This afternoon Lucy and I were finished with our volunteer duties for the day, so we put on our snorkel gear and headed for Akumal Bay. Little did we know the surprises we were in for. We had heard a rumor there was a Moray Eel who lived in the circular coral rocks right in the bay. As we were searching for it, we ran across a huge wall of jack fish, a wall that ran about 12 feet long and 4 feet deep. We swam through these shiny silver fish, and found ourselves surrounded by them, thousands and thousands of small fish swimming a circle around us. Suddenly, we heard a large smack on the surface by our heads ... we popped our heads out of the water to see a large pelican carrying off one of the fish. We laughed at this close call and went back to our exploring. We found the wall of jack fish again, and this time when we swam through them, we encountered a very large barracuda. We stopped, he stopped and there was a stare-down. Lucy and I decided we needed to enjoy his beauty from a respectable distance. Today, there were several juvenile turtles feeding in the grasses beyond the fishing boats.

As we swam on, it started to rain, so we decided to return to the beach, and as we looked into the sky to see how badly the rains might be, we saw several waterspouts forming above our heads. We could actually see them form, and see the energy in the middle, and then watch them disappear slowly. As one would disappear, another would form. Lucy and I ran to the dorms, shouting for everyone to come to the beach. For at least an hour these waterspouts formed, a few even coming down to the beach and causing little tornadoes dancing along beside us. Later that evening Lucy and I decided it was just another beautiful day in Akumal...