A hop on the fast ferry from the pier in downtown Playa del Carmen brought us in no time to the dock of Cozumel. Many dive boats just tie up on a smaller pier to the side and we barely hop off and hop on again – and we are on our way to Santa Rosa wall and Paradise Reef. Great drift dives (all dives off this side of Cozumel are drift dives), great underwater life but unfortunately still challenges with my one flash, which makes it hard to get an exposure at all.

Invasiver Feuerfisch (Pterois volitans), Cozumel, Mexico

Fächerkoralle, Cozumel, Mexico

Cozumel splendid toadfish (Sanopus splendidus), endemic species of toadfish found only in Cozumel, Mexico

Yellowline arrow crab (Stenorhynchus seticornis) with iridescent blue claws, living inside purple sponge, Playa del Carmen, Mexico

Unidentified yellow filefish, Cozumel, Mexico