They appeared to be running at close to capacity, and the only repairs remaining were in the NE corner of their property.

Nearshore snorkelling in their vicinity (one big draw for us) was very good. It’s easier to get in and out of the water because the beach sand washed out into the shallows and covered the turtle grass (which will come back I know, and it’ll be better for the ecosystem, but from a purely selfish point-of-view…).

The fish continue to increase in size with each year of the lagoon fishing ban. I saw a five-foot jewfish I won’t say where for fear of poachers, but it was in a fairly obvious spot.

The other major underwater of Wilma’s damage was a huge amount of broken coral on the sea floor, washed in from the reef. Heartbreaking.

As of our trip, the piers were still all destroyed, though funnily enough the stumps of the original Ojo de Agua pier are now visible in the beach because of the lower sand levels. The fishermen unload their catch near their old main pier, and have moved their stall from the zocalo to the base of that pier.

Nearby, Los Pelicanos is being rebuilt but is open for business at their former location to the south, and this year’s chef is the best they’ve had in more than ten years. Yum.