Dominican Republic
El Chicho (Cueva del Chicho)
- Max depth21 m (69 ft)
- CertificationCavern
- Water temperature≈ 24–26 °C (75–79 °F)estimated, no reports yet
Diving and fills
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The dive
Bayahibe's best-known cave. The main line starts right behind the warning sign, runs through the cavern and a decorated tunnel and surfaces in a large dry section with breathable air and bats.
Profile and sections
Bayahibe's best-known cave. The main line starts right behind the warning sign, runs through the cavern and a decorated tunnel and surfaces in a large dry section with breathable air and bats. A hidden jump under a boulder leads through a restriction to a second exit; beyond it the line drops through breakdown rooms and ends in a low bedding plane. Visibility stays good throughout, and the cave hardly silts out.
Practical: there are cavern tours for open-water divers with 25 dives (Go Dive Bayahibe); the cave itself is for cave divers.
- Depth and profile
- Max about -21 m; a vertical restriction of about 9 m on the way
- Intro level
- The cavern zone at the entrance, up to the warning sign.
- Configuration
- Backmount and sidemount; the jump under the boulder to the second exit is a sidemount restriction.
Who can dive where
- At least Cavern
- Cavern zone / easier part: at least Intro to cave
- Configurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
- Goes down to 21 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
Same park sector as Padre Nuestro, 700 m on: a gate, a steep dirt track and rough rock steps to a large dry entrance chamber full of bats. Park fee about 200 DOP; as a show cave also open without a guide.
Around El Chicho (Cueva del Chicho)
FillsNo fill station known nearby
Other sites1 within 1 km
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