Akumal Nov 09

Akumal Dive Map With GPS Locations
122 Tortuga Reef 11/09/09	Started at 108 but the best stuff is 55ft or less, barrel sponges, Hawksbill turtle, cleaning stations. Little murky at this time from a hurricane.
123 Half Moon Bay 11/09/09	Many east/west cuts in reef (we did one small swim through), soft corals, gray angelfish, and flamingo toughs.
124 Grand Cenote 11/10/09	Beautiful snorkeling with lily pads and fish. Cenote tour has huge cavern rooms with some tight places, columns of all sizes and lengths. West of Tulum a few miles on north side.
125 Las Esponjas 11/11/09	Lots of lionfish, hawksbill turtle and schools of gray angelfish. More shallow cuts with a few swimmable.
126 Motorcycle Reef 11/11/09	Old Harley, not the background photo. We headed north.
127 Los Gorgonianas 11/12/09	Started at 98 ft and saw lots of larger fish, barrel sponges, barracuda and jacks'.
128 Yool Caanal 11/12/09	Shallower reef with sand cuts 3-10 ft deep in reef, good soft corals and small fish, good for photos.
Day Trip to Coba ruins 11/13109	We took the day off to go see Coba Maya Ruins west of Tulum
129 Grouper Reef 11/14/09	Similar to Yool Caanal but with larger sandy cuts 10-15 ft across islands of coral. Saw a moray and lots of small fish.
130 Leon 11/14/09	Sandy at drop point and lots of cuts to form islands of coral, lost of small fish.
131 Herradura or Horseshoe 11/15/09	Lots of soft corals, sea fans and sponges, narrow cuts and elk horns. Cowfish, trunk fish, butterflies, and rock beauties.
132 Motorcycle Reef 11/15/09	This time we went south, found a hole with at least 15 lobsters, Lots of nice cuts and found a huge barracuda and hawksbill turtle.
133 La Inglacia 11/16/09	Really like this place. Lots of elk horns, and soft corals. White grunts? and gray angelfish. Good for photos.
134 Yal Ku North 11/16/09	Dropped in just south of the bay iterance and headed north. Bigger waves today so a little surge. Huge towers of elk horn corals and new growth. Spotted eagle ray
135 Yal Ku Chicu 11/17/09	Reef is narrow here with nice sandy bottom, eagle ray, stingray and such in sand. Elkhorn corals tower to the surface almost with a few nice swim troughs'.
136 Net Reef Night Dive 11/17/09	Just out front from the dive shop, I think it was Net Reef. Saw two octopi, and lots of sleeping parrot fish and a huge barracuda.
137 Grand Cenote 11/18/09	Not as nice as the first trip, a group in front had kicked up sand. but still enjoyed the huge rooms and cave features.