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Basic Cathedral informations
Dive depth
Dive depth: 14 - 25m (46 - 82ft)Visibility
Visibility: 20m (66ft) and sometimes over >30m (100ft)Water temperature
Water temperature: 26 - 29℃ (79 - 84℉)Current
Current: none - slightDive type
Dive type: big fish, exploratory and reefDifficulty level
Difficulty: beginner diversCathedral description
Cathedral basic informations
Colorful formations resembling cathedral steeples with sandy cuts in between signify this site. This site is home to many black groupers and jacks, as well as three species of angel fish, scorpion fish, several varieties of eels and silver sides. Spanish dancers are sometimes sighted on the night dives.
Marine life (12 registered species)
Fish
Disk & Large Oval
Angelfishes
French angelfish (Pomacanthus paru)

French angelfish (Pomacanthus paru)
Length: 28 - 41cm
Occurrence: | 1-10% |
Number: | 1-3 |
Image source: ScubaDiveMaps species database
Image credit to Albert Kok
Gray angelfish (Pomacanthus arcuatus)

Gray angelfish (Pomacanthus arcuatus)
Length: 45 - 60cm Weight: 2kg
Occurrence: | 1-10% |
Number: | 1-3 |
Image source: ScubaDiveMaps species database
Image credit to Vsion
Queen angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris)

Queen angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris)
Length: 30 - 45cm Max. weight: 1.6kg
Occurrence: | 1-10% |
Number: | 1-3 |
Image source: ScubaDiveMaps species database
Image credit to Stan Shebs
Silvery Fishes
Jacks
Horse-eye jack (Caranx latus)

Horse-eye jack (Caranx latus)
Length: 60 - 101cm Weight: 13.4kg
Occurrence: | 1-10% |
Number: | Small groups |
Image source: ScubaDiveMaps species database
Image credit to Gary Rinaldi
Bottom-Dwellers
Scorpionfishes
Spotted scorpionfish (Scorpaena plumieri)

Spotted scorpionfish (Scorpaena plumieri)
Length: 30 - 45cm Max. weight: 1.6kg
Occurrence: | 1-10% |
Number: | 1-3 |
Status: Vulnerable Danger: Venomous
Image source: ScubaDiveMaps species database
Image credit to Mark Lightfoot
Eels
Moray Eels
Golden-tail moray eel (Gymnothorax miliaris)

Golden-tail moray eel (Gymnothorax miliaris)
Length: 40 - 70cm
Occurrence: | 1-10% |
Number: | 1-3 |
Image source: ScubaDiveMaps species database
Image credit to Cam Barr
Green moray (Gymnothorax funebris)

Green moray (Gymnothorax funebris)
Length: 1.5 - 2.5m Max. weight: 29kg
Occurrence: | 1-10% |
Number: | 1-3 |
Danger: Traumatogenic
Image source: ScubaDiveMaps species database
Image credit to Michael Harjes
Polygon moray (Gymnothorax polygonius)

Polygon moray (Gymnothorax polygonius)
Max. length: 84cm
Occurrence: | 1-10% |
Number: | 1-3 |
Image source: ScubaDiveMaps species database
Image credit to National Oceanic and Atmo
Spotted moray (Gymnothorax moringa)

Spotted moray (Gymnothorax moringa)
Length: 60 - 200cm Weight: 2.5kg
Occurrence: | 1-10% |
Number: | 1-3 |
Danger: Traumatogenic
Image source: Cathedral dive site
Rays
Rays
Southern stingray (Dasyatis americana)

Southern stingray (Dasyatis americana)
Length: 90 - 200cm Max. weight: 135kg
Occurrence: | 1-10% |
Number: | 1-3 |
Danger: Traumatogenic
Image source: Cathedral dive site
Sharks
Sharks
Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezii)

Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezii)
Length: 2 - 2.5m, max. reported length: 3m Max. weight: 70kg
Occurrence: | 1-10% |
Number: | 1-3 |
Status: Near Threatened Danger: Aggressive in the presence of food
Image source: Cathedral dive site
Nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum)

Nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum)
Length: 2.3 - 3.1m, max. reported length: 4.3m Weight: 109kg, max. reported weight: 330kg
Occurrence: | 1-10% |
Number: | 1-3 |
Image source: ScubaDiveMaps species database
Image credit to Dr. Mathew Gilligan