The Bahía waters provide vital resources for the local community, as well as habitat for unique and threatened species such as marine turtles, whale sharks, and humpback and blue whales.
Calakmul is part of the Selva Maya Forest, which includes continuous protected areas and tropical forest corridors extending from the southern Yucatan of Mexico to Guatemala and Belize.
The Mesoamerican Barrier Reef is a spawning ground for many fish species and is the most predictable aggregation site for the largest fish in the world, the whale shark .
On Mexico’s northeast coast, the chilly California Current collides with the sunlit waters of the subtropical Pacific Ocean.