MUSA – Salón Manchones
The underwater sculpture museum opened in 2010 inside the marine national park between Cancún and Isla Mujeres. The Manchones gallery holds about 477 sculptures on sand at roughly 8–10 m and is the dive gallery; the shallow Punta Nizuc gallery (about 4 m) is for snorkelling only. It is usually combined with a dive on Manchones Reef.
Facts
- Region: Mexico – Cozumel & Caribbean Coast
- Area: Cancún & Isla Mujeres
- Depth: 8–10 m
- Level: beginner
- Current: low
- Type: reef
- Coordinates: 21.2017, -86.7269
- Highlights: hundreds of life-size sculptures (Jason deCaires Taylor and others), 'The Silent Evolution', coral growth on statues, turtles and reef fish
- Tips: Open Water is enough; easy, shallow dive suitable for beginners.