Riviera Maya & Cenotes

Cenote Calavera (Temple of Doom)

Jump in through a round hole in the rock, circle a central sediment hill and move through three different halocline layers.

Cenote Chac Mool

Large rooms with a halocline, an air dome and what Pro Dive calls the largest underwater stalactite in the world; laser-like light on sunny days.

Cenote Dos Ojos

Two cavern routes, the Barbie line and the Batcave, where you surface in an air dome filled with bats.

Pet Cemetery (Sac Actun)

Shallow, calm cenote where the floor holds the jawbone of a tapir and remains of a prehistoric camel among stalactites.

Cenote Chikin Ha

A cavern area with visibility of 45 m or more, ceilings full of stalactites and a halocline where fresh and salt water mix.

Cenote Dreamgate (Dream Gate)

Two cavern guidelines, upstream and downstream, past delicate stalactite and stalagmite formations and fossils.

Cenote Tajma Ha

Shark Point (bull sharks, Playa del Carmen)

Every November pregnant female bull sharks return to Playa del Carmen; Shark Point is dived at about 24–30 m, a short boat ride out.

Cenote Car Wash (Aktun Ha)

A cavern line leads into large, open areas where bits of Mayan pottery can be seen, with freshwater fish and the occasional turtle.

Cenote Taak Bi Ha

Many formations give a taste of cave diving without cave training; rare chances of freshwater eels and blind fish.