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Scuba Diving in Cuba, Caribbean – Jardin de las Gorgonias (Gorgonian Garden), Maria la Gorda, Cuba

July 31, 2007

Dive Site: Jardin de las Gorgonias (Gorgonian Garden)
Location: Maria la Gorda, Cuba
Description: Reef / gorgonian garden
Depth: 15 metres (50 feet)
Visibility: 30 metres (100 feet)

A shallow garden with an abundance of gorgonians. There is also a proliferation of other sponges and coral as well as the gorgonians. Marine fish consist of yellow tailed snapper, very large green moray and nurse shark. In the sandy patches white fish dart into their burrows and also huge Nassau groupers, balloonfish, and boxfish can be found.