Musa Cancun Underwater Museum
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About this site
The MUSA Cancun Underwater Museum is an artificial reef and sculpture gallery in the Caribbean Sea off the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, near Cancun. It was inaugurated on 27 November 2010 and is the largest collection of underwater contemporary sculpture in the world. The main gallery has more than 400 life-sized cement sculptures, made by a British sculptor at the invitation of Mexico's national commission for protected natural areas.
Purpose: the museum was set up to illustrate the interaction between art and nature while offering a good place to dive.
The dive has a maximum depth of about 8 m (27 ft), and visibility is great. The area is mostly suited to beginners.
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Requirements: certified divers with a scuba certification card can dive it. People who are not certified can try it through a beginner's lesson. People with asthma, or with heart or brain problems, should check their fitness to dive first.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Atlantic Sergeant MajorAbudefduf saxatilisReported here · unconfirmed
Bluestriped GruntHaemulon sciurusReported here · unconfirmed
Caribbean Bluehead WrasseThalassoma bifasciatumReported here · unconfirmed
Schoolmaster SnapperLutjanus apodusReported here · unconfirmed
Slippery DickHalichoeres bivittatusReported here · unconfirmed
BarracudaBarracudaReported here · unconfirmed
OctopusOctopusReported here · unconfirmed
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