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Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula- Quintana Roo

Sinkhole Angelita - suitable for trimix training in Quintana Roo

great AOWD site too...


Location: 13 km south of Tulum direction Chetumal
Dive Site Fee fee: is in 2010 150 Pesos, receipt is available from Don Pablo, near market place
Maximum Depth: depends on rain fall, approx. 60 meter
Accessibility: 5 minute walk on path - and then - JUMP!
Bathroom: no
Exit: short rope
2010 - the decompression rope is gone- just bring your own if you need!

Best Dive: dependent on education- stay safe above the sulfate layer in 30 meters!

Specials:

  • depth up to 60 m with spectacular "hovering" hydrogen sulfate layer in 30-35 meters
  • surface to 30 m --> fresh water
  • salt water beneath
  • small cave in 16 meters, nice at end of dive
  • giant stalactite shows the entrance
  • visibility depends on season - best in winter
  • best time for video and foto is summer - you will find the sun in zenith above the sink
  • sorry, no artefacts any longer --> you find them in Mexico City
  • for completeness: Baccalar is deeper... you can reach 90 meter! (Blue Lagoon close to Chetumal)

Cavern Diving Possibility: this is actually only an Open Water Dive

 

watch the video Angelita

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Cenote Angelita, entrance...

Cenote Angelita, site access...

Cenote Angelita, sulphur...

Cenote Angelita, The giant stalactite...

Cenote Angelita, back light...

Cenote Angelita, sulphur...

Cenote Angelita, sulphur...

Cenote Angelita, sulphur...

Cenote Angelita, the little cave exit...

Cenote Angelita, deco...