EASTERN PACIFIC
La Reina Islet
- Mexico
- Intermediate
- October - May
Plan your dive
- Experience level
- Intermediate
- Depth guide
- Reef 12-25 m
- When to go
- October - May
- Site type
- Island Reef
Featured wildlife
- Reef manta ray
- Whitetip reef shark
- Yellowtail kingfish
- Green turtle
About this dive site
Sea of Cortez islet with mantas, sharks and seasonal baitballs.
La Reina is a small rock north of La Paz where giant mantas historically cleaned and pelagic fish stack when conditions align. Visibility and wind vary; skippers treat it as a weather-dependent add-on to Espíritu Santo routes. Respect distance rules around any manta or shark encounter.
La Reina is weather-dependent; mantas and baitballs are seasonal highlights, not daily guarantees.