Dominican Republic
Padre Nuestro
- Max depth13 m (43 ft)
- CertificationCavern
- Water temperature≈ 25–26 °C (77–79 °F)estimated, no reports yet
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Cave diving Cueva Padre Nuestro in Bayahibe, Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 We CAVE DIVED in Padre Nuestro, and found ANCIENT BONES! Cave Diving in Padre Nuestro Cave near Bayahibe, Dominican Republic Diving Dominican Republic Padre Nuestro El Chicho Cave
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Cave diving Cueva Padre Nuestro in Bayahibe, Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 We CAVE DIVED in Padre Nuestro, and found ANCIENT BONES! Cave Diving in Padre Nuestro Cave near Bayahibe, Dominican Republic Diving Dominican Republic Padre Nuestro El Chicho Cave
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The dive
You start in a decorated first section. Then a small restriction leads into a large room and breakdown where the cave chokes; downstream the water siphons away through a tunnel.
Profile and sections
You start in a decorated first section. Then a small restriction leads into a large room and breakdown where the cave chokes; downstream the water siphons away through a tunnel. After rain the water in the large room colours in layers of tannin, and the shallow downstream part is silty.
Padre Nuestro is the training ground of the Dominican cave divers. It was explored downstream in 2008 and surveyed in 2010 by Dave Pratt and Cristian Pittaro (DRSS).
Practical: ideal as the first dive of the week, together with El Chicho.
- Depth and profile
- Entrance drops to about -10 m; most dives -6 to -13 m
- Intro level
- Up to the sign that marks the limit for open-water divers.
- Configuration
- All configurations; one small restriction on the main line.
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 13 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
In the park, a 15-minute drive from Bayahibe, across the road from the pumping station. Small sink with a tree trunk; rock steps to the water. Park fee, and register beforehand with Medio Ambiente in Bayahibe; people from the pumping station carry tanks for a fee.
Around Padre Nuestro
FillsNo fill station known nearby
Other sites1 within 1 km
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