Daylight Cavern Diving near Puerto Aventuras

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Daylight Cavern Diving near Puerto Aventuras

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Here are pictures from a two dives with Dive Aventuras in Puerto Aventuras, Mexico. We returned two weeks ago. http://www.diveaventuras.com/

The meteor that (likely) killed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago also formed the Yucatán Peninsula. The Yucatán is a pancake of limestone only 30 or 40 ft above sea level with no rivers or major lakes.
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Rain seeps through soft stone into a peninsula-wide aquafer accessible just under the ground via 1000’s of natural sinkholes called cenotes.
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Our dive guide drives us to a nearby, daylight illuminated, cenote. After a safety briefing, we three enter the caverns.
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The guide leads, followed by wife & dive buddy Nanci, followed by me.
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We love caves. One month ago, we walked through a cavern near Tucson. This is just like Tucson, only wetter. Also ...
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... we can fly! And "jump" off ledges and bound up walls and levitate to ceilings.
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Nanci spots a fossil shell as we glide by.
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A fish and we enter a air pocket between two caverns sections
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We pop out of the water at the air pocket.
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Tree roots poke the rock and the air pocket (and go about two feet below the water).
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From about 30 feet below, we see the bright sun beaming through the water. [panoramic composite of three photos]
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We touch the light under the water.
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We finish. It's a different pool than we entered.
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The dive's ups and downs provide us with great buoyancy practice.
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- Carl
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Love the sunlight spill photos!

You are just like my husband. Get some local skills training and then go back down to MX and take a cave class. You loved the caverns, but the caves are all that and more.
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Nice report!
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Beautiful sunrays, I could use some of that crystal clear water right about now. Thanks for the report and the photos.
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Thanks for the lovely guided dive ... the photos are especially nice.

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Thanks! Here is a 2-minute video version:
(I just had YouTube stabilize the video which added some amusing artifacts: shaky, cutoff titles and motion blur now looks like out-of-focus blur)
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