Quintana Roo Reef Ball Projects

• Mexico Hurricane Wilma Relief Funding Requests
• Isla Mujeres Marine Park Project Deployment Photos Aug. 2005
• 10 Year Old Reef Ball Underwater Photos
• 8 Year Old Reef Ball Underwater Photos
• Breakwater Survey Photos (Aerials) August 2005
• Hotel Mayan Palace Photos
• sept 26 2004 a 1 1/2 week after Ivan Post Hurricane (2004) Impact on Mayan Palace Reef Balls.  (Note: movement in some unanchored Reef Balls and some breakage in Reef Balls with substandard concrete strengths  This EMPHASIZES the need to follow Reef Ball Foundation construction standards in all projects.  Even with the anchoring not being finished at the time of hurricane impact and a few units having substandard concrete strength this breakwater still functioned properly and saved damage to the beach and property by the storm.)
• CNN's "Global Challenges" Reef Ball Segment (Audio.mp3) Video broadcast Aug 29, 2004. Videos: Medium Resolution (7 Megs Windows Media)  Low Resolution (2 Megs Windows Media)
• CNN.com - Transcripts, Headline News Sept. 25, 2004 OR
  
  View Video (7 megs)
• Cancun / Q. Roo
  -Atlantis Submarine Project
      -Cancun 8 Year Monitoring
      -Reef Balls Under Water  
      -Roberto De La Torre’s  (ecoarsa@sybcom.com) study in Cancun Mexico with Atlantis Submarine, "Fish Species Diversity on Reef Balls"
• Benefits of Artificial Reefs (En Espanol) 
• Powerpoint Presentation For Restoration of Cancun Beach with Reef Balls by Roberto De La Torre  (En Espanol/In Spanish)
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    Mayan Palace Submerged Breakwater (Mayan Riviera)
  -Mayan Place Aerial Photos, Sept 2003 (95% complete)
• Mayan Place Construction Photos 
  -Mayan Palace December 2002 Construction Photos
  -Stability Analysis Report for Mayan Palace
  -Submerged Reef Structures for Habitat Enhancement and Shoreline Erosion Abatement by Lee E. Harris
  -As of  June 17, 2003 1,015 out of 1560 Reefballs have been deployed at the Mayan Palace
  -Photos of Deployment 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
  -Photos of the Super  Reef Ball being used 1 2 3
• Hi Resolution Underwater Reef Ball Photos in Cancun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 
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RBDG

Cancun Monitoring Video 8/99 (11 min. 30 sec) This color video documents the growth on Reef Balls after 3 years in a tropical coral reef system. It is available on Digital Hi-8 Format (or less if desired) for Press, or other publicity related uses. It is an order of magnitude more beautiful with each increase in format (The Hi-* Digital is breathtaking!). If you want to know why Reef Balls really are coral reefs, just view this. You will eliminate the term "Artificial Reefs" from your vocabulary when you view this tape! 17 MB - for DSL/Cable Modem (or better) version...Really big file, but beautiful! 8 MB - Recommended because of the high colors in this segment 5 MB - Fuzzy titles, jumpy and less colors but quicker to download.

Mold Owners

Marenter (see below) owns 2 Super Ball, 5 Ultra Ball, 2 Reef Ball, 2 Pallet Ball molds licensed for authorized contractor use by the Reef Ball Foundation Inc. Services Division purchased on 04/30/2002.   Marenter also has 10 Bay Ball molds on indefinite loan from the Reef Ball Foundation for use in Reef Ball Foundation Ecotourist project in Cancun acquired in Spring of '03.

Atlantis Submarine Cancun S.A. de C.V., Plaza Quetzail, Local No. 4, Blvd. Kukulkan, Zona Hotelera, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico C.P. 77500  Purchased1 Reef Ball, 1 Pallet Ball and 1 Bay Ball on 02/24/1995.  Later, they were donated 1 Pallet Ball, 1 Bay Ball, 2 Oyster, and 1 Lo Pro mold donated by the Reef Ball Foundation on 08/22/1995 for use in the Marine Park.  These molds were transfered to Roberto De La Torres ecoarsa@sybcom.com under an authorized contractor agreement with the Reef Ball Development Group, Ltd on 1/1/96.  Roberto was unable to meet his obligations and made imitation "Reef Balls" at El Garrofon which contained iron rebar which is forbidden for use by authorized contractors.  His authorized contractor license was revoked in 1/1/2002 by RBDG.  Roberto still retains the molds and they are licensed only for use in Reef Ball Foundation Grant Projects or for approved promotional use.  Roberto is still considered a friend of the Reef Ball Foundation Inc. Services Division even though he no longer represents us as an authorized contractor.

Other Information

Garrafon Isla Mujeres, Mauricio Arias acuatica@garrafon.com

Authorized Contractors for the Area

Reef Ball Mexico
Provider of Reef Ball Solutions in Mexico

Email: comsolida@prodigy.net.mx 

Javier Dajer Cell (52) 9999 55 09 01 

Office (52) 999 920-90-56
Fax (52) 999 920 90-57

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