Tulum 2010

[DetectorGuy]

We just got back from Mexico and I wish I had more dives to report about but We only got in the two. This other family we went with didnt want to spend a bunch on diving so I kinda got the shaft. We had a bunch of fun anyway.

The first night we stayed in Puerto Morelos. The next 7 nights we spent just North of Tulum at Tankah Bay. The last couple nights we stayed in Cancun near the point.

I brushed up on the free diving quite a bit. There was a nice reef about 300 yards from the house we rented and we messed around on that for a few hours everyday. I took about a thousand photos and learned a lot about photographing in clear water. I made the mistake of using the wide angle lense in the cenotes and it tripled the length of the caverns so the lighting looked very wimpy. I think I like the macro shooting better with my little camera. It doesn't have the horsepower of a nice camera. 30' is about max distance with it from what I could tell. The wind was fierce with 6-8' waves outside the reef and plenty of turbidity just inside the reef. Tankah Bay was a nice shallow bay about 14' deep on average so the snorkeling was perfect.

Spent a day body surfing in the waves at Cancun and everyone is fairly sun burned. Once I get all the photos sorted out I will post a couple of the better ones.
John