Brain Corals in Cancun

While snorkeling out by cancun (on one of the islands) I found it very interesting where I saw a bunch of Brain Corals. At one beach we stopped at it was partially rocky but mostly sand and about 10-20 feet out the bottom was completely covered with some sort of blade algea. While snorkeling out in this 6-7 foot deep water I occationally ran across some corals. One of the more common ones I ran across were a brown brain coral. I didn't dare try to pick up any of them or touch them for fear of any local athorities but I found it interesting that they were just growing among the weeds not appearing to attach to anything.   Also on the beach near the hotel I found quite a few brain coral skeletons and each of them had a very smooth underside meaning that they were never attached to a rock.

One last interesting observation that I noted was that while scuba diving out on cozumel I didn't notice a single brain coral like the ones in the weeds. There were plenty of maze corals and moon corals, but no brain corals.

In cozumel? We went and dove at 2 spots. Our groups favorite of the 2 was at paridise reef which was about 45 feet deep and right next to the cruise ship docs (just as you come out of the harbor). I don't remember the other place it was left of the harbor a ways and it was ok but it the current was much stronger and it was more like a rock outcropping here and there instead of one continious reef.

Other than cozumel I have olny dove in California(beach dives) and here in Utah (for my certification).