Angelita and Carwash cenote diving day: 2 dives, the hydrogen sulfide cloud and the Carwash cavern line
Angelita cenote diving and the cavern line of Carwash make two different dives in one day, with a cave guide or instructor. The first is the hydrogen sulfide cloud of Angelita, the second the open cenote of Carwash. The price includes hotel pickup from Playa del Carmen, entrance fees, tanks with air and weights. Casa Cenote can replace Carwash at the same price. You can also add a third dive in Dos Ojos or Dreamgate.
Angelita cenote diving and Carwash: the cenotes of the day
- Angelita is a pond about 25 m across in the jungle south of Tulum. At 27 m a layer of hydrogen sulfide separates the fresh and salt water. It looks like a cloud, with an island of dead branches in the middle. Description, map and video: /2023/04/08/angelita-cenote/
- Carwash (Aktun Ha) is an open cenote by the road to Coba, about 50 m across. The entry is easy from a deck, and the cavern line runs below. From late October to late March the water is clear. The rest of the year an algae layer sits on top, and the dive goes under it. Carwash.
- Casa Cenote: no catalog page yet, no link (Alex, 2026-11-01).
How the day goes
- Pickup at your hotel in Playa del Carmen at 7:30 to 8:00. Then paperwork, tanks and the drive to the first cenote. Gear assembly, safety briefing, the first dive. Fruit and drinks, then the drive to the second cenote, gear reassembly and the second dive. After that you pack up, we return the tanks, and you are back at your hotel.
- 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. Book at least 24 hours in advance.
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.
Price
- Angelita + Carwash or Angelita + Casa Cenote, 2 dives: $189 per diver, snorkeler $99.
- Angelita + Dos Ojos or Dreamgate, 3 dives: $219 per diver, snorkeler $99.
Certification
- Advanced Open Water Diver or equivalent, because the day includes Angelita. Carwash and Casa Cenote alone are open to Open Water divers. Cenote ratings by CREER, the regional cave diving committee of Quintana Roo (Comité Regional de Espeleobuceo, Ecología y Regulación): https://creer-mx.com/cenote-ratings-and-status
What to bring
- A swimsuit, slippers, a towel and a set of dry clothes: we do not allow wet clothes inside our cars.
- Your own scuba equipment, or rent it from us (recreational scuba set $25, torchlight $5, dive computer $10 per day).
Rules of the 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.