A cave diver with a backup light in hand among stalagmites in a decorated cave.

Your cave diving guide in the Riviera Maya

For certified cave divers, we offer cave days with an experienced cave diving guide or instructor, at the level of your certification. 1 Cave / 1 Full Cave or 2 Intro to Cave guided dives per day. You dive in the caves areas of the Riviera Maya, from Puerto Aventuras to Tulum.

The standard day with a cave diving guide

  • $228 per diver per day in a group of two to four divers staying at the same place. A solo diver books individually at the group price plus $50.
  • 1 Cave / 1 Full Cave or 2 Intro to Cave guided dives per day, hotel pickup and drop-off in Playa del Carmen.

Included and not included

  • Included: professional Cave Diving instructor, hotel pickup and drop-off in Playa del Carmen, doubles or sidemount tanks with EAN32, and weights
  • Not included: Additional sets of Doubles or Sidemount tanks with EAN32, Stages, Drysuit tanks, Sofnolime, Oxygen, Trimix or Argon fills for both students and Instructor / DPV rental for students and Instructor / Cenote entry fee / Any Rental equipment will be charged accordingly, Foto/Video service, Diving insurance, Camera fee (depend on Cenote policy), Tips for instructor.
  • Missing some of your gear? You can rent it from us.
  • Booking terms.

The caves areas

Chikin Ha, one of the Puerto Aventuras cenotes: the open pond under the jungle, with the rocks of the entrance on the right.

Puerto Aventuras caves area

Chikin Ha (X’Tabay), El Eden and Minotauro.

The survey map of Sistema K'oox Baal with the Chemuyil cenotes marked.

Chemuyil caves area

Coop One, Koi, Nai Tucha, Sac Xiquin, Tres Estrellas and Xunaan Ha.

A diver on doubles in the deep part of El Pit, one of the Dos Ojos cenotes, with the light coming from below.

Dos Ojos and Nohoch caves area

Dos Ojos, El Pit, Dos Palmas, Nicte Ha and Taak Bi Ha; Nohoch Nah Chich, Dreamgate, La Concha, Nariz, Outland and Pedrin Fenomeno.

The line map of Tortuga, one of the Tulum North cenotes, with distances and depths.

Tulum caves area

North: Carwash, Kim Ha, Tortuga and Vaca Ha. South: Angelita, Jailhouse, Mayan Blue, Dos Pisos, Monkey Dust, Naharon and Xa’ay Ha.

The cenote catalog, with the lines, maps and the certification each cenote requires.

Advanced cave days

You plan Technical Cave, Multistage Cave, Cave DPV and CCR Cave diving days together with our guides. We arrange each day individually by the dive profile, logistics and the required surface and in-water support. Discounts and special prices for groups and dive centers on request.

Rebreather divers: CCR cave guiding, with sorb, oxygen and diluent, is in the Rebreathers section.

Certification and Cave Pass

Each cenote page names the certification level its lines require: Intro to Cave, Cave or Technical Cave. Before your cave days, see the CREER Cave Pass.

Rules of the day

  • 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.
  • Diving level: before you go into the cave, the guide checks your cave certification card, your logbook and your skills in the water. A diver whose skills do not match the cave level does not dive in the cave.

$228 per diver per day

group of two to four from one place; solo diver $278; doubles or sidemount tanks with EAN32 included