Los Arcos Puerto Vallarta

Los Arcos National Marine Park, Puerto Vallarta , Pacific Coast, Mexico

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  • Los Arcos NATIONAL MARINE PARK

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    banderas.scuba 0 contribution Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Jul 18, 2012

    Bahía de Banderas is located in the Pacific coast of Mexico, south Nayarit and north Jalisco. The area is about 1000km2 and has 115 km of coast line.
    Los Arcos are located 10 km south of Puerto Vallarta, with an area around 30 hectares. There are five islets, with beautiful natural arches formed by wave action.
    On the islets, we can observe cactus and shrubbery, inhabited by marine birds and reptiles.
    In 1975 Los Arcos was declared area of flora and marine fauna potection, with the purpose to preserve its diversity and beauty.
    Marine Trails:
    DEVIL´s DROP. The dive site is found on the north side of the biggest islet of Los Arcos; west of the small rock known as the "Turtle Rock".
    This dive site is an underwater canyon known also as the "Devil's drop", in this place, divers can enjoy a great diversity of species and a spectacular scenery.
    AQUARIUM. This area is shallow and calm, protected from the wind and currents perfect for a first diving experience.
    CHRIST´s SHALLOW. In this area there are large rocks and boulders on wich divers organisms can be observed . This locality was chosen because of it's dramatic scenary. It's a good distance away from the islets and the boat traffic.

    This review is the subjective opinion of a TravelPod member and not of TravelPod.com.

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    Diving trip to Majahuitas beach and Los Arcos

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    Hi divers;Here you have info about our diving on last Monday July 16 2012.We did a three tank dives trip. First one tank was at Majahuitas beach at 70 feet deep, second was at Los Arcos (Devil´s drop) at 70 feet deep and last one was at Los Arcos (Shallow of the Christ) at 60 feet deep.We had 89°F water temperature at bottom an a viz around 80 feet …

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