Cabo San Lucas Scuba Diving

Abundant macro life

Dive tours in the Cabo San Lucas Marine Park would be incomplete without a scuba tour that explores the reefs and walls of Pelican Rock. At Cabo Trek, this is one of our favorite sites as the area seems to be a magnet for marine life, especially magnificent macro.

Pelican Rock

Pelican’s Rock is a small rocky islet that breaks the surface near Lovers Beach. Depth on the beachside is 25 feet. Along the back, the wall drops to beyond recreational diving limits.

This is an excellent site for underwater photos and video. The rocky walls are covered with multi-hued corals, sponges, and algae. Frogfish, Puffers, Hawkfish, Gobies, and Blennies are inside the coral. Invertebrates like Urchins, Sea Stars, Sea Cucumbers, Nudibranchs, and Octopus are shared here. Scorpionfish and Coronet fish are also common, drawn by the feeding opportunity.

Seasonally, there are often vast schools of Sardines, Snappers, and Goatfish, with Grouper and Jacks stalking them along the back wall of Pelican Rock.

Where the Pacific Ocean begins

Diving with Cabo Trek at Lands End is an inspiring experience and a different one each time. Cabo San Lucas is the meeting point of 3 oceanic currents, which translates to the massive biomass of fish that passes through and has made this area famous for sports fishing. Lands End is our favorite dive site in the Cabo San Lucas Marine Park.

Lands End or The Point is at the southernmost point of the Baja Peninsula, and this is next to the seasonal home of a colony of California Sea Lions, who are pretty used to divers.

Depths at the sandy base of the rocky monoliths are at most 70 feet.

This site is subject to conditions, as currents and surges can be intense. While we can book your scuba tour to include diving at Lands End, please be aware conditions can change by the hour, and we always prioritize safety above all.

So much to see

We often encounter large schools of snapper, sardines, and butterflyfish during the tour in the water column surrounding ‘The Iceberg.’ This sizeable rocky pinnacle breaks the surface south of Lands End. Large predatory fish like grouper, machete Barracuda and occasionally white tip sharks stalk the schools.

This is the best site for seeing different species of wrasse, nudibranch, parrotfish, angels, and giant green moray eels. Don’t be surprised when a cormorant (diving birds) swims by at 60 feet, hunting between the rocks.

Neptunes Finger, also known as Baja upside-down

The rocky reef extends a skinny crag skyward, like Neptune pointing up to the sky. Unique in the bay of Cabo San Lucas, this dive site is best for divers who enjoy deeper tours.

Neptunes Finger begins as a deep site known as South Wall that runs from Pelican Rock to Neptune’s Finger. A shallow, sharp pinnacle caps off a series of rocky reefs that are interspaced by sand chutes.

What You’ll See at Depth

This is a good site for a deep dive. Electric Rays, Guitarfish, and Stingrays may be found in the sand at the top of the wall.

When the visibility is good, schools of Eagle, Cow Nose, and Mobula Rays may be seen in the blue, and numbers of Barracuda may pass by.

Exploring the rocky reefs that border the sand chutes, you can expect to find Burrfish, Balloon, and Pufferfish as well. Schools of Goatfish, Butterflyfish, and Wrasse surround the reef structures.

During the safety stop, you can explore the base of Neptune’s craggy finger looking for Sea Horses, Blennies, and Eels.