Photography provided by Sarah-Jane Benett

Dive in the Cenotes of Mexico

Cristal clear water, incredible visibility, stunning cave formations: This is the magical world of Mexican caves. 

Called ‘Cenote’ because of the Mayan word ‘D’zenote’ which means; water well, water that flows under the earth for hundreds of kilometers in the Yucatan Peninsula.

You can dive the cenotes all year round; It is the perfect environment for a diver to enjoy and explore the cenotes by cavern or cave diving or to get educated as a cave diver.

What is a cavern dive:

Many caves have a zone at their beginning which is wide and where you can see the daylight. This is called the cavern zone. In the Yucatan every certified diver has the possibility to come and explore the caverns. That gives the diver the chance to experiment the cenote dives without the need of doing a demanding cave certification and with a regular recreational equipment.

During those dives, according to the divesite, you will see some amazing cave formations like stalactites or stalagmites, some fossils and the hallocline. When the light shines into the water, it creates beautiful light games through the water. 

All of the caverns have a stunning pool of cristal clear water where you get in. 

We can guide you in the caverns in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish

THE CENOTE WE DIVE:

We organise diving days with or without rental equipment. You will do two dives in the following cenotes:

  • Dos Ojos

  • The Pit

  • Casa Cenote

  • Angelita

  • Aktun Ha (Car Wash)

  • Calavera (Temple of Dom or Esqueletto)

  • Chikin Ha

  • Nic Te Ha

  • Orchidea

  • Dream Gate

  • Tajma Ha

  • Ponderosa (Eden)

  • Chac Mol

Dive in the Cenotes of Mexico

Cristal clear water, incredible visibility, stunning cave formations: This is the magical world of Mexican caves. 

Called ‘Cenote’ because of the Mayan word ‘D’zenote’ which means; water well, water that flows under the earth for hundreds of kilometers in the Yucatan Peninsula.

You can dive the cenotes all year round; It is the perfect environment for a diver to enjoy and explore the cenotes by cavern or cave diving or to get educated as a cave diver.

The Yucatan Peninsula has the biggest system of underground rivers. You will discover the amazing cave formations, the halloclines, white, yellow or dark caves according to your tastes and all that by following the lines with an expert guide.  You will be able to admire the cristal clear water with different speleothems such as stalagmite, stalactite, columns, drapery and much more.

The dives can be performed in the following configurations :

  • backmount

  • sidemount

  • stage and multistage

  • scooter

  • rebreather (CCR)

Personnalized cave diving program for you:

If you are certified at least intro to cave diver, i can guide you beyond the daylight of the cavern zone and we can go and explore the numerous kilometers of lines laid in various cenotes.

The program is personalized to the divers and limited to small groups (max 2-3 divers of the same level); I can guide you according to your level as an intro to cave diver, cave diver, stage cave diver, rebreather cave diver, scooter (dpv) diver open circuit or CCR. 

Depending on your level and on the dive that you want to do we will do two dives or one long dive.

I can guide you in the caverns in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish

  • Mayan Blue: death arrow passage, A, B, E and F tunnel, hostage hall and many others

  • Car Wash (Aktun Ha): chamber of the ancients, room of tears

  • Jail House: Incredible formations of the Swiss syphon and Yaxbe tunnel

  • Cristal: Black halocline, south-western Sacbe (trifurcate) and double dome line

  • Corazon: Not a lot dived yet, a bit darkish but a very nice halocline

  • Xulo and Caterpillar: Small sidemount caves located south of Tulum

  • Doggi

  • Dos Pisos

  • Dreamgate

  • Tajma Ha: Chinese Garden, Room of reflections

  • Chikin Ha: 

    ……and many other…just ask me.

If you are not trained yet as a cave diver: click here 

  • Minotauro: Halocline river

  • Vaca Ha: 

  • Tortuga: We can go and see the turtle shell or do the glory run

  • Muchacho: Black Forest line, Gran Canyon line or Dark Side of The Moon line

  • Calavera: Madonna Passage and The Canyons

  • No-Hoch Nah Chich: Heaven’s Gate, Parker line, Downstream

  • Phenomenon

  • Vaca Ha, Kim Ha ot Tortuga

  • Concha

  • Nariz: Upstream or Downstream

  • Monkey Dust

  • Chan Hole

Photography provided by Rob Stanfield

Tulum is at the shore of the Caribbean sea. Ocean dives are nice for seeing more marine life and more colours. 

October to February you can also dive with the Bull Sharks off shore from Playa del Carmen.

We can organise for you dives in the sea from Tankah Bay, Akumal, Xpu-Ha, in Cozumel and in Playa del Carmen for the bull sharks.

There is a deep wall in the Caribbean sea that is parallel to the shore and is ideal for Trimix dives and courses.

Sea dives are organized personally according to your wishes. 

Our dive sites

  • Akumal

  • Diving the bull sharks

  • X-puha

  • Tankah