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Los Islotes sea lion colony
Mexico
Max Depth: Over 150ft/46m
Average Viz: 61-70ft/19-21m
Entry Type: Boat
Bottom Composition: Rock
Aquatic Life: Big Animals
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Spring: 66-70°F/19-21°C
Summer: 71-75°F/22-24°C
Fall: 76-80°F/24-27°C
Winter: 66-70°F/19-21°C
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The underwater typography at Los Islotes is amazing, with one of the islets forming an arch that divers can pass through that is often filled with silver sardines, a shimmering mass of small bait-fish that makes for excellent photographs and a fun swim through. The north side of Los Islotes is littered with large boulders and drops down to about 30m/100ft into a flat, sandy bottom. In the shallows you will see many sea lions and in the deeper reef a chance for large diamond stingrays, white-tip reef sharks, turtles and mobula rays. The southern side of Los Islotes is a shallow sandy basin with more hard coral growth and shallow reefs where juvenile sea lions are tended by the adult sea lions.