The Isla Mujeres Scuba Diving Blog http://www.divingisla.com Thu, 26 Jan 2017 23:44:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.16 http://www.divingisla.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/cropped-earth-day-5r-32x32.jpg The Isla Mujeres Scuba Diving Blog http://www.divingisla.com 32 32 Whale Sharks in Isla Mujeres http://www.divingisla.com/whale-sharks-isla-mujeres/ Fri, 20 May 2016 00:49:32 +0000 http://www.divingisla.com/?p=5060 Whale Sharks are known as the largest and most amiable fish in the ocean! These gentle giants can grow to be 12 meters or 40 feet long, weigh 11 tons, and live up to 70 years. They are filter feeders and feed almost solely on plankton, so they are completely harmless to humans. Here in...

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]]> Women’s Dive Day http://www.divingisla.com/womens-dive-day/ Thu, 12 May 2016 00:13:50 +0000 http://www.divingisla.com/?p=5048 This July, Dive Life will be hosting it’s first annual PADI Women’s Dive Day Event. As a woman, and as a diver, I feel it is my duty to get other women involved in this amazing sport! It is something exciting and adventurous that almost anyone can experience, and in the beginning it was solely considered...

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]]> Earth Day Isla Mujeres 2016 http://www.divingisla.com/earth-day-isla-mujeres/ Tue, 26 Apr 2016 00:06:18 +0000 http://www.divingisla.com/?p=4798 This past Earth Day, April 22, 2016, divers, snorkelers, and volunteers from Isla Mujeres joined forces to assist in the 1st Annual Earth Day Isla Mujeres Cleanup Event. This event consisted of over 60 volunteers and trash was collected under docks on the northern end of the island as well as the Malecon Boardwalk. The...

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]]> Dive Life Isla Mujeres http://www.divingisla.com/dive-life-isla-mujeres/ Fri, 08 Apr 2016 06:16:15 +0000 http://www.divingisla.com/?p=4750 It’s been an exciting couple of months here on Isla Mujeres. I have been working on a project that has been a goal of mine for years now, and I am so happy to announce it has finally happened! I have opened a PADI 5 Star Dive Center and IDC in Isla Mujeres with the...

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]]> PADI Open Water Course http://www.divingisla.com/padi-open-water-course/ Mon, 11 Jan 2016 12:10:35 +0000 http://www.divingisla.com/?p=4718 I have received many Facebook messages and emails lately regarding the steps to getting PADI certified, so I decided to take a moment to discuss the process! The process of certification is not too time consuming or difficult, and one of the main reasons I chose PADI is because their standards are backed by years of...

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]]> Wreck Diving in Isla Mujeres http://www.divingisla.com/wreck-diving/ Wed, 23 Dec 2015 02:09:30 +0000 http://www.divingisla.com/?p=4562 There are several shipwrecks here in Isla Mujeres, but there are two that really stand out! The C-55 and C-58. They are located just off the coast of Cancun, about a 25 minute boat ride away from Isla Mujeres. I have found myself day dreaming about these wrecks lately so I decided to expand on...

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]]> Diving MUSA – The Underwater Museum http://www.divingisla.com/diving-musa-underwater-museum/ Sun, 20 Dec 2015 23:58:38 +0000 http://www.divingisla.com/?p=4521 During my very first trip to Isla Mujeres one of the things I was most excited about was the Underwater Museum or MUSA. This is a series of pH neutral concrete statues that were placed on the ocean floor to create an artificial reef, and they have become a major diving and snorkeling attraction to...

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]]> Swimming in Isla Mujeres http://www.divingisla.com/swimming-in-isla-mujeres/ Sat, 19 Dec 2015 23:13:04 +0000 http://www.divingisla.com/?p=4481 A good friend of mine and I started a new work out regimen which includes swimming around Isla Mujeres’ north shore three times a week! During my last swim I started thinking about all of the places there are to swim around Isla, and about the lack of information provided on these swim locations. We...

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]]> First Things First… http://www.divingisla.com/first-about-me/ Sat, 19 Dec 2015 04:43:22 +0000 http://www.divingisla.com/?p=4470 First things first! Hello and welcome to my new blog! Before I begin this blog and all of the posts, I felt like I should share my story and why I am here on this beautiful island! My name is Shyla, and I am a PADI IDC Staff Instructor (aka diving instructor). I decided to...

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]]> My new blog http://www.divingisla.com/my-new-blog/ Tue, 15 Dec 2015 20:25:26 +0000 http://www.divingisla.com/?p=4408 A couple of years ago one of my good friends from home mentioned that he felt I should share some of my daily experiences on a blog. For me, this was such a strange thought. Why would anyone care to know about what I am doing and what is happening on this tiny little piece...

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