Isla Danzante Dive Site: Mexico Liveaboard Travel Guide

Isla Danzante (Danzante Island) is a dive site in Baja California Sur, Mexico.

See below for all liveaboards that dive Isla Danzante (Danzante Island).

The liveaboard shown opposite is the highest customer rated liveaboard diving Isla Danzante (Danzante Island), scoring 9.3/10. You can easily book the Rocio del Mar liveaboard using this link.

Isla Danzante (Danzante Island) offers Loreto marine-park walls, rocky reefs and clear-water scenery beneath a mountainous island. The best experience comes from matching the dive to current, season and exposure rather than relying on the name alone. Liveaboard access adds earlier entries, flexible timing and a practical way to combine this site with other remote Mexican reefs.

The liveaboard shown opposite is the only customer rated liveaboard diving Isla Danzante (Danzante Island), scoring 9.3/10. You can easily book the Rocio del Mar liveaboard using this link.

Mexico liveaboards that dive Isla Danzante (Danzante Island)

Below are all the dive liveaboards currently found for Isla Danzante (Danzante Island) in Mexico, sorted from highest to lowest customer liveaboard rating, with unrated liveaboards shown last.

Rocio del Mar

Mexico

Liveaboard Rated: 9.3/10

SDE Rating: 68%

How SDE Liveaboard Rating works for the Rocio del Mar Liveaboard: 68%

The SDE Liveaboard Rating for the Rocio del Mar liveaboard works by taking the six individual SDE Liveaboard Rating scores, with each one being scored out of 10 and then adding them together. For the Rocio del Mar liveaboard are ([Diving:9/10] + [Cabin:6/10] + [Boat:7/10] + [Dining:8/10] + [Drinks:0/10] + [Non-diver:3/10] = 33/60). This total is compared to the maximum possible score of 60/60 to turn it into an overall percentage – which for the Rocio del Mar liveaboard is calculated as 33/60 = 68% SDE Liveaboard Rating.

This makes it easy to compare different liveaboards at a glance. See a more detailed explanation of how SDE Liveaboard Rating works together with all dive liveaboards ranked by SDE Liveaboard Rating .

From £279.00 GBP /day

Cabins: 10·Bathrooms: 10·Guests: 20

Length: 89 ft·Beam: 25 ft

Dive certification:Open Water Diver
Logged dives:No minimum number of logged dives

Isla Danzante (Danzante Island) Diver Details

Useful training for this site
Open Water Diver, Good buoyancy control skills, Drift Diver, Enriched Air (Nitrox) Diver

Suggested equipment
3mm wetsuit, 5mm wetsuit, Dive computer, Surface marker buoy (SMB), Nitrox

Dive type
Reef, Wall, Drift

Entry
Boat, Zodiac/RIB

Minimum recommended experience
Intermediate

Mexico; Isla Danzante (Danzante Island) Dive Site Details

Water type
Salt

Water temperature
19.0°C–30.0°C

Best time to dive Isla Danzante (Danzante Island)
Year-round; late summer and autumn bring the warmest water, while winter and spring can be cooler with seasonal whales and productive conditions.

Depth
5.0m–35.0m

Visibility
10.0m–30.0m

Current strength
Generally mild, Moderate

Location
25.78, -111.25

Mexico’s Isla Danzante (Danzante Island) dive site map and location

The latitude and longitude for Mexico’s Isla Danzante (Danzante Island) dive site are: 25.78, -111.25

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Isla Danzante (Danzante Island) Liveaboard Dive Site

Isla Danzante (Danzante Island) is known for Loreto marine-park walls, rocky reefs and clear-water scenery beneath a mountainous island. It is not a guaranteed wildlife performance: water movement, visibility and encounters vary by season and from one dive to the next, which is why the guide’s local briefing matters as much as the published range.

The minimum experience level shown here reflects the wider site in normal liveaboard conditions. Divers should be comfortable with the listed entry method, maintain controlled buoyancy and carry an appropriate surface marker. If current, swell or depth is stronger than expected, the crew may change the route, move the entry point or choose a different site.

Day boats serve parts of Loreto Bay, but a liveaboard links several islands without returning to port and can reach quieter sites early. A protected cove may be chosen for a night dive when park rules and conditions permit.

UNESCO’s Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California listing explains the environmental or management context for this part of Mexico. Follow all zoning, wildlife-distance and no-touch rules, and remember that coordinates on this page identify the general site rather than replacing the operator’s current entry position.

For a useful comparison on the same broader itinerary, see Loreto Bay. Linking the sites makes it easier to understand how crews balance sheltered reefs, exposed pinnacles and seasonal wildlife during a voyage.

The Isla Danzante (Danzante Island) dive site is currently visited by one featured dive liveaboard, Rocio del Mar, which has a customer score of 9.3 and prices starting from £279.00.

This boat has 10 cabins, accommodates up to 20 guests, and is 89 ft in length.

To dive this site, the minimum diver certification is Open Water Diver, and you are required to have no minimum number of logged dives.