Dive Review of gocenotes in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Playa Del Carmen/Cozumel

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gocenotes, Mar, 2006, by Rich Orman, CO, USA . Report 2356.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Value for $$	N/A
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Comments	After a few days at the reefs of Cozumel, I decided to try a day of Cenote (cavern) diving on the mainland. I made my arrangements with Studio Blue on Cozumel, who referred me to GoCenotes in Playa Del Carmen (website gocenotes.com). Cost was about $100US. This was a two tank dive with aluminium 80s. There are numerous cenotes down the coast south of Playa Del Carmen (there are actually quite a few cenotes on Cozumel, but they are not suitable for anything but certified cave divers, so if you want to go cenote diving from Cozumel, you have to take a ferry and go to Playa). We went to Cenote Vos Ojos, a little west of Akumal. The cenotes were once ordinary caves, and filled with water thousands of years ago. The visibility was the best that I have ever seen in any type of water. Apart from a few small fish, there is no underwater life in the cenotes, just beautiful cave formations and the errie feeling you get from diving in a cave. The paramaters of cavern diving require that there be no more than four divers and one dive master on each dive. The divers follow the dive master in single file, and you have to keep in a horizontal position with your legs bent upwards at the knees to avoid kicking up sediment. The best way to kick is a modified frog kick. We went no deeper than 40 feet, and we were usually at around 20 feet. These dives are not for people with boyancy control problems or with fear of confined spaces or the dark. There are times that you are in an overhead environment, but you are never far from an alternate air source (ie. your small group) and never more than a 90 second or so swim to some kind of surface where you can breathe without a regulator. These two dives were the most quiet, peaceful, beautiful dives I have ever done. I would heartilly recommend a day of cenote diving if you are down in the Cancun/Playa/Cozumel/Akumal area.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	BVI, Belize, Hawaii, Alaska
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	noCurrents
Water Temp	77-77°F / 25-25°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	80-120 Ft/ 24-37 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Stay with the dive leader. Dive in a horizontal position with your legs bent upward.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of gocenotes in Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Playa Del Carmen/Cozumel

gocenotes, Mar, 2006,

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Dive Review of gocenotes in
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Playa Del Carmen/Cozumel