CARIBBEAN
Cancún · MUSA Underwater Museum
- Mexico
- All levels
- November - April
Plan your dive
- Experience level
- All levels
- Depth guide
- Sculptures 4-8 m on sand
- When to go
- November - April
- Site type
- Underwater Art
Featured wildlife
- Green turtle
- Caribbean reef shark
- Spotted eagle ray
- Giant moray
About this dive site
Hundreds of life-sized sculptures that turned into living reefs.
Between Cancún and Isla Mujeres, MUSA spreads Jason deCaires Taylor and local artists’ figures across sand flats where coral and fish colonise the statues. Most dives are shallow, current-light, and ideal for newer divers and photographers.
Most trips target November - April, but wind, swell and current still decide the day's site. Calendar peak is November - April, but skippers still move sites when wind, swell or current change. Book with a crew that knows Cancún day to day, not just the map pin.