Pocna proudly presents the World Record Holder for World's Oldest Active Diver
You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old. - George Burns. For many, age is just a number and a state of mind. Jane...
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Tracy Gunn
Jul 19, 20234 min read
Icebar; The coolest bar in Isla Mujeres
What would be the last thing you would expect to find in the middle of a tiny Caribbean island? Maybe a bar made out of 150 tons of ice?...
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Tracy Gunn
Jul 12, 20238 min read
Isla Contoy
This Sunday, my active five-year-old, Gaia, and I took a day trip to Isla Contoy. This is an Island just north of Isla Mujeres, a...
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Tracy Gunn
Dec 7, 202229 min read
Pocna Dive Center Celebrates its 10th Anniversary
Established on 12/12/12, this is her story... People often ask how I came to open a dive centre on a tiny island in the middle of the...
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Tracy Gunn
Aug 8, 20226 min read
How to get to Isla Mujeres.
Arriving in a new country can be confusing, especially if everything is in a different language. Possibly the biggest challenge can just...
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Tracy Gunn
Aug 2, 20223 min read
Urban Reef (Arricife Urbano); by Jason deCaire Taylor, in Isla Mujeres
Submerged during the second expansion of MUSA in 2011, there are two statues in the Urban Reef collection. Located in the section called...
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Tracy Gunn
Aug 2, 20222 min read
Time Bombs, fuse and mine (Bomba de Tiempo, mecha y mina); by Jason deCaire Taylor, in Isla Mujeres
In a part of MUSA, which is locally known as "Casitas", within the Manchones National Park off the coast of Isla Mujeres, divers will...
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Tracy Gunn
Jul 29, 20222 min read
Biomap (Biomapa); by Rodrigo Quiñones Reyes, in Isla Mujeres
This collection of sculptures lies within MUSA, in the Manchones National Park just off the coast of Isla Mujeres. At first glance, these...
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Tracy Gunn
Jul 29, 20222 min read
Seascape; by Karen Salinas Martinez, in Isla Mujeres
At the start of the MUSA circuit in the Manchones Gallery is a beautiful, detailed ring large enough for divers to swim through. This...
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Tracy Gunn
Jul 25, 20223 min read
Diving and Snorkeling Manchones 2, Isla Mujeres
The thoughtfully named Manchones 2 is the little sister of Manchones 1 and is located just off the coast of Isla Mujeres. It is a shallow...
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Tracy Gunn
Jul 25, 20224 min read
Diving and Snorkeling Manchones 1, Isla Mujeres
Manchones 1 is a simply named reef that is part of the larger Manchones National Park, just off the coast of Isla Mujeres. Perfect for...
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Tracy Gunn
Jul 23, 20222 min read
The "Other Volkswagon"; by Jason deCaire Taylor, in Isla Mujeres
So we know about Anthropocene, and its forlorn child curled up on the bonnet of the Volkswagon, but why do we know nothing about the...
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Tracy Gunn
Jul 23, 20225 min read
The Cross of the Bay (La Cruz de la Bahía) in Isla Mujeres
Cross of the Bay A few meters to the South of Manchones reef lies a cross that cares for and protects the men who go to sea daily for...
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Tracy Gunn
Jul 20, 20226 min read
Shipwreck Diving on Gunboat C-55, Isla Mujeres
USS Ransom (AM-283), named ARM Teniente Juan de la Barrera (C-55), is a shipwreck sunk off the coast of Cancun and Isla Mujeres for the...
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Tracy Gunn
Jul 20, 20225 min read
Shipwreck Diving on Gunboat C-58, Isla Mujeres
USS Harlequin (AM-365), named General Pedro Maria Anaya C-58, was intentionally sunk for diving, and this huge artificial reef has become...
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Tracy Gunn
Jul 10, 20221 min read
Anthropocene; by Jason deCaire Taylor, in Isla Mujeres
While diving in the Manchones National Park near Isla Mujeres, divers will see the sad image of a small child curled up alone on the...
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Tracy Gunn
Jul 10, 20222 min read
The Man on Fire (Hombre en Llamas); by Jason de Caire Taylor, in Isla Mujeres
Standing alone in the middle of the Manchones National Park, a lone statue looks defiantly ahead. This solitary and imposing figure is...
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Tracy Gunn
Jul 4, 20223 min read
Bacab; by Salvador Quiroz Ennis, in Isla Mujeres
Just off the island of Isla Mujeres, as part of MUSA and inside the Manchones National Park, lies a statue by Salvador Quiroz Ennis....
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Tracy Gunn
Jul 4, 20223 min read
The Dream Catcher (El Coleccionista De Sueños); by Jason deCaire Taylor, in Isla Mujeres
Within the Manchones National Park, in the dive site locally known as Manchones 1, you can come across some more of the impressive...
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Tracy Gunn
Jun 26, 20225 min read
The Silent Evolution (Evolución Silenciosa) In Musa, Isla Mujeres
If you have been diving or snorkelling in Isla Mujeres since 2010, there is a good chance you have seen a massive group of statues...
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