Riviera Maya (Quintana Roo)
Aerolito de Paraíso (Cozumel)
- Max depth27 m (89 ft)
- CertificationOpen water / no overhead
- Water temperature≈ 24–25 °C (75–77 °F)estimated, no reports yet
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- Fill stationDeep Exposure Dive Center (Cozumel)Air, nitrox, oxygen and trimix; sofnolime for saleRoute ↗
What it looks like
Cenote Aerolito cave dive Cozumel Mexico, Petra Sobotka with German Yañez. Cenote Aerolito cave dive Cozumel Mexico, Petra Sobotka with German Yañez. Cave Diving Cenote Aerolito, September 2025 Cenote Aerolito (Crystal meth line and Mystic Room)
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Cenote Aerolito cave dive Cozumel Mexico, Petra Sobotka with German Yañez. Cenote Aerolito cave dive Cozumel Mexico, Petra Sobotka with German Yañez. Cave Diving Cenote Aerolito, September 2025 Cenote Aerolito (Crystal meth line and Mystic Room)
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The dive
Aerolito de Paraíso (Spanish: ‘meteorite’) is the only true cave dive on Cozumel; Devil's Throat at Punta Sur is a tunnel through the reef.
Profile and sections
Aerolito de Paraíso (Spanish: ‘meteorite’) is the only true cave dive on Cozumel; Devil's Throat at Punta Sur is a tunnel through the reef. It is an anchialine cenote with a cave below. Crocodiles live here and do not behave aggressively, along with dozens of echinoderm species. This is also where the first known cave-dwelling sea star (Copidaster cavernicola) was found.
The cave was explored in the 1980s–90s (~6 km) and resurveyed since 2012 to ~8.2 km, with a passage out to the nearby Caleta marina. Cueva Aerolito: 8.4 km surveyed, down to -27.4 m (QRSS, Jan 2025). The system is still being surveyed; no map has been published yet.
Practical: a natural protected area since 2023 (CONANP). Touch and take nothing.
- Depth and profile
- Basin of ~68 × 25 m and ~8 m deep, connected to the sea underground. The cave: over 8.2 km of line, mostly at 4.5–21 m and down to about -27 m, with fresh water over salt water (halocline in parts of the cave).
- Configuration
- Open-water divers stay in the basin, where any configuration fits. The cave only with cave certification and a local guide.
- DPV: Not DPV-suitable (estimate)
- A small basin, and the cave is dived with a local guide: taking a scooter to Cozumel does not pay off
Who can dive where
- At least Open water / no overhead
- Configurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
- Goes down to 27 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
West coast of Cozumel by the Caleta, just south of the cruise terminal, ~240 m inland; you park next to the cenote. Ferry from Playa del Carmen about 45 min. Cave dives via Cozumel Abyss Divers (Marina Caleta). Fee unknown. Most cave teams first do one or two days of guided dives with a local team, to get to know the system's complexity and hazards before diving it on their own.
Around Aerolito de Paraíso (Cozumel)
Fills1 fill station · ? km
Deep Exposure Dive Center (Cozumel)
10 Avenida Sur 215, Cozumel
Air, nitrox, oxygen and trimix; sofnolime for sale
Not stated — ask
CCR support: oxygen, booster and sorb
Guided cave tours on Cozumel (one dive of 90 to 120 minutes) and on the mainland (two dives), doubles included; also guided trimix dives.
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