Motorcycle Reef Dive 2007, Akumal Mexico

12 May 2007

First dive of our 2007 Mexico trip and with Claudia and Karen. This dive location gets its name due to a motorcycle at the end of the dive that was sunk a few years back.

The best part about this dive was the turtles. I got some pics of them, but I missed the greatest photo opportunity ever because I was just too flabbergasted to remember to take pics. One of the dive shop folks and I were at our 15 foot safety stop when he started pointing over my shoulder. I turned around and about 10 feet away was the biggest turtle I'd ever seen in my life. He must have been about five feet in length and maybe three and a half feet across. He was swimming straight towards me at eye-level. He didn't look like he was stopping and I was trying to figure out if I should try dodging or what. He finally stopped just six inches from my facemask before turning away and swimming on. I just didn't even think to bring up the camera for a pic.

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Caludia (left) Karen (right)	Coral	Claudia and Karen
Coral	Coral	Turtle
Another turtle	Same turtle as before	Claudia
Motorcycle	Motorcycle	Motorcycle