Dive sites
Dive sites near Los Órganos
Nine dive sites on the coast of Piura, from the Punta Sal reefs in the north to the Cabo Blanco Artificial Reef in the south. We leave from the Los Órganos Pier, and the state of the sea and your experience decide which one we dive.
Four of them are inside the Mar Tropical de Grau National Reserve1, the protected area SERNANP manages in this sea. For what diving here is like, read Scuba diving in Los Órganos.
Punta Sal Reefs
The long run into warmer water
- Maximum depth
- 25 m
- Level
- Advanced
- By boat
- 45 min
- Reserve
- Inside the reserve
North, inside the reserve, the Punta Sal reefs gather tropical fauna.
Who lives here: Whale shark, Flag cabrilla (starry grouper).
Vichayito Reefs
Rocky reefs where two seas meet
- Maximum depth
- 18 m
- Level
- Open Water
- By boat
- 20 min
- Reserve
- Outside the reserve
Rocky formations with morays, octopus, colorful nudibranchs, lobsters and scorpionfish — the temperate-tropical mix at its best.
Who lives here: Fine-spotted moray (jewel moray), Changos octopus, Red-tipped sea goddess, Green spiny lobster, Pacific spotted scorpionfish (stone scorpionfish).
Los Órganos Pier
The natural classroom — calm, shallow and full of life
- Maximum depth
- 10 m
- Level
- Beginners
- By boat
- 5 min
- Reserve
- Outside the reserve
The artisanal pier's pilings host an artificial reef: resident green turtles, pufferfish, blennies and sea stars. Ideal for first dives and courses.
Who lives here: Green sea turtle, Chalapo blenny, Changos octopus.
La Casita
Close to the pier, down to 18 m
- Maximum depth
- 18 m
- Level
- Open Water
- By boat
- 5 min
- Reserve
- Outside the reserve
Off the Los Órganos Pier we leave from: five minutes by boat, down to 18 m, for Open Water divers. Outside the reserve.
Casa Blanca
Five minutes by boat from the Los Órganos pier
- Maximum depth
- 12 m
- Level
- Beginners
- By boat
- 5 min
- Reserve
- Outside the reserve
Just off the Los Órganos Pier we leave from: five minutes by boat, down to 12 m. Outside the reserve.
Punta Veleros Reefs
Right by Los Órganos, a stone's throw from the pier
- Maximum depth
- 14 m
- Level
- Beginners
- By boat
- 10 min
- Reserve
- Outside the reserve
Off Punta Veleros beach in Los Órganos, beside the pier we leave from. Outside the reserve.
El Ñuro Reefs
A beginners' reef where green turtles live
- Maximum depth
- 12 m
- Level
- Beginners
- By boat
- 15 min
- Reserve
- Inside the reserve
Diving with an instructor, without feeding or touching them.
Who lives here: Green sea turtle.
Quebrada Verde
Between El Ñuro and Cabo Blanco, inside the reserve
- Maximum depth
- 12 m
- Level
- Advanced
- By boat
- 40 min
- Reserve
- Inside the reserve
South of El Ñuro, off the mouth of the Quebrada Verde, inside the Cabo Blanco – El Ñuro sector of the Mar Tropical de Grau National Reserve.
Cabo Blanco Artificial Reef
A new site off Cabo Blanco
- Level
- Advanced
- By boat
- 60 min
- Reserve
- Inside the reserve
An artificial reef off the Cabo Blanco cove, of legendary black-marlin fame, inside the Mar Tropical de Grau National Reserve. Reached by boat or by land.
Sources (1)
- SERNANP. Plan Maestro de la Reserva Nacional Mar Tropical de Grau 2026–2031 (annex to R.P.E. N.° 000052-2026-SERNANP/PE). PDF on gob.pe