Dominican Republic
El Árbol
- Max depth14 m (46 ft)
- CertificationFull cave
- Water temperature≈ 24–26 °C (75–79 °F)estimated, no reports yet
- SpecialSidemount
Diving and fills
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The dive
The passage drops to about -8 m before a tight restriction. The silt is super fine and deep: whoever goes to the end of the line gets, per the DRSS, a 'guaranteed' zero-visibility exit.
Profile and sections
The passage drops to about -8 m before a tight restriction. The silt is super fine and deep: whoever goes to the end of the line gets, per the DRSS, a 'guaranteed' zero-visibility exit. The DRSS has a map of the cave.
- Depth and profile
- Average -12 m, max -14 m · 270 m of line (DRSS map)
- Configuration
- Sidemount recommended: tight entrance and low ceilings.
Who can dive where
- At least Full cave
- Configurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount
- Goes down to 14 m (trimix or deco may be needed)
This is how the planner decides who in your team may dive this cave. Rules your own trip adds (organizer, a mail, the AI) show with your trip.
How to get there
About 1 km west of Dudú, across the road: over a barbed-wire fence, 40 m through a field to the sinkhole at the only big tree, then ten minutes down. Private farmland. Through the cave centres.
Around El Árbol
FillsNo fill station known nearby
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