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Old 07-17-2012, 08:39 PM
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If you have kids I definitely recommend visiting Xel Ha. Word of warning though: They ban sunscreen as too much sunscreen in the water is bad for the fish. They offer their own environmentally friendly sunscreen. It's not cheap but buy it. I took one of my diving groups there and I figured I could just get away with wearing my rashguard (which has an SPF rating) in the water and be alright for an hour. Got the the WORST sunburn of my life that day... and I don't burn very easy.
Actually when I was there last summer, their sunscreen was absolutely FREE to us. If you bring your own, it has to be eco friendly, otherwise you just showed them what you have, and if not good, they gave you some other stuff. Unless things have changed, it was free to us. Now in saying this, it wasn't a full tube, it was small cups filled, one per person.

Maybe things have changed though.
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