About Land's End
Land's End marks the meeting point of the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Cortez, creating a dynamic dive environment. This site features a resident sea lion colony that frequently interacts with divers, alongside schools of cow-nose rays and various baitfish and snappers. A notable historical element is the scattered remains of the "Nürnberg" shipwreck, lying at approximately 12 meters, which went down in the 1950s after engine failure during a storm. The topography includes a pinnacle and a small channel allowing passage between the two oceans. Conditions can be challenging with currents, especially when swell is present, making it ideal for open water to advanced divers. A good plan involves swimming from the beach to the cliff, then turning left along the wall to explore. This site is easily accessible via a short boat ride from the marina, often combined with a scenic tour past the Arch.
Highlights
Playful encounters with sea lionsExplore the remains of the Nürnberg shipwreckWitness the dramatic Land's End pinnaclePass between the Pacific Ocean and Sea of CortezAbundant schools of fish and rays
Dive site facts: Land's End
- Depth
- 9–24 m
- Current
- Moderate
- Entry
- Liveaboard or dayboat
- Level
- Intermediate
- Dive type
- Reef, Wreck, Channel
- Region / port
- Mexico
- Coordinates
- 22.8756° N, 109.9856° W
Conditions & Currents
Moderate currents can run here, so plan drift entries and stay close to the group. Dive profiles here run between roughly 9 and 24 metres, so plan your gas and no-decompression limits around the deeper part of the site. It is usually briefed as a dive for intermediate divers. It can be dived from a liveaboard or a day boat, depending on where you start the trip. Tide, wind and season all shift the picture from day to day, so the crew's briefing on the boat always overrides any general description.
Why dive Land's End from a liveaboard?
Land's End is one of Mexico's signature dive sites. A liveaboard sleeps you on the water and puts you in the water for three to four guided dives per day, including dawn and night dives that day-boat operators rarely offer. You skip the daily commute back to port and reach quieter, less-crowded sites in the same region on a single trip.
Below are the liveaboards that include Land's End on their Mexico itineraries.
Liveaboards diving Land's End
These liveaboards may visit Land's End on selected itineraries — the exact dive sites depend on departure, weather and conditions.
Nautilus Explorer
Mexico
25 guests44.8 m
$230/day
Valentina
Mexico
20 guests38.1 m
$430/day
Rocio del Mar
Mexico
20 guests33.5 m
$392/day
Nautilus Under Sea
Mexico
19 guests32 m
$261/day
Nautilus Belle Amie
Mexico
32 guests44.8 m
$323/day
Quino del Mar
Mexico
20 guests36 m
$392/day
Nautilus Gallant Lady
Mexico
12 guests35.36 m
$332/day
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