MUSA Underwater Museum Snorkel

Museo Subacuático de Arte (MUSA), Galería Manchones

Hundreds of human sculptures standing on the seabed, seen from above

⚠ Tour only

Tickets

Prices vary by tour (snorkel-only, Isla Mujeres combos, speedboat jungle tours); check with the operator

Address

It's underwater, so there's no street address. The big Manchones gallery lies off the south end of Isla Mujeres; the smaller Nizuc gallery is off Punta Nizuc at the bottom of the Hotel Zone. Tour boats leave from Hotel Zone marinas

Put your face in the water and there are people standing in rows on the sand. Since 2010 about 500 life-size sculptures have been sunk off Cancún, and the headline piece is Jason deCaires Taylor's The Silent Evolution, more than 400 figures in one crowd. Coral and algae grow over them and fish move in, so they change year by year. At 3–6 m deep you can see them clearly from the surface with a snorkel, though choppy days cloud the water.