Cave Diving in The Riviera Maya

Guided Cave Diving in Playa del Carmen for Certified Cave Divers

Certified cave diver looking for a home base in Playa del Carnen? You're in the right place. Fully private trips, guided by someone who actually knows these systems — not a rotating roster of hired guides.

Minimum requirement: Intro to Cave or Full Cave certification. If you're not there yet, check out the cave and technical diving courses I teach.

 

Why Hire a Cave Diving Guide in Playa del Carmen?

If you're already cave certified, you don't technically need a guide for most cenotes. But between complex navigation and main-line placement that isn't always obvious, having someone who knows the specific system you're diving makes the difference between a good dive and a wasted one.

As a cave guide and cave diving instructor, I'm not here to hold your hand — and you don't want that either. I can lead the dive, or just be another set of eyes on the team who knows the tie-offs and jumps cold.

Transportation, tanks, weights, and emergency O2 — all handled. You just show up and dive.

 

Some of the caves we visit are:

  • Minotauro
  • Tajma Ha
  • Ponderosa
  • Xtabay & Chikin Ha
  • Aktun Ha
  • Chan Hol
  • Dreamgate
  • Mayan Blue
  • Naharon
  • Nohoch Nah Chich
  • Cocom
  • Many Others..

Cave Diving Pricing:

2 Dives in one day or long stage dive (if properly certified and experienced):

  • $285/day

Prices are based on 2 divers together. For single divers, please add $35/day.

The prices  include transportation to and from the cenote departing from a location in downtown Playa del Carmen. We cannot pick up at any of the resorts in the Riviera Maya. 

Due to the rising fuel costs, remote cenotes, cenotes which are more than 55Km away from our base (Playa del Carmen), incur an additional charge of US$5 for every 10Km

Prices also include tanks, weights.

Daily entry fees to the cenotes are not included and are paid directly to the landowners (entry fees range from 350 to 500 pesos).

Equipment rental is not included and the costs vary depending on what you might need.

Dives are limited to 60 minutes of penetration for regular cave dives, and 90 minutes of penetration for single stage dives.

 

Equipment Rental Prices:

  • Hogarthian Configuration Rig (Backplate, harness, wing, 2 regulators): $50/day
  • Sidemount Configuration Rig (Harness, wing, 2 regulators): $50/day
  • Stage/Deco Regulator: $15/day
  • Primary lamp: $25/day
  • Backup lamps, reels, spools, markers, etc: $7/item/day
  • Full equipment rental (harness, regulators, primary + backup torches) : $65/day