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Reef and Adventure Dives
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 Isla
Mujeres is known for its drift diving &
terrific snorkeling. Visibility is exceptional, normally 80-100ft.
There are over 50 local dive sites, most can be reached in
less than 25 minutes. Among the most popular are:
Manchones
Reef: With
over 800 meters of reef, you'll see terrific fields of elk
horn, stag horn and brain coral! The vibrant colors of the
reef and abundant schools of blue tangs, wrasse, grunts, and
snappers. The large parrot, queen angel fish, and spotted
trunkfish also make it a spectacular dive. The depth ranges
from 30-40 ft.
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 Sleeping
Sharks Cave: This is an isolated and
wild area to dive. Made famous by Jacques Cousteau & Dr.
Eugene Clark, fresh water bubbles attract a variety of sharks,
making them groggy and allowing adventuresome divers to get
a close-up view. Bull, black tip, gray reef sharks, and nurse
sharks are commonly sited. The shark caves is at a depth of
60-70 ft.
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 Bandera
Reef: Mid way between Cancun &
Isla Mujeres, Bandera reef is a long, elongated coral reef topped
with elk-horn coral and cut through with ledges and overhangs.
Schools of barracuda and pompano swarm over the reef as well
as large crabs, spotted moray eels, langosta, and angel fish.
This is a 40 ft dive.
Tavos
Reef: is an obscure dive site which
is a small reef coupled with unique lime stone formations
that have created a variety of crevices & tunnels--many
of which are large enough for divers to pass through. This
dive site also has the unique feature of attracting gray and
white-tip reef sharks which seem to enjoy swimming through
the arches and overhangs. This is a 35 ft dive.
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Media Luna:
"Media Luna" is 30-40 ft dive with
unique arches, ridges, and ledges that make it a great dive
for underwater exploring. Large sea anemone, spiny sea urchins,
and langosta are frequently sighted.
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 Cenote
Diving: In addition to Caribbean
diving, fresh-water cenote diving is also easily accessible
with just a short ride to the mainland! The Yucatan peninsula's
incredible cenote diving is another special feature of Quintana
Roo. Unique to the area are huge fresh water caverns decorated
with stalactites and stalagmites. After two hundred and fifty
million years of dramatic changes in sea level, these spectacular
caves and caverns have been formed & are increasingly being
explored by divers! This picture shows Arturo Delfin snorkeling
at the Cenote named "Temple of Doom" when his friend and well-known
Mexican photographer, Luis Gomez, took this picture. Most of
the excellent photographs on this web page are the work of Luis
Gomez Cardenas.
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 Hool
Reef : "Hool"
a Maya word for "Hole"! As the name of this area suggests
one sees what appears to be holes on the reef floor. These formations
offer diving opportunities that may redefine the divers understanding
of the space. Passing through the arch forms from one Hole to
another a garden of sea fans and soft coral is revealed. Depth
of this area is 25 to 30 feet. |
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