Cenote Angelita
Riviera Maya & Cenotes, Mexico
A circular cenote dropping to 60 m, with a hydrogen sulfide cloud at 30 m that looks like a cloud with trunks and branches reaching through it.
- Experienced
- Cenote
Diving in Mexico
4 destinations and 66 documented dive sites. The strip under each destination shows its season, month by month.
Where to dive in Mexico
Dive sites to know
Cenote Calavera (Temple of Doom)
Riviera Maya & Cenotes, Mexico
Jump in through a round hole in the rock, circle a central sediment hill and move through three different halocline layers.
- Advanced
- Cenote
Palancar Gardens
Cozumel, Mexico
Sloping reef and wall with gentle currents, much of the dive at 12–25 m, a good introduction to drift diving.
- Advanced
- Drift
- Turtles
Paradise Reef
Cozumel, Mexico
Three long coral ridges in mild current off Marina Caleta, popular for night dives; look out for toadfish.
- Open Water
- Drift
- Octopus
The Pit (El Pit)
Riviera Maya & Cenotes, Mexico
Sun beams pierce the shaft as you sink through a shallow halocline to a hydrogen sulfide cloud at 30 m with tree branches protruding.
- Experienced
- Cenote
Casa Cenote
Riviera Maya & Cenotes, Mexico
An open-overhead dive along a winding mangrove-lined river for about 228 m, with platys, guppies and mollies among the roots.
- Open Water
- Cenote
- Crocodiles
All dive sites in Mexico
Riviera Maya & Cenotes, Mexico
- Cenote AngelitaExperienced60 m
- Cenote Calavera (Temple of Doom)Advanced17 m
- The Pit (El Pit)Experienced40 m
- Casa CenoteOpen Water9 m
- Cenote Chac MoolAdvanced14 m
- Cenote Dos OjosAdvanced10 m
- Gran CenoteTechnical10 m
- Pet Cemetery (Sac Actun)Advanced7 m
- Cenote Tajma HaAdvanced15 m
- Moc-Che ShallowOpen Water14 m
- Castillo BajoOpen Water18 m
- Chun-ZumbulOpen Water13 m
- Cueva del PargoOpen Water10 m
- CuevitasOpen Water14 m
- EscuelaOpen Water12 m
- JardinesOpen Water15 m
- Shangri-LaOpen Water10 m
- Cenote Chikin HaAdvanced13 m
- Cenote Dreamgate (Dream Gate)Advanced10 m
- Dick's ReefOpen Water15 m
- Shark Point (bull sharks, Playa del Carmen)Advanced30 m
- Yal-Ku ReefOpen Water15 m
- Cenote Car Wash (Aktun Ha)Advanced16 m
- Cenote Taak Bi HaAdvanced8 m
Cozumel, Mexico
- Palancar GardensAdvanced27 m
- Paradise ReefOpen Water15 m
- Palancar BricksAdvanced27 m
- Santa Rosa WallAdvanced36 m
- Yucab ReefAdvanced18 m
- C-53 Wreck (Felipe Xicotencatl)Advanced25 m
- Colombia DeepExperienced30 m
- Colombia ShallowsOpen Water9 m
- Eagle Ray AlleyAdvanced27 m
- La Francesa ReefOpen Water20 m
- Punta TunichExperienced37 m
- Chankanaab ReefOpen Water20 m
- Palancar HorseshoeAdvanced30 m
- Colombia ReefAdvanced25 m
- Las Palmas ReefOpen Water15 m
- Dalila ReefOpen Water20 m
- Tormentos ReefAdvanced20 m
- Maracaibo ReefExperienced37 m
- Paso del CedralAdvanced20 m
- Punta SurExperienced41 m
- San Francisco WallExperienced27 m
- Palancar CavesAdvanced30 m
Cancún & Isla Mujeres, Mexico
- BanderasOpen Water15 m
- C-58 Wreck (General Pedro María Anaya)Advanced30 m
- El GrampínOpen Water16 m
- La HerraduraOpen Water16 m
- Manta ValleyExperienced30 m
- Ultrafreeze WreckExperienced30 m
- Punta NegraAdvanced21 m
- Manchones ReefOpen Water16 m
- MUSA Underwater Museum (Salón Manchones)Open Water10 m
- Punta Sur (South Point) Turtle DriftAdvanced17 m
- Sleeping Shark Cave (Cueva de los Tiburones Dormidos)Advanced21 m
La Paz & Sea of Cortez, Mexico
- Los IslotesOpen Water
- Fang Ming WreckAdvanced23 m
- La ReinaAdvanced25 m
- Salvatierra WreckOpen Water18 m
- Punta Lobos (La Loberita)Advanced27 m
Socorro (Revillagigedo), Mexico
- Roca PartidaAdvanced50 m
- Cabo PearceAdvanced40 m
- El BoilerAdvanced50 m
- El CañónAdvanced29 m
Photo credits
- Entrance to the Dos Ojos cenote, Dag Lindgren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Beach on the east coast of Cozumel, Ricraider, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Aerial view of an island in the Revillagigedo Archipelago, Presidencia de la República Mexicana, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cenote Angelita dive site, Riviera Maya Cenotes, Offthebeatonpath, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cenote Calavera dive site, Riviera Maya Cenotes, Offthebeatonpath, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Palancar Gardens dive site, Cozumel, Mexico, Matthewselig2019, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Paradise Reef Cozumel dive site, Cozumel, Mexico, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cenote The Pit dive site, Riviera Maya Cenotes, Serge Melki from Indianapolis, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Casa Cenote dive site, Riviera Maya Cenotes, dronepicr, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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