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Mexico Underwater Photo Sites (16)
A very easy shore dive site used for checkout dives and equipment checks. There are a few reef balls and a mayan temple replica underwater as well as a few coral heads.
| Facts about Hotel Cozumel Dock It is in Mexico- Hotel Cozumel Dock is in the Caribbean Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-10 Metres 0-30 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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night dive
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Awsome dive - lots of fish and overhanging mounds w/ a few swim throughs
| Facts about Paso De Cedral - Cozumel- It is in Mexico
- Paso De Cedral - Cozumel is in the Caribbean Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-20 Metres 0-60 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 30+ Metres 100+ Feet.
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Lots of sponges and the walls offer a few swim thrus
| Facts about Palancar Horseshoe- It is in Mexico
- Palancar Horseshoe is in the Caribbean Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-50 Metres 0-160 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 30+ Metres 100+ Feet.
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Squirel fish in Cozumel.
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Dive this location using Liquid Blue Divers to enjoy this wall!
| Facts about Villa Blanca Wall- It is in Mexico
- Villa Blanca Wall is in the Caribbean Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-20 Metres 0-60 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 30+ Metres 100+ Feet.
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Dive site 80 ft eaglerays anaya wreck
| Facts about Anaya- It is in Mexico
- Anaya is in the Caribbean Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-30 Metres 0-100 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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One of Cozumel's advanced dives sites, mostly because of the boat ride. The site is very far south, even past Punta Sur (the south point of the island), and can be a very choppy ride as you cross over the area where the open sea meets the semi-protected channel. Once past the "mixing area" as I call it the seas usually calm down some, but it can still be a choppy entrance.
Once you manage to get underwater it's all worth it, this is a beautiful dive! The dive site is a pristine reef system layed out in parallel finger like ridges moving slightly off perpendicular to the island. One of the most untouched reefs on Cozumel, Chun Chacaab is teeming with turtles, in April of '08 I made 2 dives in a week there and saw no less than 6-8 Hawksbill turtles on each dive. Wonderful, easy, shallow, yet tons of marine life - lots of divers on the site, but Cozumel divemasters do a great job of not making the place look like it's overdive. I dive Cozumel often and have found most of the dive outfitters to be professional and reasonably priced
| Facts about Paradise Reef- It is in Mexico
- Paradise Reef is in the Caribbean Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-20 Metres 0-60 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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One of Cozumel's advanced dives sites, mostly because of the boat ride. The site is very far south, even past Punta Sur (the south point of the island), and can be a very choppy ride as you cross over the area where the open sea meets the semi-protected channel. Once past the "mixing area" as I call it the seas usually calm down some, but it can still be a choppy entrance.
Once you manage to get underwater it's all worth it, this is a beautiful dive! The dive site is a pristine reef system layed out in parallel finger like ridges moving slightly off perpendicular to the island. One of the most untouched reefs on Cozumel, Chun Chacaab is teeming with turtles, in April of '08 I made 2 dives in a week there and saw no less than 6-8 Hawksbill turtles on each dive.
I also ran accross a 'school' of mature trunk fish, each well over 6" long, hanging over one reef head. In one of my photos I counted 15 of these shy creatures one usually finds in a solitary existance.
Currents can be heavy, but discuss this with the divers on board and if everyone cooperates, it's easy to drop down into crevices and between coral heads to get out of the current and do some exploring without getting too seperated.
| Facts about Chun Chacaab- It is in Mexico
- Chun Chacaab is in the Caribbean Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-20 Metres 0-60 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 30+ Metres 100+ Feet.
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Palancar Horseshoe, one of the 4 Palancar dive sites on Cozumel. Starting with the northern most one Palancar Gardens, ¾ of the way down the island along the channel side or the resort side if you will. Horseshoe is next, followed by Palancar Caves and finally Bricks at the south. Palancar Bricks is named for the actual bricks still found scattered about from a shipwreck back in the ‘50’s.
The general idea for this dive is drop down in the sandy bottom of the natural u-shaped coral formation from which the site gets its name, from at around 40’ and then move down the sandy slope to the wall decending to a max. depth of between 80'-100' depending on experience and the dive profile.
This dive has it all, swim-thrus, the wall, pinnicles, covered with colorful hard and soft corals and sponges, Cozumel's wide variety of fish, large Grey, French & Queen angels, damsels, parrot fish, grouper, Southern, yellow singrays and the occaitonal eagle ray, nurse shark and a variety of eels can all be found on this stretch of paradise.
| Facts about Palancar Horseshoe, Cozumel- It is in Mexico
- Palancar Horseshoe, Cozumel is in the Caribbean Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-30 Metres 0-100 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 30+ Metres 100+ Feet.
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Clear water and great drift diving
| Facts about Palanacar Reef Cozumel- It is in Mexico
- Palanacar Reef Cozumel is in the Caribbean Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-30 Metres 0-100 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 30+ Metres 100+ Feet.
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One of the only places in the world you will see sailfish hunting in such large numbers - absolutely recommended
| Facts about Isla Mujeres- It is in Mexico
- Isla Mujeres is in the Caribbean Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-20 Metres 0-60 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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Deep Reef system off of Cozumels Southern tip normally deep
| Facts about Planacar Reef- It is in Mexico
- Planacar Reef is in the Caribbean Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-30 Metres 0-100 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 30+ Metres 100+ Feet.
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Sunset form Cozumels West coast are very beautiful
| Facts about Cozumel-Caribee Blu Dock- It is in Mexico
- Cozumel-Caribee Blu Dock is in the Caribbean Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-30 Metres 0-100 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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Dove with Blue Angel Dive Center on the NO PROBLEM with Divemaster Evie she the greatest ask for her.
| Facts about Panacar Reef- It is in Mexico
- Panacar Reef is in the Caribbean Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-20 Metres 0-60 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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Deep Wall Dive -Drift dive among huge coral pillars
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Dove with Blue Angle Dive Center and stayed next door at Caribee Blu motel I used nitrox and recomment the 10 am trip on the bigger dive boats. I shot the Queen Angel fish on top of the reef at around 60 feet
| Facts about Punta Sur Reef- It is in Mexico
- Punta Sur Reef is in the Caribbean Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-30 Metres 0-100 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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Palancar Gardens Cozumel is where I shot this Juvenile Durgan with Blue Angel Dive Shop
| Facts about Palancar Gardens- It is in Mexico
- Palancar Gardens is in the Caribbean Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-20 Metres 0-60 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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One of the best dive sites in the meso-American reef system. Easy to dive, lots of marine life, and about 40 feet max depth. A great place for newbies & expert divers.
| Facts about Columbia Shallows, Cozumel, Mexico- It is in Mexico
- Columbia Shallows, Cozumel, Mexico is in the Caribbean Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-10 Metres 0-30 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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Great, great location - can be difficult, but lots of big marine life and very active. Can be some strong drift.
| Facts about Santa Rosa Wall, Cozumel, Mexico- It is in Mexico
- Santa Rosa Wall, Cozumel, Mexico is in the Caribbean Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-30 Metres 0-100 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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