Cavern diving in the cenotes for certified Open Water divers: days, prices, what is included
Cavern diving in the cenotes is open to certified Open Water divers: you dive with our cave guides and instructors. Every day is a pair of cenotes or two dives in one cenote, as in the table below. The four days most often booked come first. Prices are for a group of two to four divers staying at the same place. A solo diver books individually at the group price plus $50. Snorkelers only accompanying divers, subject to availability.
The four cavern diving days booked most often
- El Pit and Dos Ojos: 2 or 3 dives in two cenotes, from $169 per diver.
- Dos Ojos: 2 dives on the Barbie and Bat Cave lines, $139 per diver.
- Dreamgate: 2 dives in the Sac Actun-Nohoch-Dos Ojos system, $139 per diver.
- Angelita and Carwash: 2 dives, the hydrogen sulfide cloud of Angelita and the cavern line of Carwash, $189 per diver.
All cavern days: price per person, group of two to four divers staying at the same place
| Cenotes | Diver | Snorkeler |
|---|---|---|
| 2 dives in 1 cenote | ||
| Chac Mool + Kukulkan | $149 | $69 |
| Chikin Ha | $129 | $59 |
| El Eden / Dos Ojos / Dreamgate / Nohoch Nah Chich / Casa | $139 | $69 |
| 2 dives in 2 cenotes | ||
| El Eden + Chikin Ha / El Eden + Tajma Ha / Chikin Ha + Tajma Ha | $159 | $79 |
| El Pit + Dos Ojos / El Pit + Nicte Ha / Dos Ojos + Nicte Ha | $169 | $89 |
| Kin Ha + Zapote (Hells Bells) / Kin Ha + Maravilla / Kin Ha + Blanca Flor | $179 | $89 |
| El Pit + Taak Bi Ha / El Pit + Taak Be Luum / Taak Bi Ha + Taak Be Luum / Taak Bi Ha + Nicte Ha / Nicte Ha + Taak Be Luum / El Pit + Nohoch Nah Chich / Taak Bi Ha + Nohoch Nah Chich | $179 | $99 |
| Angelita + Carwash / Angelita + Casa | $189 | $99 |
| 3 dives in 2 cenotes | ||
| El Pit + Dos Ojos / Nicte Ha + Dos Ojos | $198 | $89 |
| El Pit + Dreamgate / Nohoch Nah Chich + Dreamgate / Nohoch Nah Chich + Dos Ojos | $209 | $99 |
| Angelita + Dos Ojos or Dreamgate | $219 | $99 |
What is included / not included
- Included: hotel pickup and drop-off from Playa del Carmen, cenote entrance fees, cave guide or instructor, AL80 tanks with air, weights and belt, bottled water and fruit.
- Not included: Nitrox 32% fills ($9 per tank), photo and video service, diving insurance, camera fee where the cenote charges it, equipment rental (recreational scuba set $25, torchlight $5, dive computer $10 per day), tips.
- The day usually starts at 7:30 to 8:00 from your hotel in Playa del Carmen. Book at least 24 hours in advance.
- Add Nitrox to your cavern day: Basic Nitrox course with the diving, $89. Courses.
Certification
- El Pit, Angelita, Zapote and Kin Ha: Advanced Open Water Diver or equivalent. All other cenotes of the table: Open Water Diver or equivalent. Our guide picks the lines for your certification and experience.
- CREER, the regional cave diving committee of Quintana Roo (Comité Regional de Espeleobuceo, Ecología y Regulación), publishes the cenote ratings and status.
Rules of every cavern day
- Buoyancy: the overhead environment requires good buoyancy control. The guide checks every diver’s buoyancy before entering the cavern zone; a diver whose buoyancy does not meet the safety requirements for overhead diving does not continue the dive.
- Medical: every participant completes and signs the standard Diver Medical Participant Questionnaire before the activity. A YES answer to any question in its final section requires written approval from a physician before diving. Without it the guest does not dive.
- Liability: every participant signs the standard diving General Liability Release and Express Assumption of Risk before the activity. Without the signed form the guest does not dive.