El Pit cenote diving and Dos Ojos in one day from Playa del Carmen: 2 or 3 dives
El Pit cenote diving and Dos Ojos in one day from Playa del Carmen: these are the two cenotes most divers ask for first. You dive the light rays of El Pit and the Barbie and Bat Cave lines of Dos Ojos. That is 2 dives, or 3 dives with a second line in Dos Ojos. The price includes a cave guide or instructor, hotel pickup, entrance fees, tanks with air and weights.
El Pit cenote diving and Dos Ojos: the two cenotes of the day
- El Pit is an oval sinkhole about 10 m across and 121 m deep; recreational divers stay within 30 m. The rays of light are at their best in the early morning. Description, line map and exploration history: /2023/04/08/el-pit-cenote/
- Dos Ojos is two round cenotes side by side. It is part of the Sac Actun-Nohoch-Dos Ojos system, the second longest underwater cave system in the world. The cavern lines of Dos Ojos appear in The Cave, Journey into Amazing Caves and Planet Earth.
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
- 2 dives: $169 per diver, snorkeler $89.
- 3 dives: $198 per diver, snorkeler $89.
Certification
- Advanced Open Water Diver or equivalent, because the day includes El Pit. Dos Ojos alone is 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.