The Kukulkan Cenote is  a part of Chac Mool system, the entrance is a couple of hundred feet away from Cenote Chac Mool. Access to the Kukulkan cenote is through a beautiful pond at one end of the cenote.

At approximately 11 mt. you will be entering the halocline zone. Shine your light to the point were salt and fresh water meet and marvel at the reflections projected on the walls of the cavern. the dive passes through a houge cavern that surrounds the cenote. The light effects are amazing, as sunlight penetrates the darkness.

Take a moment to look towards the ceiling at  the entrance to see the colors of the rainbow.

kukulkan and Chac Mool cenotes are connected by a restriction.

The entrance of Chac Mool cenote is about 20 km. south of Playa del Carmen.

there are two water entries to Chac Mool, both leading into the same rooms. The first room is relatively large with much light entering from the opening. In the second room, a portion of the ceiling has collapsed under an air dome where divers can surface thus allowing divers to admire two levels of beautiful stalactites and some roots of plants that came from the surface.

along the opening of the main entrance, trunks and branches reach into the water. it is where on sunny days a stunning laser light show takes place. Chac Mool is one of the caverns which has a halocline. This is where salt and fresh water come toggether creating facinating visual effects. With its large rooms and maximum depth of 12 mt., Chac Mool is perfect for any novice cavern diver.

Its also offers long penetration for cave divers and is home to the largest underwater stalactite in the world.

Located approximately 25 km. from Playa del Carmen, cenote Chikin Ha is the first cenote in a system that connects several cenotes through more than 10 km. of underwater passages. During the dive, you will be making your way to the nearby Rainbow Cenote. Upon reaching a depth of about 11 mt. strange visual effects, can be seen as salt water and fresh water start to mix. this is what is called a halocline. Descend a couple of meters into the salt water and experience a comfortable change in temperature, as salt water is warmer than fresh water. Surfacing at rainbow Cenote there is the chance to see the never ending search for water in the jungle, as the roots of many plants grow through the entrance, for spectacular light effects on sunny days.

Also known as Ponderosa, Cenote El Eden is situadet 3 km. south of Puerto Aventuras and 25 km. south Playa del Carmen. A large and beautiful cenote, it is like a swimming pool in the middle of the jungle. Big roks covered by mosses and plants on the bottom of the cenote are home to a variety of fish, freshwater eels and abundant aquatic plant life. This makes Ponderosa a perfect place for snorkeling and swimming as well as for diving courses on days the ocean is too roughto dive.

For inexperienced cavern divers this cenote is ideal. The rooms are very large and the main part of the dive takes the diver alongside the nearby cenote Coral Garden. Here, breathtaking light shows await the diver.

A halocline stretches through the cenote at 10 mt.

For the cave divers there are many different passages to explore, often connected to nearby cenotes.

This cenote, which has much to offer for both cavern and cave divers, is situated 26 km. south playa del carmen and 5 km. south puerto aventuras. The cavern tour, takes the diver from the entrance into a wide room underneath an air filled bat cave. Hear light enters through holes in the ceiling and penetrates the water like laser beams during the summer months. Along the cavern floor you will find hundreds stalactities lying in the sediment. Perhaps the result of a catalytic events?

Continuing the dive, you enter the Sugar Bowl, a second small cenote ehere you can see an amazing light show on sunny days. Tajma Ha is decorated with stalactities and stalagmities and planty of hidden fossil can be spotted if you look for them. Haloclines in the deeper areas create interesting mirror-like effects, as divers penetrate the layer of salt water, which is below the fresh water.

For cave divers there are upstram and downstream possibilities.

The entrance to this popular and famous cenote is situated one km. south of Xel Ha and roughly 48 km. south of Playa del Carmen. A 4 km. dirt road leads from the highway to the cavern and cave areas, and the parking lot. The name “Dos Ojos” means “Two Eyes”, and originated for two circular shaped cenotes which are located very close to one another. Dos Ojos, known for its multiple shallow dives.

In the cenote called the “first eye” two very different cavern dives start and end.

The Dos Ojos cavern dive leads the diver mainly along the opening of the “”second eye”, where there is plenty of daylight. It also gives divers a lot of space to swim around huge colums and stalactities.

Be ready for some exciting surprises on this dive. Remember to look occasionally towards the entrance for great backlit effects. With shallow dives, crystal clear visibility, and greate decoration, Dos ojos is spectacular for cavern and cave diving.

The Bat cave dive is the darker of two dives in the system of “Dos Ojos”. It is a series of rooms and passages underneath an air filled bat cave in which only little daylight enters. here an ascent is worthwhile to marvel at the stunning decorations and bats hiding between the stalactities. Good buoyancy control is required, as you will virtually be flying through passageways filled with beautiful and fragile speleotherms.

Cave divers can plan many different divers and continue miles in either direction into this extensive cave system.  With about 60 km. of explored lenght and connected to over 25 cenotes, Dos Ojos  is one of the longest system on the Yucatan Peninsula.

for not divers, the two eyes are the perfect locations for snorkeling and swimming closely to these fantastic formations

Casa Cenote connects one of the longest underwater cave system in the world, Nohoch Na Chich with the ocean. It is one of the few surface rivers of the Yucatan peninsula. Located 10 km. north of Tulum and 70 km. south of Playa del Carmen, Casa Cenote gives the diver the feeling of diving underneath the jungle. The dive follows the course of the river at a depth of nomore than 8 mt. Due to connection with the ocean, both fresh and saltwater fish live here.

The dive follows alongside the jungle and the times through algae covered Mangrove roots reaching into the water. huge rocks overgrown with mosses and green algae decorate the bottom. Surfacing quietly at the end of the river, you might spot different bird species, and with luck the Osprey, known as the Fishing Eagle. Along the sides of the cenote, there are small caves running into the jungle, frequently used manatees inhabiting coastal rivers and lagoons.

Cenote Calavera, which means “Skull Cave” is also known as “Temple of Doom”.

Is located just outside of Tulum, on the road to Coba. completely different from any other cavern in this area, the entrance passes through a round hole on the surface rock. The adventure starts almost immediately, as you need to jump about 3 mt. to the water surface. The cavern area is a huge room with a hill of sediments and rocks in the center. During the dive, divers wind their way slowly around the hill, travelingbat different depths alongside the walls of the cenote. There is much light in the possible to move through three different halocline layers. There is much light in the cavern and many hidden fossils to discover.

Look up towards the entrance and with imagination you might recognize the “skull”. Light passing through holes of the ceiling, creates an effect of two eyes and mouth.

For cave diving, there are beautiful passages both on the siphon and spring sides.

The name says all... Gran Cenote is considered one of the best for snorkeling, cave and cavern diving in the Riviera Maya. The cenote is part of the system of Sac Actun which means white cave in Maya. It is located along the highway to Coba just 4 km. outside the city of Tulum. The cavern dive leads along the edge of the circular shaped cenote which has maximum depth of 10 mt.

Perfect buoyancy is required as the cavern and cave passages are highly decorated. White walls, crystal clear water and the stunning formations await to hypnotize the diver.

Cave divers can explore various routes inside the most bigger of underwater cave system in the world.

Snorkelers can view the formations of the cavern area from the surface..

Better known as “Car Wash”, it is no longer used for washing taxis. Aktun Ha is situated 8 km. outside of Tulum on the road to Coba. With the water level just a few inches below ground level, divers find an easy entrance into the water. For cavern divers there are upstream and downstream dives possible. The upstream section with its large chestnut colored columns is the most popular route. The light falling through the roots create an amazing light show and large room behind these roots is beautifully decorated.

Cave divers can find many rooms along the way, specially the Room of Tears and Adriana`s Room between others.

Angelita, “Little Angel” in english, is not only an atypical cenote dive, but a once in a lifetime dive in all respects. Situated 17 km. south of Tulum, it is the furthest site visited from Playa del Carmen. Walking about 5 minutes throught the jungle you reach this picturesque circular shaped cenote which does nothing more than go straight down 60 mt. Descending throught clear fresh water you will sink right into a mystical hydrogen sulfate layer at 30 mt. that looks like a huge cloud with trunks and branches reaching through it. Underneath the cloud the salt water begins. It is dark here, giving the diver the feeling of being in a forest at night.

Angelita is a dive for the experienced diver because of its depth. Most commonly it is dived to a depth of 40 mt. This cenote is also popular for technical divers and decompression dives.

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