New unique dive site coming soon near Cancun

[annlaur]

Just read in today's Por Esto online edition that an "underwater museum" was being completed between Cancun and Isla Mujeres.

A total of 400 life-size statues portraying actual people and carved by sculptor Jeason de Caires Taylor will be submerged, creating an art-ificial reef which hopefully will be covered in life over time.

According to the newspaper, this will be the first "underwater museum" in the world.
It will open on Nov 27th, cost of "admission" US$ 2 per person on top of the cost of the dives/snorkelling trip.

The story doesn't mention the depth of the site, called Musa, nor it's exact location.

Below is the link to the article (in Spanish).

Por Esto! | Yucatn

 

[Aquabear]

Isn't this La Elovucion Sinencia?
La Evolución Silenciosa (The Silent Evolution)

 

[annlaur]

Yes, thanks ! Nice pictures.
I like "La Evolución silenciosa" better than "Musa" as a name. Less catchy but more poetic.
As of today according to Por Esto, there are 340 statues there, an additional 60 are being dropped in the next few days.
9 meters is really shallow, hopefully the statues won't get damaged by the next hurricane. I'll try and dive this site on my next trip to MX.

 

[ScubaGypsy]

Here is an english blog with a video showing some of the figures. This link has also named it "The Silent Evolution" as the 400 statues are apparently replicas of the local villagers.