Stepping off the edge

We saw lots of sea creatures on our dives.

This beautiful Sting Ray swam close to us in a non-threatening way, gracefully gliding by us, slowly flapping their body.

You frequently see beautiful pink Conch Shells in shops. I had one that I gave to my daughter. We occasionally saw them washed up on the beach. Here’s a heart shape formation of conch shells on the beach of one of the hotels. A sign asks people to add to it.

You forget they are an animal. On one of the dives we saw several Conch Shells like this ‘walking’ leaving their long trail

We saw 7 Spotted Eagle Rays on one dive. Five of them were too far away to get a good photo but these two swam close to us. The are graceful and a different shape to the Stingray. They have a beak like head like an eagle.

Cozumel is know for it’s Lobsters, there are even two Lobster House restaurants. Usually we see lobsters on night dives when lobsters, crabs and other crustaceans come out but we saw several lobsters during the day.

I didn’t get a photo of the green Moray Eels we saw, they are quite ugly! They can be several feet long and usually hide under coral. This much smaller Chain Moray Eel hung around the rocks at the hotel beach. I was worried a pelican would get him but he managed to evade them.