点评:Beautiful sea fans and sponges a stones throw from the cruise ship dock. We could have easily swam back to our cruise ship. According to the “authorities” all snorkelers have to “snorkel” while wearing a life jacket. Seeing as how life jackets are designed to keep the head above the water, it was a challenge to tip forward and get your face in the water enough to see something, then you flip back upright. Again. Fight yourself forward, catch a quick glimpse underwater then flip back upright. Over and over and over again. Do NOT pay to go on a snorkel excursion here. This was the main part of a cruise shore excursion and we were so disappointed when we were told that it is mandatory that everyone snorkeling from a tour boat must wear a life jacket. I do not think it was just our tour operator since we saw other snorkelers wearing life jackets too. According to our guide, several snorkelers have been left in the water recently so the authorities are making everyone wear life jackets. So you will not actually be snorkeling, you’ll be floating along with glimpses underwater. A few years ago we went to a place called Sand Dollar and it was fantastic and we really regretted not just going there again. We thought we’d be off on some secluded reef when in actuality we were so close to the cruise ships we thought it was a joke. Sand Dollar is right down the way from the cruise dock (in fact, farther away from the ships than where we floated on the reef)and you can get an excellent snorkel tour and we didn’t see anyone having to wear life jackets there. If we are ever back in Cozumel, we are skipping the snorkel excursions on boats and going back to Sand Dollar.
翻译:离游轮码头只有几步之遥,就能看到美丽的海扇和海绵。我们本来可以轻松地游回游轮。但据“官方”规定,所有浮潜者都必须穿着救生衣。救生衣的设计是为了保持头部露出水面,所以要先向前倾身,把脸探入水中才能看到东西,然后再翻身回到直立位置,这简直是个挑战。如此反复。努力向前,快速瞥一眼水下,然后再翻身回到直立位置。一遍又一遍,没完没了。千万不要花钱参加这里的浮潜之旅。这原本是游轮岸上游览的主要项目,但当我们被告知所有从游船上浮潜的人都必须穿救生衣时,我们感到非常失望。我想这应该不只是我们这家旅行社的规定,因为我们看到其他浮潜者也穿着救生衣。据我们的导游说,最近有好几名浮潜者被留在水里,所以官方才强制要求所有人穿救生衣。所以你实际上并不是在浮潜,而是在漂浮中偶尔瞥见水下景色。几年前我们去过一个叫沙钱(Sand Dollar)的地方,那里棒极了,我们真后悔没再去一次。我们原以为会去某个僻静的珊瑚礁,结果发现离游轮那么近,简直像在开玩笑。沙钱就在游轮码头附近(实际上,比我们之前在珊瑚礁上漂浮的地方离游轮还远),那里有很棒的浮潜之旅,而且我们没看到有人需要穿救生衣。如果我们再去科苏梅尔,我们一定会放弃乘船浮潜,直接去沙钱。