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Besides unsurpassed fishing, the resort provides access to more than 30 world-class diving and snorkeling sites, thanks to its primo location a stone’s throw from the 62-mile Great Astrolabe Reef, the fourth largest barrier reef in the world.
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Alexandra Kirkman, Robb Report, 29 May 2025
Wellness is a big focus too, as are water sports, including diving to allow visitors to go and check out what Saudi authorities say is the world's fourth-largest barrier reef nearby, in addition to the 2,000 species of fish that are unique to the area.
—Adam Williams, New Atlas, 22 Apr. 2025
Why Puerto Morelos is a Diver’s Dream Puerto Morelos sits along the second largest barrier reef in the world—the Mesoamerican Reef, stretching over 600 miles from Mexico to Honduras.
—Judy Koutsky, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
It's blessed with empty beaches and ultra-fine sands, its turquoise waters revealing one of the world's largest barrier reefs.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2025
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Alexandra Kirkman, Robb Report, 29 May 2025
Wellness is a big focus too, as are water sports, including diving to allow visitors to go and check out what Saudi authorities say is the world's fourth-largest barrier reef nearby, in addition to the 2,000 species of fish that are unique to the area.
—Adam Williams, New Atlas, 22 Apr. 2025
Why Puerto Morelos is a Diver’s Dream Puerto Morelos sits along the second largest barrier reef in the world—the Mesoamerican Reef, stretching over 600 miles from Mexico to Honduras.
—Judy Koutsky, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
It's blessed with empty beaches and ultra-fine sands, its turquoise waters revealing one of the world's largest barrier reefs.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barrier reef
coral reef
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For example, coral reefs are bleaching more often and dying due to ocean warming and acidification, undermining fisheries, marine biodiversity and economic sectors such as tourism.—
Daimeon Shanks-Dumont,
The Conversation,
1 Aug. 2025
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Yet this same extraction exacerbates beach erosion and smothers the coral reefs that taxpayers are also spending millions to restore.—
Linda Thompson Gonzalez,
Sun Sentinel,
20 July 2025
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“Barrier reef.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barrier%20reef. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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