Colombia · Spearfishing zone
Parque Nacional Natural Corales de Profundidad (Deep Corals National Natural Park)
What this zone is
Overview
How spearfishing is treated at Parque Nacional Natural Corales de Profundidad (Deep Corals National Natural Park).
Entirely submarine national park (142,195 ha, depths 34-1,234 m) off Bolívar/Sucre/Córdoba, ~32 km from the coast, protecting the San Bernardo deep-coral formation (67% of Colombia's Caribbean deep corals). As a unit of the Sistema de Parques Nacionales Naturales, all fishing except scientific-research permits is banned system-wide (Ley 2 de 1959, art. 13; Decreto 1076 de 2015), so sport/spearfishing is prohibited; the park's own page notes only a subsistence-fishing arrangement with neighboring communities.
On the coast
Location
Approximate reference point for this zone. See the full picture on the interactive map.
9.7214°N, 76.2947°W
View on the mapSource
This zone is documented in the official source below.
Before you dive
License for Colombia
Whether you need a license to spearfish here, and how to get one.
Online via the gov.co / AUNAP portal ("Iniciar trámite"); submit application with valid ID (cédula for Colombians, passport for foreigners), pay the fee; processing time ~15 business days.
Get your licenseOpens the official portal · aunap.gov.co



