
La Parguera Bioluminescent Bay Night Dive
Dive site
One of only a handful of permanently bioluminescent bays in the world. After dark the dinoflagellate-dense water lights up every movement — your hands trace glowing arcs, fish dart like neon sparks, and the seafloor shimmers under torch-off blackout. Snorkelers do the bay itself; divers enter the fringing mangrove channels and shallow reef patches directly outside, where moray eels, sleeping parrotfish, and octopus appear under red lights while bioluminescence fills the water column.
Conditions
Depth
3 to 15 m
Good for beginners
Current
Variable
Can pick up on the edge
Visibility
8 to 15 m
Clearest in the calm season
Water
25 to 30°C
Shorty wetsuit
Month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water (°C) | 26 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 |
| Vis (m) | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Current | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm |
Your chances of seeing each animal
Caribbean reef octopus
Photo: Jean-Paul Cassez · CC BY-NC
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Green moray
Photo: Kevin Bryant · CC BY-NC-SA
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Spotted trunkfish
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Dinoflagellate bioluminescence
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
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