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Palmas Del Mar
 Palmas del Mar, Humacao, PR, Puerto Rico
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Max Depth: 51-60ft/16-18m
Average Viz: 81-90ft/25-27m
Entry Type: Boat
Bottom Composition: Sand
Aquatic Life: Might See Something
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Rating: 3.33 by 3 divers
Spring: 76-80°F/24-27°C
Summer: 81-85°F/27-29°C
Fall: 76-80°F/24-27°C
Winter: 76-80°F/24-27°C
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Palmas Del Mar is a boat accessible salt water dive site, located at Palmas del Mar, Humacao, PR, Puerto Rico. This dive site has an average rating of 3.33 out of 5 from 3 scuba divers. The maximum depth is 51-60ft/16-18m. The average visibility is 81-90ft/25-27m. This dive site provides bathrooms and airfills.
All dive sites range in depth from 28 feet to 120 feet plus. You can expect to see an array of marine life, such as angel fish, blue tang, snappers, groupers, sergeant majors, puffers, triggerfish, moray eels, sharks, spiny lobster, turtles and stingrays.
San Juan Metro to Palmas Del Mar (Humacao):
(Travel time approximately 1 hour & 15 minutes, but please allow extra time for rush hour traffic)
Take Hwy 26 to Hwy 22 going towards Bayamon/Caguas. Stay to the left at the Hwy 18/22 split and take Hwy 18. Hwy 18 later becomes Hwy 52 to Caguas. After the first tollbooth on Expressway 52 take the first exit for Humacao (follow signs).
You are now on Hwy 30 follow the signs to STAY on hwy 30 (when the road forks stay to the RIGHT) then watch for the Hwy 53 sur exit. After the first toll booth on Hwy 53, take the 2nd exit (Road 906 - exit 35B). 1/2 mile down Road 906, look on the left for the entrance sign to the Palmas Del Mar Resort Community and enter the Resort.
At the guardhouse inform the sentry you are going to the Palmas Dive Center. Go straight to the TRAFFIC CIRCLE, then count 2 speed bumps, after the second speed bump turn Left at the first street which is called CORAL WAY. Go to the stop sign, turn right, then at the next stop sign (1/2 mile) turn left into the Palmas Del Mar Marina parking lot.