Dive 5 : La Ceiba Hotel, Cozumel, Mexico
Dive No. 5 of 236Date Jan 8, 1999
Bottom Time
To Date2:10
This Dive0:17
Cumulative Time2:27
Location La Ceiba Hotel, Cozumel, Mexico
Time IN 15:36Time OUT 15:54
SI
3:37		 PG
 PG
B
32'
DEPTH
15ft STOP
0:17
Air Temp
Water Temp 80F
Visibility 100'
Buddy Mark Jockel
Dive Chart
Notes
Shore dive from our hotel to see the plane that was sunk in 1977 for a Mexican movie. The hotel was allowed to keep the plane underwater after the filming was completed. The plane is in about 35' of water just past a dropoff after the roped off snorkeling area.

Saw a large Barracuda during the snorkel out to the site as well as a couple Triggerfish, a Hermit Crab, and a variety of other fish once at the site. I brought my ReefMaster RL camera with me which was working fine until I found that water had leaked into the case. We cut our dive short to check it out.

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Mark on his descent.
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Our first view of the plane.
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Squirelfish hiding under a wing
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Cool purple fish. Probably a pair of Creole Wrasse
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A couple Squirelfish as well a a cool Trumpetfish
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I thought this was a Squirelfish, but it turns out to be a Glasseye Snapper
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Hermit Crab crawling on the wing of the sunken plane
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Another cool purple fish called a Creole Wrasse
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