San Benedicto Island

Guide to diving San Benedicto Island in Mexico

Discover dive sites, liveaboards, and top sea creatures linked to San Benedicto Island in Mexico.

The liveaboard shown opposite is the highest customer rated Mexico liveaboard diving San Benedicto Island. You can easily book the Adventure Liveaboard, scoring 9.4/10, using this link.

1 Countries
4 Dive sites
5 Liveaboards
53 Creatures

Sea creatures found in San Benedicto Island

Here are the main sea creatures found across dive sites in San Benedicto Island, grouped by type so you can quickly see what marine life you may encounter.

Creature type Sea creatures
Crustacians Cleaner Shrimp , Lobsters
Eels Green moray eels , Moray eels
Jack Mackerel Family Big-eyed Jacks (Bigeye trevally) , Jacks (Jackfish)
Other sea creatures Galapagos sharks , Grey reef sharks , Silky sharks
Pelagic fish Pacific Bonitos , Wahoo , Yellowfin tuna
Rays Manta rays (Mantas) , Spotted eagle rays , Stingrays
Reef fish Angelfish , Barberfish , Black jacks , Bluefin trevallies , Clarion angelfish , Creole fish , Filefish , Parrotfish , Porkfish , Reef fish , Snappers , Surgeonfish , Toadfish , Triggerfish , Trumpetfish
Sea turtles Green turtles , Hawksbill turtle , Leatherback turtles , Olive Ridley turtles
Sharks Bull sharks , Nurse sharks , Scalloped hammerhead sharks , Silvertip sharks , Tiger sharks , Whale sharks , Whitetip reef sharks
Whales and dolphins Bottlenose dolpins , Clymene Dolphins , Common dolphins (Short-beaked Common Dolphins) , Dolphins , False killer whale , Fraser's Dolphins , Humpback whales , Pantropical Spotted Dolphins , Risso's dolphins , Rough-Toothed Dolphins , Spinner dolphins , Striped Dolphins

Dive sites in San Benedicto Island

The following dive sites are found in San Benedicto Island. Each site below shows the liveaboards that dive there.

Dive site Liveaboards that dive this site
Cañon Adventure Liveaboard
Lava Flow Adventure Liveaboard
3 Hermanos Adventure Liveaboard
Roca Partida Adventure Liveaboard, MV Nautilus Belle Amie Liveaboard, Nautilus Explorer Liveaboard, Nautilus Under Sea Liveaboard, Rocio del Mar Liveaboard

Liveaboards, dive sites, and top sea creatures in San Benedicto Island

Adventure Liveaboard

Adventure Liveaboard

Cañon top sea creatures: Scalloped hammerhead sharks, Galapagos sharks, Silvertip sharks, Silky sharks, Tiger sharks, Manta rays (Mantas), Dolphins, Jacks (Jackfish), Pacific Bonitos, Yellowfin tuna, Parrotfish, Reef fish, Angelfish, Creole fish, Stingrays, Moray eels, Lobsters, Green turtles, Hawksbill turtle, Leatherback turtles, Olive Ridley turtles, Bottlenose dolpins, Pantropical Spotted Dolphins, Spinner dolphins, Risso's dolphins, Common dolphins (Short-beaked Common Dolphins)
Lava Flow top sea creatures: Manta rays (Mantas), Dolphins, Scalloped hammerhead sharks, Galapagos sharks, Silky sharks, Whitetip reef sharks, Tiger sharks, Yellowfin tuna, Wahoo, Reef fish, Clarion angelfish, Barberfish, Moray eels, Whale sharks, Humpback whales, Common dolphins (Short-beaked Common Dolphins), Bottlenose dolpins, Spinner dolphins, Risso's dolphins, Pantropical Spotted Dolphins, Rough-Toothed Dolphins, Striped Dolphins, Fraser's Dolphins, Clymene Dolphins
3 Hermanos top sea creatures: Nurse sharks, Scalloped hammerhead sharks, Bull sharks, Grey reef sharks, Green turtles, Spotted eagle rays, Porkfish, Snappers, Angelfish, Filefish, Triggerfish, Cleaner Shrimp, Green moray eels, Toadfish
Roca Partida top sea creatures: Whitetip reef sharks, Galapagos sharks, Silky sharks, Scalloped hammerhead sharks, Silvertip sharks, Manta rays (Mantas), Whale sharks, Humpback whales, Jacks (Jackfish), Big-eyed Jacks (Bigeye trevally), Black jacks, Bluefin trevallies, Surgeonfish, Creole fish, Dolphins, Green moray eels, Trumpetfish, Angelfish, Lobsters, Bottlenose dolpins, False killer whale
MV Nautilus Belle Amie Liveaboard

MV Nautilus Belle Amie Liveaboard

Roca Partida top sea creatures: Whitetip reef sharks, Galapagos sharks, Silky sharks, Scalloped hammerhead sharks, Silvertip sharks, Manta rays (Mantas), Whale sharks, Humpback whales, Jacks (Jackfish), Big-eyed Jacks (Bigeye trevally), Black jacks, Bluefin trevallies, Surgeonfish, Creole fish, Dolphins, Green moray eels, Trumpetfish, Angelfish, Lobsters, Bottlenose dolpins, False killer whale
Nautilus Explorer Liveaboard

Nautilus Explorer Liveaboard

Roca Partida top sea creatures: Whitetip reef sharks, Galapagos sharks, Silky sharks, Scalloped hammerhead sharks, Silvertip sharks, Manta rays (Mantas), Whale sharks, Humpback whales, Jacks (Jackfish), Big-eyed Jacks (Bigeye trevally), Black jacks, Bluefin trevallies, Surgeonfish, Creole fish, Dolphins, Green moray eels, Trumpetfish, Angelfish, Lobsters, Bottlenose dolpins, False killer whale
Nautilus Under Sea Liveaboard

Nautilus Under Sea Liveaboard

Roca Partida top sea creatures: Whitetip reef sharks, Galapagos sharks, Silky sharks, Scalloped hammerhead sharks, Silvertip sharks, Manta rays (Mantas), Whale sharks, Humpback whales, Jacks (Jackfish), Big-eyed Jacks (Bigeye trevally), Black jacks, Bluefin trevallies, Surgeonfish, Creole fish, Dolphins, Green moray eels, Trumpetfish, Angelfish, Lobsters, Bottlenose dolpins, False killer whale
Rocio del Mar Liveaboard

Rocio del Mar Liveaboard

Roca Partida top sea creatures: Whitetip reef sharks, Galapagos sharks, Silky sharks, Scalloped hammerhead sharks, Silvertip sharks, Manta rays (Mantas), Whale sharks, Humpback whales, Jacks (Jackfish), Big-eyed Jacks (Bigeye trevally), Black jacks, Bluefin trevallies, Surgeonfish, Creole fish, Dolphins, Green moray eels, Trumpetfish, Angelfish, Lobsters, Bottlenose dolpins, False killer whale

Top liveaboards diving San Benedicto Island

The following liveaboards are the highest ranked dive boats by SDE Liveaboard Rating, to help you compare the best options for diving San Benedicto Island.

How SDE Liveaboard Rating works for the Nautilus Under Sea Liveaboard: 78%

The SDE Liveaboard Rating is Scuba Diving Earth’s own scoring system for comparing dive liveaboards at a glance. It adds together six individual category scores, each scored out of 10, covering the boat, cabins, diving, food, drinks, and non-diver companion features.

For the Nautilus Under Sea Liveaboard, those category scores combine into an overall SDE Liveaboard Rating of 78%. This helps you compare the overall onboard experience more quickly across the liveaboards shown below.

The SDE Liveaboard Rating for the Nautilus Under Sea 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 Nautilus Under Sea liveaboard are ([Diving:10/10] + [Cabin:6/10] + [Boat:9/10] + [Dining:8/10] + [Drinks:0/10] + [Non-diver:5/10] = 38/60). This total is compared to the maximum possible score of 60/60 to turn it into an overall percentage – which for the Nautilus Under Sea liveaboard is calculated as 38/60 = 78% 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 .