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CAVERN DIVING
Diving in a cenote cavern is an unforgettable experience. Cenotes, which are only found in this part of the world, offer certified recreational divers the opportunity to explore something different!

To allow recreational divers to safely experience the wonders of this underwater world without becoming cave certified and equipped, the diving community has made the cavern dive distinction. Almost all cavern dives can be performed by divers holding an open water certification, basic, one star, or any equivalent first level certification.

We offer about 18 different cenotes cavern tours in the area between Playa del Carmen and Tulum...each cavern having its own personality filled with subtle variety and astounding beauty!

All cavern dives are safely guided by one of our professional guides in the “daylight zone” of solid overhead in line with internationally accepted cavern standards. Our guides are full cave certified by a recognized agency and are either instructors or divemasters, with hundreds of dives in the local environment. They are knowledgeable and experienced in the local cenotes systems above and below the ground.

Adhering to international standards, we never exceed the ratio of divers to guide which is four to one.

If you enjoy diving and are in the area then you should not miss the opportunity to try a cavern dive…and if you like it you may even want to take a cavern or cave certification course!

Guidelines to be followed for safe cavern diving

As with any other activity, there are clear and distinct limitations to cavern diving and it is of prime importance that divers be well aware of the limitations imposed and strictly adhere to those limits at all times.
  • Never exceed the ratio of divers to guide which is four to one (4 single tank divers conducted by a guide with double
    tanks);
  • Divers shall not dive deeper than they have been previously certified. The maximum depth for cavern dives is limited to
    70 ft/21 m;
  • Dives must begin with a minimum visibility of 40 ft/12 m. This distance is determined by the ability of the diver to clearly
    recognize and acknowledge a lighted hand signal;
  • Divers must stay within the “daylight zones” of the underground river system…though it is not necessary to have view of
    the physical opening to the cavern, clear view of ambient light radiating through that opening must be plainly visible;
  • Maximum penetration is limited to 200 ft/60 m (distance plus depth) from where you can surface and breath air without
    the aid of scuba equipment;
  •  No restriction that require a team to swim single file;
  • Divers must remain within the No Decompression Limits of the dive computer. 
When visiting the cenotes, please consider yourself a guest and act accordingly. We must show respect and be careful while diving underwater and walking around on the land’s surface, particularly near a dive site. The fragile biological life, formations, and archaeological history are there for the diver’s interpretation and enjoyment. Divers should leave the cenote the exact way they find it. That’s why, take only memories, kill only time, and leave nothing behind, but bubbles!!

Please contact us to receive more information about cavern diving or to make a reservation.


Click here to see our complete list of cavern diving sites or find out more about our Cavern Diver Course.


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"A MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE"

 

Become part of our Initiative while visiting Quintana Roo

IT'S SIMPLE
Make a Donation and we give you a refillable bottle and access to FREE water in exchange!

In 2018 about 13.7 million visitors were recorded in QRoo who used a minimum of 75,000 plastic bottles per day or more than 27.4 million plastic bottlesl per year (assuming that each visitor drank ONLY two bottles of water per day)!

Unfortunately, recycling in this area is not yet considered as a priority and, as a result, at least a third (or more) have ended up somewhere in landfills, our ocean, cenotes, beaches, jungle, and streets! This is why the local community of business owners and individuals in QRoo have launched the “A Message in a Bottle”  Initiative with the common goal to help reduce the quantity of plastic bottle trash in this area and worldwide, and to raise awareness about protecting our ecosystems!


If we want to relieve our Mother Nature of trash it is imperative that we start changing our habits of using disposable plastic water bottles and start filling refillable bottles instead. 


 


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