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Underwater Park, Fiesta American is certain that this map fits right into
Cozumel Reef, Las Palmas Drop-off, Las Franko’s personal love of the undersea. It
Palmas Shallows, Paraiso Sur (Paradise also follows that no Franko’s Map which
South), Paradise Shallows, Paradise Reef, caters to a beautiful island and it’s diving
Paraiso Norte (Paradise North), would be complete without local reef
International Pier, Aeroplane Wreck, La creature information. In fact, the finishing
Ceiba Reef Preserve, Gorgonian Flats, touch on side one of Franko’s Map of
Villablanca Drop-off, Villablanca Reef, Cozumel is Franko’s Caribbean reef
Pico’s Reef (Barracuda Reef), Barge creatures guide. This biological
Wreck Eagle Ray Wall, San Juan Reef, interpretive data includes over 100 species
and Barracuda. of fish, invertebrates, corals and sponges,
depicted in full color with names for easy
The descriptions of these underwater identification. This includes everything
walls, coral pinnacles and buttresses and from green sea and hawksbill turtles to
coral gardens is briefly told for each one, white-spotted eagle rays, trumpetfish,
and then on side two of the map there is a blacktip reef sharks, and longspine
drawing and descriptions of these features squirrelfish. It also includes mountainous
in general. Franko’s Map of Cozumel star coral, finger coral, sheet coral, sea
also shows a number of dive sites on the fans, and the one coral feared by Franko -
windward side of Cozumel, including El fire coral. The favorite of all of
Islote, Playa Bush, El Mirador, Punta Cozumel’s undersea creatures is it’s own
Chiqueros, Chen Rio, Punta Morena, Los unique Cozumel splendid toadfish. This
Atolones and Islotes. For those who are curious creature is depicted peering out
interested, Cozumel also has a trio of from a hiding spot, as usual. This
notable surf spots, which are located on beautiful depiction of Cozumel’s fabulous
the map. They include Playa Bonita, undersea life is a combination of carefully
Chen Rio and Mezcalito’s. Cannons, drawn artwork, intermingled with
anchors and other artifacts are found in the Franko’s underwater photography that has
waters of Cozumel. Franko’s Map of been blended into the artwork.
Cozumel shows a sampling of these items
dating from the Spanish exploration era Side 2 of Franko’s Map of Cozumel
onward. Maya ruin sites, where there still features a couple of zoom-ins and a
can be found beautiful examples of former Cozumel Reefs explanation and artwork.
great cites in Cozumel’s interior are also The first feature is Franko’s Map of
located on this map. They include the Greater San Miguel, which covers much
famous and fabulous San Gervasio, El of the west coast, from the Cozumel
Cedral, Santa Rita, etc. Some folks travel Country Club on the north to Chankanaab
to Cozumel just to see the ruins. Since Marine National Park on the south.
much of Cozumel is a Marine Park Chankanaab Park is also show in an
(Marine Parque Arricefes De Cozumel), it enlarged detail. The locations of the dive
