La Corbeteña
Puerto Vallarta · Mexico
La Corbeteña is a remote offshore seamount rising from 200 m to 25 m below the surface, sitting 27 km southwest of Puerto Vallarta in open Pacific. The seamount is too deep for recreational reef diving on its upper shelf but the walls and blue water draw extraordinary pelagics: bull sharks, silky sharks, silvertip sharks, massive schools of bigeye trevally, and seasonal whale sharks. This is a serious advanced site requiring a long boat ride and current experience — when conditions align, it competes with the best seamount dives in the Pacific.
Conditions
Depth
25 to 50 m
Advanced depths
Current
Usually gentle
Can pick up on the edge
Visibility
15 to 30 m
Clearest in the calm season
Water
21 to 29°C
3mm wetsuit
Month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water (°C) | 21 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 24 | 22 |
| Vis (m) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 15 |
| Current | Strong | Strong | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Gentle | Moderate | Moderate | Strong | Strong | Moderate | Strong |
Your chances of seeing each animal
Bull Shark
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Silky Shark
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Silvertip Shark
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Bigeye Trevally
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Black Coral
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Whale Shark
Rare
Now and then
Giant Manta Ray
Rare
Now and then
Hammerhead Shark
Rare
Now and then
Gear