Joel BergsmaUnderwater photographer · Expedition diver

Cozumel20°25'N 86°55'WApr 2012 to May 201273 photos

Cozumel - Selected, April 2012

Selected photos from diving in Cozumel, Mexico in April, 2012.

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Hermit crab kicking up sand in Cozumel. 4/24/2012 diving.Rainbow ParrotfishHoneycomb CowfishRainbow Parrotfish. Below the Rainbow Parrotfish is a much smaller Smooth Trunkfish.
Rainbow Parrotfish & Smooth TrunkfishHawksbill TurtleCaptain AlexA Spiny Lobster
A Spiny LobsterA Spiny Lobster hides in its crevice.Stoplight ParrotfishBlack Grouper
Queen TriggerfishHawksbill Turtle looks up.Gray Angelfish. See Gerald Allen, et al, Reef Fish Identification - Tropical Pacific (2003) at page 36.Green Moray Eel.
Arrow CrabQueen Triggerfish swimming with a large piece of coral in its mouth that it had just picked up.Honeycomb Cowfish up close and personal.Queen Angelfish
Pipe CoralTwilight sunset, taken from the water immediately before descending to begin our twilight - night dive.French Angelfish (Intermediate Phase between Juvenile and Adult)Porcupine Pufferfish (green eyes)
EelYellow StingrayBristle Worm (If you touch it, you will experience major pain!)Squid swimming above me, whose eyes reflect my dive light.
OctopusOctopusOctopusYellowhead Wrasse
Yellowhead WrasseBlue ParrotfishYellowtail SnapperFrench Angelfish. See Gerald Allen, et al, Reef Fish Identification - Tropical Pacific (2003) at page 36.
French AngelfishFlamingo Tongue CowryFlamingo Tongue CowrySpiny Lobster
Goliath GrouperFrench Angelfish. See Gerald Allen, et al, Reef Fish Identification - Tropical Pacific (2003) at page 36.Smooth TrunkfishSmooth Trunkfish
Bluestriped GruntLionfishJuvenile French AngelfishYellowhead Wrasse
Yellow Stingray (disguised by the sand covering it)Yellow StingrayPorcupine Pufferfish with a birght blue eye. aka BalloonfishLooking out a porthole of the ship's helm at the bow and two divers.
Porthole with diver in the distance.Feather Star on the ship's super structure.Stoplight ParrotfishSplendid Toadfish
Splendid ToadfsihJuvenile Spotted Drum FishPorkfishQueen Angelfish. See Gerald Allen, et al, Reef Fish Identification - Tropical Pacific (2003) at page 36.
Queen Angelfish. See Gerald Allen, et al, Reef Fish Identification - Tropical Pacific (2003) at page 36.The Octopus is now underway and beginning to form its sleek swimming position with legs behind its body.OctopusOctopus
Long boat ride to Maracaibo Reef, at the southern tip of Cozumel Island.Honeycomb Cowfish. Its forehead has two horns portruding.Bluestriped Grunt and Yellowhead WrasseBluestriped Grunt
Stoplight Parrotfish (initial phase) and a Smooth TrunkfishHawksbill TurtleHawksbill TurtleUnderbelly of a Hawksbill Turtle
Smooth Trunkfish