Akumal 2013

[daplatapus]

Looks like you had some great viz. Greats shots, thanks for sharing.

[neoh]

pretty awesome!

[Treebeard]

There is something wrong with the movies. I will try uploading them to YouTube tonight.

[Reef_Geek]

Just came back from staying at Akumal Beach Resort.

Great snorkeling right off the beach there. Reefs start 30 feet from front of the resort, sea grass bed just a few hundred yards to the north where sea turtles and sting rays graze. I'm guessing that from the beach to about a km out is the reef flat and the fore reef is just beyond the breakers (best reached by boat).

With such great snorkeling that I could do with the wife, I only snuck off for one dive with Akumal Dive Center (about a 4 minute walk down the beach to shop) for a cave dive in the "Taj Mahal Cenote"

Here's a video with my GoPro
http://youtu.be/_HeqGUIgs_c

There's bats at 3:16 in the video. Be sure to click on the wheel at the bottom right of the player to set resolution to 1080p for HD.

[Treebeard]

Thanks!
The viz was only so-so on a couple of dives. The currents were pushing hard from the north and the viz was only about 40 feet. When the current switched from the south it was around 70 feet.

Originally Posted by daplatapus

Looks like you had some great viz. Greats shots, thanks for sharing.