Cenote Chac Mool
Also known as Chac Mol
Location: 20.51293, -87.24703 (Yucatán, Mexico)
Halocline depth 12 m.
2 permanent gold lines lead into the cavern from Chac Mool main entrance and end at Little Brother Cenote forming 2 completely different routes which both start and end in open water and can be dived from either cenote and in either direction.
The upstream cavern line leads the diver through a large well lit cavern zone with very impressive breakdown formations as large as a house and spectacular views of the jungle from underwater. You will see tree roots growing down into the water along the edge of main entrance and dive a hypnotic halocline passage towards Little Brother. In summer a green algae bloom 2 m thick at the surface gives main entrance a very mysterious "other worldly" appearance.
The downstream cavern line is darker but highly decorated with some very impressive stal and curtain formations. Halfway through the dive you can surface in a beautifully decorated air dome before continuing on through a forest of speleothems.
Area: Puerto Aventuras
Cave system: Chac Mool
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