1 dive cenote Angelita + 1 dive cenote Carwash
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1 dive cenote Angelita + 1 dive cenote CarwashDifficulty: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Advanced Open Water Diver 2 (Age 16+ Required) Last dive 6 months ago. Previous cenote diving experience.
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Dive cenote Angelita + Carwash. A tour for the adventurous spirit. This tour is dedicated for advanced divers that have already done cenote dives before. Featuring deep dive in underwater clouds produced by a cemetery of trees in cenote Angelita and verdant gardens with deep cavern passages in Carwash.
Cenote Angelita, the dive site in the clouds
Difficulty: advanced
Maximum depth: 40 meters
Features: hydrogen sulfide cloud, small cave
Angelita is a magical cenote that is often described as mysterious and a bit spooky. At first, the cenote appears to be unassuming, just a small pond in the middle of a very thick jungle. However, the deepest parts of the cenote go down to 204 ft (66 m). Its most amazing feature is a 4.5 ft (1.5 m) thick hydrogen sulfide cloud that starts at 83 ft (27 m). This cloud is made up of gases that have leaked out of decomposing trees and leaves that fall from the jungle into the cenote. This gas accumulates where the fresh and the salt water meet (the halocline). This creates a false floor at the bottom, which can be traversed to reach a dark, otherworldly chamber that is full of jungle detritus. The base of this mountain of detritus starts below but reaches above the cloud. Rising again from below the cloud, the peak of the mountain of detritus takes on a new face, as if one is ascending a cloud-topped mountain. On the way out of the cenote, there is a small cave loop, and at the surface, one can get an appreciation for all of the trees that provide this cenote with its hydrogen sulfide cloud. The dive lasts about half an hour. It requires experience in deep diving and cavern diving.
Cenote Carwash, the gate of cave diving
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Difficulty: easy
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Features: black cave formations, lily pad garden
Car Wash (or Aktun Ha, meaning water cave in Mayan) was one of the first cenotes that cave divers explored. The name originated from taxi drivers who used to go to this cenote to wash their cars.
The open water part of this cenote is like a small lagoon. It has a beautiful underwater garden that houses fish, turtles, and even a small crocodile. The cavern dive we operate here starts in the garden area and then proceeds into the cavern. The speleothemes in this cavern are black, stained by the tannic acid that once passed trough this system. The cavern is large, and the most beautiful part of the dive is perhaps the view of the light when moving back out into the garden from the cavern. Fallen trees can be seen silhouetted against the bright entrance. To finish, we do the safety stop while looking around the garden and at its various inhabitants.
This is an easy cavern dive, and the cavern spaces are very large. The way in seems dark, but the sunlight is always visible. There is a thin sediment at the bottom of the cavern, but since the cavern is very large, there is no need to swim near the sediment.