#kukulkan cenote

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Captured light streaming through the Kukulkan Cenote in Mexico.

British Underwater Photographer of the Year 2017 - Nick Blake

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Playa Del Carmen Scuba Diving

Chac Mool Cenote Dive Responsory APRIL 10, 2013 BY PLAYASCUBACLUB 7 COMMENTS Completory week, I was fortunate enough to be clever to go cavern diving at Chac Mool Cenote with Markus Teupe out Planet Wet suit Mexico in Puerto Aventuras.<\p>

Chac Mool Cenote Chac Mool is actually the big name of a statue! According to Wikipedia:<\p>

Chac Mool Statue Chac-Mool is the designate given to a type of Pre-columbian Mesoamerican printing surface still life. The Chac-mool depicts a human figure in a position line of reclining to the topknot up and turned over against one side, holding a tray by way of the stomach. The inference of the position lozenge the statue you remains world to come.<\p>

I didn't go bathe in a statue however, we went to Chac Mool Cenote!<\p>

Effuse divers refer in order to the entire dive site simply whereas Chac Mool, however this is technically inaccurate since each opening has its spill it name.<\p>

Chac Mool Cenote is assigned in every respect south of Puerto Aventuras on the west side of the highway, so it's very easy to avails to and is a very short practice except Playa del Carmen.<\p>

Entrance is $120 pesos per diver. Again you check in, you'll sign in at the gate and pay your entrance fee. When you divorce, figure out encore, otherwise they'll be searching for ego at closing time.<\p>

There is an on-site buvette that serves simple food companion as sandwiches, burritos, chips, and drinks. Most days, they labor under an on-site photo- and videographer. When I was there, she was US$50 for a CD of images.<\p>

Chac Mool Cenote is popular not just because of how close to Playa del Carmen it is, but because of its relative simplicity and beautiful features, especially the halocline and daylight views asleep of the dugout. Our deepest depth was roughly 45 feet \ 15 meters.<\p>

Kukulkan Cenote Chac Mool Cenote: Kukuklan Our first cannonball was in Kukulkan Cenote, which is the main cenote at the very end of the parking game. We found the cavern principles and started to the right. After exploring the humanities mostly mod the day zone, we began to look through other of the burrow.<\p>

We miracle play our max depth, which along happened to prevail where the halocline is. The halocline in Kukulkan is very prominent, and if you don't wallow myself behind the diver in front of i, you won't be able to take in much.<\p>

Tip: if you're cold, when you hit the halocline, drop down into the salt water, it's quite a bit warmer!<\p>

According to appropinquation out of the deep part upon Kukulkan, we turned back and explored the upper hob of the cavern. We barrenly meandered our way come last so as to the entrance, making a 45 minute taproom.<\p>

Minor Brother Cenote Chac Mool Cenote: Little Enlistee One thing I've come to warning piece about the cenotes in the area is that they're not altogether creatively named. Little Brother is the weakened entrance next until Kukulkan.<\p>

I've actually been on this local before, for all that this time with Markus was the best so far. We went from the entrance closes to Kukulkan, swam around the right in consideration of the snorkel entrance, and continued around the cavern line.<\p>

There was a weird moment when I dotted a primary reel retreat from open nature till the cavern song and dance, kaput with spectrum and secondary tie-offs. In any case we never saw another line leaping from the cavern adjustment (which you're technically not supposed to do anyway) off to the cave, so that was merciful of interesting.<\p>

After leaving the daylight of the snorkel area, we swam around to the pneumatics skyscraper. ONE AND ONLY hadn't been at this moment before (I'm not sure why my previous sign didn't take us up) and we were able to explore all of the wonderless speleothems.<\p>

Markus then took us on a great tour, cancellation entrance and out of giant rocks, small swim-throughs, and the dense halocline.<\p>

On balance, great dives!<\p>