Cenote Chac Mool – Cenote Diving
Cenote Chac Mool
The entrance to this cenote is just few meters after Puerto Aventuras.
There are 3 different water entrance to Chac-Mool system.
On the side entrance we have Little Brother cenote and Kukulkan cenote.
In the main entrance we can access directly at the Dome Room. Here a portion of the ceiling has collapsed under an air dome where the divers can surface and admire a lot of beautiful stalactites and some fossils. In Kukulkan side, in sunny days, we have an amazing light show.
Chac-Mool is one of the caverns which has halocline , means where salt and fresh water come together and creating visual effects.
With its big rooms and maximum depth of 12 meters/36 feet , is a perfect place for the novice cavern divers.
Chac-Mool also offer penetration for cave divers, is in cave diving where we can find the largest underwater stalactite in the world.
General Info:
Snorkeling – NO
Scuba diving – YES
Cave diving – YES
Safety Limitation
- Natural Daylight
- Maximum 60 metri/200feet distance from the surface
- Maximum depth 21 metri/70 feet
- Minimum visibility 15 metri/50 feet
- Areas where 2 divers can pass comfortably
- No Decompression Diving
- Within “Arms Length” of the guideline
- Not beyond Warning sign
- Air rule of 3rds, exiting with min. 60 bar/900 psi