Daylight Cavern Diving near Puerto Aventuras
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 1:44 pm
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.
Rain seeps through soft stone into a peninsula-wide aquafer accessible just under the ground via 1000’s of natural sinkholes called cenotes.
Our dive guide drives us to a nearby, daylight illuminated, cenote. After a safety briefing, we three enter the caverns.
The guide leads, followed by wife & dive buddy Nanci, followed by me.
We love caves. One month ago, we walked through a cavern near Tucson. This is just like Tucson, only wetter. Also ...
... we can fly! And "jump" off ledges and bound up walls and levitate to ceilings.
Nanci spots a fossil shell as we glide by.
A fish and we enter a air pocket between two caverns sections
We pop out of the water at the air pocket.
Tree roots poke the rock and the air pocket (and go about two feet below the water).
From about 30 feet below, we see the bright sun beaming through the water. [panoramic composite of three photos]
We touch the light under the water.
We finish. It's a different pool than we entered.
The dive's ups and downs provide us with great buoyancy practice.
- Carl
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.
Rain seeps through soft stone into a peninsula-wide aquafer accessible just under the ground via 1000’s of natural sinkholes called cenotes.
Our dive guide drives us to a nearby, daylight illuminated, cenote. After a safety briefing, we three enter the caverns.
The guide leads, followed by wife & dive buddy Nanci, followed by me.
We love caves. One month ago, we walked through a cavern near Tucson. This is just like Tucson, only wetter. Also ...
... we can fly! And "jump" off ledges and bound up walls and levitate to ceilings.
Nanci spots a fossil shell as we glide by.
A fish and we enter a air pocket between two caverns sections
We pop out of the water at the air pocket.
Tree roots poke the rock and the air pocket (and go about two feet below the water).
From about 30 feet below, we see the bright sun beaming through the water. [panoramic composite of three photos]
We touch the light under the water.
We finish. It's a different pool than we entered.
The dive's ups and downs provide us with great buoyancy practice.
- Carl