A lot of the lakes are old peat diggings, so the water has bits of the black stuff in it, and beyond a certain point that means it's like doing a night dive in the middle of the day. Where by a certain point, I mean maybe 15 metres.
Ouchie... mind you I nearly swam into a cliff face in Vobster Quay because what I'm assured was "temporary plankton bloom" (but looked to me like "shed loads of silt which will always be there") reduced viz to about 25cm. My buddy nearly peed himself laughing because he was in a slightly clearer spot and could just see me with my head in a cloud swimming closer and closer to a cliff and then yell obscenities. (It genuinely startled me and I was looking straight ahead).
Was that part of a general diving holiday? And would you recommend Mexico?
Yes... we did 2 weeks of which 8 days was diving. We did a week in Cozumel which has great viz and beautiful scenery. Not much in the way of megafauna (one tiny nurse shark all week) at the time we were there. If you go then the "Devil's throat" is the do not miss dive. Reef tunnel from about 24m to about 42m http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_Throat_at_Punta_Sur Once we left Cozumel we did a baited shark dive which was insane (but costly) and some cenotes dives (including Angelita and Dos Ojos http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistema_Dos_Ojos).
Wikipedia's list of Recreational Dive Sites is a bit insane. Just noticed it. Same list has Devil's Throat, Truk Lagoon, the M2, Hispania and Stanegarth (in Stoney).
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Ouchie... mind you I nearly swam into a cliff face in Vobster Quay because what I'm assured was "temporary plankton bloom" (but looked to me like "shed loads of silt which will always be there") reduced viz to about 25cm. My buddy nearly peed himself laughing because he was in a slightly clearer spot and could just see me with my head in a cloud swimming closer and closer to a cliff and then yell obscenities. (It genuinely startled me and I was looking straight ahead).
Was that part of a general diving holiday? And would you recommend Mexico?
Yes... we did 2 weeks of which 8 days was diving. We did a week in Cozumel which has great viz and beautiful scenery. Not much in the way of megafauna (one tiny nurse shark all week) at the time we were there. If you go then the "Devil's throat" is the do not miss dive. Reef tunnel from about 24m to about 42m
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_Throat_at_Punta_Sur
Once we left Cozumel we did a baited shark dive which was insane (but costly) and some cenotes dives (including Angelita and Dos Ojos http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistema_Dos_Ojos).
Wikipedia's list of Recreational Dive Sites is a bit insane. Just noticed it. Same list has Devil's Throat, Truk Lagoon, the M2, Hispania and Stanegarth (in Stoney).