Yucatan Cenote diving

[cdavis]

I'm considering a freediving trip to Yucatan to dive the cenotes. Some of the pics look too fabulous to ignore and its easy to get to. Timing probably 2019. Looks like a vehicle and a guide would be required.

Questions:

Anybody done this? Particularly the "Pit"?
Anybody interesting in being a guide for a week or so, not during tourist season?
Anybody interested in doing the trip?
Many of the cenotes are seriously touristy and crowded. Are there any good ones where a group of divers could have it to themselves?

 

[Kristian Eppen]

I'm considering a freediving trip to Yucatan to dive the cenotes. Some of the pics look too fabulous to ignore and its easy to get to. Timing probably 2019. Looks like a vehicle and a guide would be required.

Questions:

Anybody done this? Particularly the "Pit"?
Anybody interesting in being a guide for a week or so, not during tourist season?
Anybody interested in doing the trip?
Many of the cenotes are seriously touristy and crowded. Are there any good ones where a group of divers could have it to themselves?

I have dove Dos Ojos, Azul, Ak Tulum and Aktun Chen. It seems even with the touristy ones that there is more than enough room to get a small group together and just dive. Azul was a big touristy one but has 1-2 caves from the pool as well as a bunch of swim through areas. I have dove all these ones without a vehicle or a guide and have had no problems, although it does take some more time to explore!

A few of them are out in the bush, I think particularly the Pit and the ones beyond Tulum.

 

[Kristian Eppen]

Sorry meant Chicken Ha not Ak Tulum...

 

[cdavis]

Thanks for the reply. What was the normal vis you encountered? the best?

I found a contact and will be diving near Tulum, some of those and some out in the bush. I was told the Pit was closed, but would love to dive it. Know anything about it?

 

[Kristian Eppen]

Expect infinite visibility. There is no other way to describe it. The worst visibility was descending through the halocline which is a salty layer separated from the fresh water but it is more of a blurriness than visibility reduction. Cenote Angelita I have heard has quite the amazing sulfur cloud at 85 feet or so.

No idea on the Pit though, there was a local freedive shop called Amancay in Playa del Carmen I noticed on the last trip (2016).