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Snorkel Sister.....


These are some pictures of the little sea turtles off our beach. When we went snorkeling at Akumel we hung with the BIG sea turles whose shells were 3-4 feet long. They would just hang out and eat sea grass. My kids now LOVE turtles. B says they are her new favorites ....even better than cats!

Some of the cool coral formations off our beach. It didn't turn out well, on the camera, but there is a really cool little fish almost smack dab in the middle. It's black with neon blue spots.

If I remember correctly, these two fish (above and below) are six lined grunts (someone tell me if I'm wrong). In Cozumel, we had a school swim with us all the time. They would get so close to us as we swam around (within inches of your face) and you could touch them if you quick and so inclined. They were very curious and bold creatures.

More cool coral off our resort.

Sea Urchins were huge. Made me remember to put on my beach shoes when I went into the water, because I saw them on rock that people were swimming and playing near. The ones off our beach were about 4-6 inches across in the body (with spikes they reached up to 8 inches) In Cozumel, they were a bunch whose bodies were 8-12 inches and with spikes were up to a 18" round. They were huge!!! I saw many angel fish that were as big soccer balls. (no joke!) I couldn't get over how big the fish and plant life got.

Brain coral

Sargeant major fish. We swam with some schools of them at Cozumel and a school of blue damsel fish that numbered in the hundreds.

Sea turtle swimming near our beach.

Cool coral landscape. Now multiply this by 1000 and you'll get a taste for the variety and amazing amount of fish at Cozumel. At Cozumel, we saw schools of great barracuda, green moray eels, giant crabs and clams. Aon and M, saw nurse sharks and sting rays. It amazing how rich and vibrant the ocean is on the Mayan Riveria.