点评:A great place to see Hawksbill turtles!!! There are a large number of parrot fish. I did spot a few small porcupine fish and a couple of small barracuda. Unfortunately I did see a lionfish. The seas and winds were unusually rough a couple of days so that may have impacted the marine life I saw. I think I covered a large portion of the reef areas that were not super far from shore. At times it feels like you could get hit by the boats heading in and out of the marina. Most of the turtles I saw were in the edges of the sea grass areas, a few small ones swam in and out of the coral areas. The coral areas have a rocky shoreline so be very careful. If the waves are in the 3 and 4 feet or more range, it will be a challenge. Since I regularly search for information on beaches to snorkel from shore, so I will share my perspective. There is some live healthy coral, but there is also a large amount of dead and damaged coral. I have snorkeled in Cozumel, Akumal Mexico, Mahahual Mexico, Vieques PR, and Hawaii. All of those places have a greater variety of fish and sea life than I saw in the few days I snorkeled at Smith reef. It could have just been the time of my visit. Be careful of the boats and don't swim at the entrance to the marina!
翻译:这里是观赏玳瑁的好地方!鹦嘴鱼也很多。我还看到了几条小刺豚和几条小梭鱼。可惜的是,我看到了一条狮子鱼。前几天海浪和风力异常汹涌,这可能影响了我看到的海洋生物。我觉得我游览了离岸不远的大部分珊瑚礁区域。有时候感觉随时会被进出码头的船只撞到。我看到的大多数海龟都在海草区的边缘,只有几只小海龟在珊瑚区里游来游去。珊瑚区的海岸线多岩石,所以一定要格外小心。如果浪高达到3到4英尺甚至更高,那就比较危险了。我经常搜索适合岸边浮潜的海滩信息,所以想分享一下我的看法。这里有一些健康的活珊瑚,但也有很多死亡或受损的珊瑚。我在科苏梅尔、墨西哥阿库马尔、墨西哥马哈瓦尔、波多黎各别克斯岛和夏威夷都浮潜过。所有这些地方的鱼类和海洋生物种类都比我在史密斯礁浮潜的那几天看到的要丰富得多。也许只是因为我去的时间段不对。注意来往的船只,不要在码头入口处游泳!