Gorgona Island
Colombia · Eastern Pacific
A former prison island turned national park off Colombia's Pacific coast, Gorgona delivers some of the most dramatic large-pelagic encounters in the Eastern Pacific — hammerhead schools, humpback whales, and whale sharks patrol its nutrient-rich waters from June through November.
Parque Nacional Natural Gorgona
Awarded 2025
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 busy.
Sources · Global Fishing Watch and reef gravity
What you will see
17 species across the dive sites here
Western Basilisk
Seen 4 months ago
at La Cazuela
Least concern
Ecuadorian Hermit Crab
Seen 11 months ago
at La Cazuela
Humpback Whale
Seen 11 months ago
at El Remanso
Least concern
Painted Ghost Crab
Seen 11 months ago
at La Cazuela
Green Moray Eel
Seen Jul 2025
at La Moneda
Least concern
Whitetip Reef Shark
Seen Jul 2025
at La Moneda
Vulnerable
Central American Boa
Seen year round
at La Cazuela
Least concern
Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Seen year round
at La Moneda
Critically endangered
Pacific Cownose Ray
Seen year round
at La Cazuela
Near threatened
Pacific Nurse Shark
Seen year round
at El Remanso
Endangered
Silvertip Shark
Seen year round
at El Planchón
Vulnerable
Spotted Eagle Ray
Seen year round
at El Remanso
Endangered
Blue Anole
Seasonal visitor
at La Cazuela
Near threatened
Giant Oceanic Manta Ray
Seasonal visitor
at El Planchón
Endangered
Scalloped Hammerhead Shark
Seasonal visitor
at La Cazuela
Critically endangered
Silky Shark
Seasonal visitor
at La Cazuela
Vulnerable
Whale Shark
Seasonal visitor
at El Planchón
Endangered
Dive sites
La Cazuela
scalloped hammerhead shark · silky shark · pacific cownose ray · western basilisk
El Planchón
whale shark · giant oceanic manta ray · silvertip shark · western basilisk
La Moneda
whitetip reef shark · green moray eel · hawksbill sea turtle · western basilisk
El Remanso
humpback whale · spotted eagle ray · pacific nurse shark · western basilisk