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Old 08-21-2009, 10:07 PM
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I snorkelled quite a bit off the shore of Akumal Beach Resort and saw some cool things like a school of massive tarpons (scared me BAD), a big turtle, big ray and huge schools of blue tangs grazing. I followed these schools (hundreds of tangs) from one pile of rock to another it was a blast.

As far as corals go I didn't know what I was seeing at the time but there isn't anything crazy colorful. I think mostly big piles of the greey/yellow porites? No idea I'm still no good with Id. I don't think I saw any branching acros or anything.

That resort is for families. Pretty quiet and great for a non party-guy such as myself. I gained a few pounds and burned about 10 layers off my back and legs snorkelling. Great success!
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Old 08-21-2009, 10:15 PM
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Hey Brett, I stayed at ABR in September 2007, about a month after hurricane Dean. When did you stay there?

We snorkeled directly in front of the Lo Ha and the water was really clear. I wonder what happened to make it brackish.

Last November we stayed at the Hotel Akumal Caribe, next door to the dive shop and the Lo Ha. It's not an AI like the ABR, but it was nice to be able to eat and drink where ever we wanted.
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Old 08-21-2009, 10:55 PM
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I have snorkled in Fiji, Bali, Hawaii, Mexico, the Barrier Reef and in Jamaica and I was very impressed with Jamaica this past spring.

Where we stayed, the reef was accessible right off the beach with as good a variety of fish and corals as I've seen anywhere. For someone who is not a confident snorkeler, this is a huge advantage because you are in shallow, protected waters. A boat trip out to an outer reef can be expensive, through rough waters, hours in length, inflexible as far as departure times and very intimidating to snorkelers who have to jump in off of a boat.

A direct flight to Jamaica is only about an hour longer than that to Mexico and we found the food, people and variety of activities to be superior than Mexico.
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