Scuba diving the longest underwater river system | Yucatan Peninsula, Playa Del Carmen, Mexico
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Imagine deep underneath your feet are these dark caves that stretch on for hundreds of miles. Now imagine that these caves have been completely submerged in water for thousands and thousands of years. And that to navigate these caves, you’ve gotta scuba dive into it with flashlights. Pretty interesting right? According to our diving expert Kenzo, this was on the must-do, must-see list when we got back to Playa del Carmen.
Big thanks to El Taj Oceanfront and Beachside for hosting us.
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The Yucatan Penisula is believed to be home of the longest underwater river system in the world. Watch as we explore Playa Del Carmen, scuba diving into a new world of hidden caves, sharks, cenotes and much more adventure.
Special thanks to Tank-Ha for taking us scuba diving.
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What river treasures have you found? Let us know if you have gone exploring any underwater caves around the Yucatan peninsula Mexico!
Filmed on location in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico by:
Ben Czegeny, Joshua Laplap, Justis Cooper, Kenzo Kiren, Parker Hueser
Edit by Joshua Laplap
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Kukulcan and Chac Mool cenotes diving, Playa Del Carmen, Mexico.
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Cenote Cave Diving Tulum Mexico May 2011 Part2
This is a video of a Cenote wich is an underwater Cave. This video is in a Cenote in Tulum Mexico about 2:30 hours from Cancun.This is something nice to do if you visit Cancun,Playa del Carmen,Cazumel or Islas Mujeres.
Cave Diving in Cenote Eden - Playa Del Carmen, Mexico
Exploring the cave systems and a few underwater passageways between cenotes in the Garden of Eden.
This was one of the most beautiful places I've ever experienced. So beautiful and perfect that I had no interest in stepping out of the moment to take pictures or film, until our friend, Paco, saw I could keep up with him while freediving. He immediately left the water, grabbed a flashlight and a better mask for the both of us and explained that there was a 20 meter stretch of underwater caves that lead to another cenote... and then there was another cenote just beyond that. He tossed me my GoPro and said we were going to get me some good footage.
Paco had a super awesome and energetic vibe to him and he was confident in my diving so I trusted him, he began to gather his breath for the cave dive and said, Follow me. Don't worry. You WILL make it. And then he disappeared. I couldn't help but to laugh as I put my life in his hands. I followed Paco down into a corner that looked nothing more than a pile of rocks, and then he slipped into a crevice that was lit only by his flashlight.
As I entered the mouth of the underwater cave I slipped into the dreamy visuals of something I never thought I'd see and experience before. We swam deeper into the narrow black cave following Paco's cone of light, pulling ourselves across rocks to conserve energy, passing the point of no return, and finally feasting our eyes on the natural blue light of heaven shimmering across the surface. Although desperation for air and panic could have easily set in, the tranquility and surrealism of the dreamy cave visuals encouraged a calm that made the whole experience possible and incredibly beautiful.
Coming face to face with so many intense emotions and bodily sensations, mainly extreme desperation for the most basic ingredient for life - air, was an extremely humbling experience that brought upon a clean slate and grand entrance into the Garden of Eden.
After we caught our breaths and finished chatting with the surprised locals who we emerged next to, we proceeded into another cave system that would lead into a totally private cenote which was blocked off from foot traffic by the overgrown jungle. Our own slice of paradise. We basked in our heaven on earth and then returned back through the caves the way we came.
The visuals and feel of everything from the cone of light illuminating the darkness, vibrant, thriving life on the other side of primal fear, panic and danger, the pure and vibrant blue water, the downed trees, the mossy rocks, the small ancient looking fish sucking on my feet, the perfectly placed jungle ferns and explosive palm trees... it was the most highly perfect human experience I may have ever had.
Diving Mexico's Cenotes - Yukatan - Playa del Carmen - Planet Tauchen
Playa del Carmen liegt an der mexikanischen Karibikküste, der sogenannten Riviera Maya, 70 km südlich von Cancún. Es liegt in etwa auf halber Strecke zwischen Cancún und Tulum. Playa del Carmen gilt dabei als die Stadt mit dem höchsten Bevölkerungswachstum in Mexiko und ist am ehesten bekannt als Destination für Massentourismus.
Nach meiner Einschätzung würde eine solche Tourismusdestination nicht zwangsläufig viele Taucher anziehen- wären da nicht die absolut einzigartigen Cenoten….
Der Begriff stammt von den Maya der mexikanischen Halbinsel Yucatán und bedeutet Heilige Quelle. Die meisten Cenoten im Yucatán stehen mit dem vermutlich größten zusammenhängenden Unterwasserhöhlensystem der Erde in Verbindung. Die beiden längsten Systeme, Ox Bel Ha (mehr als 256 km) und Sac Actun (mehr als 222 km), sind über jeweils mehr als 140 Cenoten (vgl. Dolinen) zugänglich.
Während der letzten Eiszeit sank der Meeresspiegel (der Wasserstand der Weltmeere lag während den Vereisungen teilweise mehr als 100 Meter tiefer als heute) und tektonisch bedingt erhob sich der Yucatán als flache Kalksteintafel aus dem Meer. Während den Eiszeiten in den Phasen des abgesunkenen Meeresspiegels drang Regen in den porösen Kalkstein und suchte sich einen Weg zum Meer. Das im Wasser gelöste Kohlendioxid (als Kohlensäure) löste dabei den Kalk und wusch so mit der Zeit unterirdisch miteinander verbundene weit verzweigte unregelmäßige Hohlräume, Kanäle und Tunnel aus.
Da die meisten Höhlen auch heute noch direkt mit dem Meer verbunden sind, taucht man bei der jeweiligen Cenote in der Regel in Süsswasser ab und trifft erst beim Abstieg auf die Grenze zwischen Süss- und Salzwasser, die „Halocline“. Wenn diese Übergangsschicht in Bewegung gerät, wird die Sicht für den Taucher sehr schlecht und verschwommen. Das Eintauchen in diese Schicht ist in diversen Videosequenzen zu beobachten- ein Spektakel für jeden Taucher!
Nach vielen unvergesslichen Tauchgängen mit Stefan Ullrich von den Cenote Adventures kann ich eines mit Bestimmtheit sagen: Wir werden wiederkommen!
Playa del Carmen is located on the Mexican Caribbean coast, the so-called Riviera Maya, 70 km south of Cancun. It is about halfway between Cancun and Tulum. Playa del Carmen is considered the city with the highest population growth in Mexico and is best known as a destination for mass tourism.
In my opinion, such a tourist destination would not necessarily attract many divers - if there were not the absolutely unique cenotes....
The term comes from the Maya of the Mexican peninsula Yucatán and means holy spring. Most cenotes in the Yucatán are connected with what is probably the world's largest contiguous underwater cave system. The two longest cave systems, Ox Bel Ha (more than 256 km) and Sac Actun (more than 222 km), are each accessible via more than 140 cenotes (sinkholes).
During the last ice age, the sea level dropped (the water level of the oceans was partly over 100 meters lower than today during this period) and the Yucatán raised as a flat limestone tablet from the sea. During the ice ages in the phases of sinking sea level rain penetrated into the porous limestone and sought a way to the sea. The carbon dioxide dissolved in the water (as carbonic acid, dissolved the lime and washed out over time interconnected, widely branched irregular cavities, channels and tunnels.
Since most of the caves are still directly connected to the sea today, you usually dive into fresh water in the cenote itself and meet the border between fresh and salt water (the so-called Halocline) on your descent into the cave. When this transitional layer gets moving, the diver's vision becomes very bad and blurry. The immersion in this layer can be observed in various video sequences - a spectacle for every diver!
After many unforgettable dives with Stefan Ullrich from the Cenote Adventures I can say one thing for sure: We will be back!
Cavern Scuba Diving - Cenote Tajma Ha, Playa Del Carmen, Mexico
This is a cut of two dives we did at Cenote Tajma Ha. We could see a lot more light than is picked up on the Go Pro. I was covering my light for a lot of the dive because I wanted to see more of the natural light that was making it's way deeper into the cavern. Our guide, Biro, was from Italy and has been leading cavern dives for 6 years in Mexico.
After doing these dives I gained a greater respect for why you need special training to do these kinds of dives on your own. I can't count how many times I became disoriented in some of the different chambers. Which way did we come from? Where is the way out? We never strayed from the areas we were supposed to be in and I followed Biro closely as you can see.
There were also some beautiful haloclines (where the fresh water mixes with salt water) but they did not show up well on the video.
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CAVE DIVING IN A CENOTE!!! (245 | Mexico Travel Vlog)
05 January 2019 - Playa del Carmen III
Day 23 - VLOG 245
Today is another dive day and this morning we head out to go diving in a cenote!! Popular around this area of Mexico, cenotes are not only a popular swim spot but also an awesome dive spot too!
It was my first time seeing a halocline, which is when salt water meets fresh water. Since salt water is more dense and blurry, it sits at the bottom so you see a clear separation between the two types creating an underwater lake effect. It was like you were flying in water!!
We also saw stalactites formed over centuries and the rays of light beam through the dark caves as the sun came up for a fresh morning. Definitely highly recommend diving in a cenote as a must do in Mexico!
After we head further south to Tulum to where the next leg of our adventure begins!!
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1º Mergulho em Cenote (Gruta), um pouco apreensivos, mas muito excitados pela experiência. A entrada para este Cenote, é muitopequena e de fora não sabemos onde vai ser a nossa entrada para o seu interior.....
Depois do teste de flutuabilidade, o guia mandou-nos descer e segui-lo.... a entrada estava ali mesmo, escura.... depois de entrar-mos um pouco, o guia parou e virou-se para todos nós olharmos para a entrada/saída, de dentro era grande, espaçosa e belissíma.... o que a seguir vimos, é indescritível, escuridão, galerias a perder de vista, apenas iluminadas pelas pequenas lanternos que nos foram dadas.... quando surgiam as entradas de luz do exterior, UAUUUuuuuuuuu, quando surgiam as estalactites e estalagmites, UAUuuuuu......
Fizemos dois mergulhos neste mesmo Cenote: Sugar Bowl e Points Of Light.... no segundo existem mais os chamados Haloclinas (mistura de tipos de densidades diferentes, neste caso água Doce com água Salgada) e que nos deixava quase sem visibilidade nenhuma.... via-se uma névoa, e também se sentia termoclinas (variação de temperatura).
As imagens não refletem a beleza que é mergulhar nestes locais..... mas ajuda muito a podermos imaginar e a ter vontade de mergulhar lá.....
Nós ficámos com vontade de ir novamente... :)))
Cenotes - Scuba Diving in Mexico - Tajma Ha Cenote - Caverns, Caves, and Fresh Crystal Clear Water.
Diving in Cenotes has been an incredible experience, with crystal clear water, unlimited visibility similar to the ice waters of the arctic or iceland, but slightly warmer at 22c/71F, this was a must do. Read all about things to do in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico here:
This was filmed at Tajma ha (Taj Mahal) Cenote in Tulum near Playa Del Carmen.
Cave Diving at Cenote Dos Ojos Mexico
Here is my cave diving experience at Cenote Dos Ojos outside of Playa del Carmen Mexico. The visibility was over 300 feet and the water temp was around 77 degrees F. There were many dark holes in these caves and many massive stalactites and stalagmites. This cave also had many formed columns.
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Traveltip Gran Cenotes de Tulum Mexico of MM on Tour for Playa del Carmen or Akumal or Tulum Yucatan Mexico. Visited the Grand Cenote on June 2016.
Not far from Tulum Mexico is the Grand Cenote.
Beautiful Cenote with two Caves. The crystalclear water is perfekt for swimming and snorkeling.
We have seen bats, turtles and many fish in the Cenotes Yucatan
Grand Cenotes is only 4 km from Tulum Quintana Roo Riviera Maya Mexico.
Entrance fee for the Grand Senote 10.00 US $ per person in June 2016
Grand Cenotes - Grand Cenote Tulum filmed in cavern with Gopro Hero 4 Black Adventure in UHD 4K.
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Traveltip Gran cenotes de Tulum de MM en el Tour de Playa del Carmen o Tulum Akumal o Yucatán México. Visitado el Gran Cenote en junio de 2016.
No muy lejos de Tulum es el Gran Cenote.
Hermosa Cenote con dos cuevas. El agua se CrystalClear perfekt para nadar y bucear.
Hemos visto los murciélagos, tortugas y muchos peces en los cenotes de Yucatán
Gran Cenotes está a sólo 4 km de Tulum Quintana Roo Riviera Maya México.
Precio de la entrada para el Gran cenote 10.00 US $ por persona en junio el año 2016
Gran Cenotes - Gran Cenote Tulum filmado en caverna con Gopro héroe 4 Negro Aventura en UHD 4K.
Reise Tipp - Ausflugstipp Gran Cenote in Tulum von MM on Tour für Playa del Carmen oder Akumal oder Tulum Yucatan Mexiko. Besucht haben wir die Grand Cenote im Juni 2016.
Nicht weit entfernt von Tulum ist das Grand Cenote.
Schöne Cenote mit zwei Höhlen. Das kristallklare Wasser zum Schwimmen und Schnorcheln PERFEKT.
Wir haben Fledermäuse, Schildkröten und viele Fische in der Cenote YuKatan gesehen.
Die Grand Cenote ist nur 4 km von Tulum Quintana Roo Riviera Maya Mexiko entfernt.
Der Eintritt für den Grand Senote betrugt 10.00 US $ pro Person im Juni 2016
Grand Cenote nahe Tulum wurde mit GoPro Hero 4 Black in UHD 4K gefilmt.
Scuba Diving, Playa Del Carmen: Kukulkan Cenote, Dec 2011
Cenote diving, Dos Ojos. Mexico
Scuba diving in the cenote Dos Ojos.
Discover one of the most beautiful cenote of the Riviera Maya located between Playa del Carmen and Tulum. An amazing cenote dive, easy and accessible for all certified divers.
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