudamericano

Otaria flavescens

Least Concern

Lobo fino sudamericano

Arctocephalus australis

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Ecosystem

Arrecife

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