Cozumel Pics

[irishpete]

Here are a few pics from my recent trip to Cozumel, may 15th-22nd. This is with an Olympus stylus 600 and pt-029 olympus housing, without a strobe. I will puchase stobe before next trip, I will still pleased with the color in the close-ups with the internal flash and difuser on the housing.

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and here is the link to my photo album with 384 pics from this trip. (http://saltbucket.com/v/Ducksausage/cozumel/)

[brians_224]

nice pix - what kind of fish is that in the first photo?

[irishpete]

thanks, mahi-mahi

[Wryknow]

Sweet fish and nice pictures! How was the island looking? Has the vegetation recovered from last year's hurricane? Where did you stay? (Sorry for all of the questions :) )

[irishpete]

Thanks for the comments. The Island is re-growing, I noticed new leaves on the trees every day. We stayed @ Reef Club, which was about 75% restored at that time. I would say by next year the vegetation should be mostly recovered, @ the resort they replanted so you dont notice as much leaf-less trees.

The shallow reefs got hit the worst, you can notice some sand and corals laying in the sand. Still good diving. Snorkling in front of the resort was a little disappointing, although we chased around 3 sting rays for a while.

[Wryknow]

Yeah, there's not a lot of corral right in front of the reef club unless you go out pretty far. Good to hear that it's recovering well though!

[yamaha racer]

nice i went last year awsome place. we went fishing also caught 3 5' baraccudas, and a small tuna. we went on 3 different scuba tours, and it was awsome but id rather go to hawaii