Nurse Shark

Nurse Shark

Ginglymostoma cirratum

70–80% · Very likely
overall probability at Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

80–90
Jan
90–100
Feb
80–90
Mar
90–100
Apr
90–100
May
90–100
Jun
90–100
Jul
80–90
Aug
90–100
Sep
90–100
Oct
80–90
Nov
80–90
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
70–80%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Nurse Shark in Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park?

About 74% of visitor-days record a Nurse Shark sighting in Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park, based on 73 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Nurse Shark in Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park?

July has the highest sighting rate for Nurse Shark in Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park in our monthly data.

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