Corn Islands
Nicaragua · Caribbean
Little Corn Island delivers pristine, crowd-free Caribbean reef diving year-round, with the dry season (March through June) bringing peak visibility and the calmest seas. Nurse sharks, eagle rays, and healthy hard coral gardens thrive in near-complete isolation from mass tourism.
How this reef is doing
ⓘ How we measure thisReef state
Live science signals for this reef are still being gathered.
Coral cover
Fish life
Heat
Fishing
Open to fishing, and the water is fairly quiet.
Sources · Global Fishing Watch and reef gravity
What you will see
20 species across the dive sites here
Nurse shark
Seen 6 months ago
at South West Bay Reef
Vulnerable
Moist Forest Anole
Seen 6 months ago
at South West Bay Reef
Least concern
Atlantic tarpon
Seen year round
at Tarpon Cave
Vulnerable
Black grouper
Seen year round
at The Pinnacle
Near threatened
Caribbean reef octopus
Seen year round
at Tarpon Cave
Least concern
Caribbean reef shark
Seen year round
at South West Bay Reef
Endangered
Caribbean spiny lobster
Seen year round
at Blowing Rock
Great barracuda
Seen year round
at Blowing Rock
Least concern
Green moray eel
Seen year round
at Blowing Rock
Least concern
Horse-eye jack
Seen year round
at The Pinnacle
Least concern
Queen angelfish
Seen year round
at South West Bay Reef
Least concern
Silky shark
Seen year round
at The Pinnacle
Vulnerable
Southern stingray
Seen year round
at Tarpon Cave
Near threatened
Splendid toadfish
Seen year round
at Tarpon Cave
Endangered
Spotted drum
Seen year round
at Blowing Rock
Least concern
Spotted eagle ray
Seen year round
at South West Bay Reef
Endangered
Atlantic Blue Tang
Seasonal visitor
at South West Bay Reef
Least concern
Caribbean Bluehead Wrasse
Seasonal visitor
at South West Bay Reef
Least concern
Scalloped hammerhead
Seasonal visitor
at The Pinnacle
Critically endangered
Barsnout Goby
Rare sighting
at South West Bay Reef
Least concern
Dive sites
South West Bay Reef
nurse shark · spotted eagle ray · queen angelfish · caribbean reef shark
The Pinnacle
horse-eye jack · silky shark · black grouper · scalloped hammerhead
Blowing Rock
great barracuda · green moray eel · spotted drum · caribbean spiny lobster
Tarpon Cave
atlantic tarpon · caribbean reef octopus · splendid toadfish · southern stingray