Cenote Dos Ojos
Tulum, Yucatán, Mexico
- Profondeur typique
- 10 m
- Type
- Cénote
- Niveau
- Intermediate
Notes
Two interconnected sinkholes; cavern lines through speleothems.
Faune marine
- Other
- bats roosting in air domes
- Reef fish
- blind cave fish (Mexican tetra), mosquitofish
- Invertebrates
- freshwater shrimp, cave isopods
Caractéristiques du site
- Cenote
- Cavern
- Overhead Environment
- Speleothems
- Halocline
- Freshwater
- Permanent Guideline
Quand plonger
- Idéal
- year-round
Cenote Dos Ojos ('Two Eyes') sits north of Tulum on the Yucatán's Caribbean coast — two adjacent circular sinkholes connected by a passage decorated with stalactites and stalagmites. In January 2018 explorers connected Dos Ojos to the neighbouring Sistema Sac Actun, creating one of the longest underwater cave systems in the world (the combined underwater passages total ~347 km; Sac Actun is currently second only to Sistema Ox Bel Ha). The water is freshwater rainfall filtered through limestone, holding a near-constant 25 °C year-round; the typical guided cavern profile sits at 5–10 m. The cavern is sheltered from weather. Cavern lines are permanent and well-marked. Full cave penetration beyond the daylight zone is restricted to certified cave divers with their own guideline.
Conditions & accès
- Visibilité
- 30–100 m
- Température
- 24–25 °C
- Courant
- None
- Accès
- Permit required
- Niveau requis
- Open Water + cavern orientation for the guided cavern circuit; full cave certification required for penetration beyond the daylight zone
Emplacement
20.3239° N, 87.3878° W
Sources
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