Akumal

Akumal
Community
Half-moon Bay in Akumal
Half-moon Bay in Akumal
Akumal is located in Mexico
Akumal
Akumal
Location on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico
Coordinates: 20°24′00″N 87°19′16″W / 20.40000°N 87.32111°W / 20.40000; -87.32111
Country Mexico
State Quintana Roo
Municipality Tulum
Founded1958
Elevation
36 ft (11 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (No DST)
Major AirportCancún International Airport
IATA CodeCUN
ICAO CodeMMUN

Akumal is a small beachfront tourist resort community in Mexico, 100 km (62 mi) south of Cancún, between the towns of Playa del Carmen and Tulum. It is on Akumal Bay and Half Moon Bay on the site of a former coconut plantation in Tulum Municipality in the state of Quintana Roo, and is part of the Riviera Maya area. The 2010 census showed a population of 1,310.[1]

Akumal is famous as a destination for snorkeling. Visitors can swim with endangered green sea turtles, which visit the bay to feed on sea grass.[2] Snorkeling's popularity has put environmental pressure on the fragile habitat.[3]

  1. ^ http://mapserver.inegi.org.mx/mgn2k/?s=geo&c=1223 Archived 2013-05-02 at the Wayback Machine 2010 census tables: INEGI]: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
  2. ^ "Swimming with Turtles in Akumal, Mexico". Anna Everywhere. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  3. ^ Russell, Paul Sánchez-Navarro (20 Feb 2016). "Akumal suffering from unsustainable growth". Mexico News Daily. Retrieved 22 December 2017.