Once you manage to walk the rather long pathway with full gear to the cenote, there is a briefing and you are quite happy to jump in the cool water for a buoncy check.

A buoyancy check is critical since many divers here for the first time have been diving salt water and don’t know the amount of weight they need for this fresh water diving. It nis absolutely necessary to be perfectly neutral both to avoid hitting your head on the ceiling and possibly damaging formations and avoiding dragging the bottom and stirring up potentially deadly silt. Buoyancy check over, you head down the hill into the cavern, and looking back, take your last look at the entrance for awhile.

In some areas the light coming in through surface openings is striking as the light is reflected at sharp angles by the water - air interface.

Kukulkan also has it’s share of formations which can be very dramatic.

On the left is a pic of what you will see in the cenote without anything but a flashlight.

I was at some small disadvantage on this trip as the new strobe I purchased prior to the trip, which worked perfectly before leaving, never flashed once during the trip, so all the photos you will se throughout this article are shot without flash. The good news is it can be done. The bad news is, the formations deeper in the caverns aren’t here.

Marina El Cid     Whale Sharks     Bat Cave     Dos Ojos     Taj Mahal

Chac Mool     Ponderosa     Angelita     Grand Cenote     Dive Mexico     Puerto Aventures

Dream Gate     Tankah