This past June my wife, Diane, and I celebrated our thirtieth wedding anniversary by spending a week on Isla Mujeres, Island of Women. The Isla is small, 4.5 miles north and south by .5 mile east and west, and shaped like the number 7it is 9 miles off the coast of Cancun on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. The water is very clear ~100 foot visibility and shallow, none of my dives was deeper than 45 feet, most were at 30 feet. the bottom, like the rest of the Yucatan is composed of limestone and is very flat, the only relief being the large coral heads and ridges that top out around 8 feet above the bottom. Yes, it is part of North America.
There are a lot of fish there. These are Porkfish, Snappers and Grunts.
Blue Chromis
Barracuda. We encountered two groups of 'cudas ranging from 3'-6', this is one of the larger ones. I'm sorry about this image, I was set up for macro and we found some larger animals on a drift dive; it was fast, like being in the Hiwassee at 45'.
How Loggerhead Turtles are made. Same drift dive, wrong lens.
This Hawksbill Turtle was asleep under a ledge.
Smooth Trunkfish
Yellowtail Damselfish, juvi
Broadstripe Goby on Star Coral, I think.
Fireworm. Look but don't touch, if you do you'll understand how it got its name.
I hope you enjoyed the images.