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SCUBA DIVING IN COZUMEL (MEXICO)
Cozumel is a sort of a Mecca for divers. The diving sites are simply superb.
Barrel sponges (Verongula gigantea) and corals, external slope ("the wall"). Santa Rosa Reef, -30m.
Sponges and calcareous algae (Halimeda cf. oppuntia). Santa Rosa Reef, external slope ("the wall"), -20m.
Barrel sponge (cf. Verongula gigantea), few hunndred years old. Santa Rosa Reef, external slope ("the wall"), -25m.
Old barrel sponge (Verongula gigantea) and divers. Santa Rosa Reef, external slope ("the wall"), -15m.
Sea ear (Agelas clathrodes). Santa Rosa Reef, inner reef area, -9m.
Gorgonias, corals and calcareous algae, -15m.
Sponges (Agelas sp.), calcareous algae (Halimeda sp.) and fish in front of a small cave in the reef's external slope ("the wall"). Santa Rosa Reef, -15m.
Sponge in a small canyon, -10m.
Cerebroid coral (Calpophylla natans), corals, gorgonias, sponges and fish. Punta Arenas reef, -15m.
Balistid fish (Cantherhines sp.) and star coral (Montastrea annularis). Punta Tunich Reef, -15m.
Gorgonias and a balloon fish, -15m.
Gorgonias, -15m.

Gorgonias and queen fish, -15m.