theskull
June 21st, 2008, 08:01 AM
Hard to believe for me and my best dive buddy, but we only brought snorkelling gear with us to Cancun--had limited blocks of free time as this is a company-sponsored awards trip.
Really enjoyed the snorkelling, though: conditions are 80 F water temp, 40 ft. visibility (lots of particulate), and max depth of app. 12 ft. on the protected reef. The coral is fairly bleached, but there is a good amount of tropical fish. I got few good photos, though, due to the dense particulate and lack of direct sunlight the day we were out.
The coolest event, though was we got to assist with the collecting and protecting of the eggs that the giant sea turtles are depositing on the beach in season. Late at night they will come right out of the water onto the hotel beach and dig a large hole to do their business. The hotel has a couple staffers who are on duty every night during the laying season (May-Aug) to keep tourists from bothering the turtles while they deposit their eggs, and then collect the eggs in a bucket and re-bury them on a protected corner of the beach to be allowed to hatch in 60 days. I do have a couple good photos of this and will try to figure out how to post them on this site.
Hasta la vista, baby,
theskull
Really enjoyed the snorkelling, though: conditions are 80 F water temp, 40 ft. visibility (lots of particulate), and max depth of app. 12 ft. on the protected reef. The coral is fairly bleached, but there is a good amount of tropical fish. I got few good photos, though, due to the dense particulate and lack of direct sunlight the day we were out.
The coolest event, though was we got to assist with the collecting and protecting of the eggs that the giant sea turtles are depositing on the beach in season. Late at night they will come right out of the water onto the hotel beach and dig a large hole to do their business. The hotel has a couple staffers who are on duty every night during the laying season (May-Aug) to keep tourists from bothering the turtles while they deposit their eggs, and then collect the eggs in a bucket and re-bury them on a protected corner of the beach to be allowed to hatch in 60 days. I do have a couple good photos of this and will try to figure out how to post them on this site.
Hasta la vista, baby,
theskull