Riviera Maya (Quintana Roo) · about 14 km from Tulum
Angelita
- Max depth60 m (197 ft)
- CertificationOpen water / no overhead
- Water temperature≈ 24–25 °C (75–77 °F)estimated, no reports yet
- SpecialOpen water with a cavern guide (CREER 3)
Diving and fills
Dive here with
3 more who guide here
Fills nearby
- Third Dimension DivingEAN32, HP O₂, deco gases and any trimix (booster); Sofnolime 797 and Intersorb; prefilled trimix bailout for rent
- ProTec TulumAir, EAN32, O₂ up to 200 bar, trimix on request (booster); Sofnolime 797 always in stock
- Ko’ox Diving (Tulum)Air, nitrox, O₂ and helium mixes (He about US$2/cf)
What it looks like
Cenote Angelita : Diving The "Underwater River" From Clarity to Chaos: An Unexpected Turn in Cenote Angelita - Cave Diving Gone Wrong Angelita Cenote - an otherworldly dive Cenote Angelita - An underwater cloud! #science #SCUBA
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Cenote Angelita : Diving The "Underwater River" From Clarity to Chaos: An Unexpected Turn in Cenote Angelita - Cave Diving Gone Wrong Angelita Cenote - an otherworldly dive Cenote Angelita - An underwater cloud! #science #SCUBA
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The dive
After a short walk through the jungle you reach an open shaft about 25 m across, with greenish water often covered in leaves. Angelita (Spanish: 'little angel') is not a cave but a deep shaft, and a spectacular deep dive.
Profile and sections
After a short walk through the jungle you reach an open shaft about 25 m across, with greenish water often covered in leaves. Angelita (Spanish: 'little angel') is not a cave but a deep shaft, and a spectacular deep dive. What made it famous waits halfway down: a brown cloud of hydrogen sulphide on a debris cone, with tree branches poking through as if a river were flowing beneath you. Above the cloud visibility is clear, inside it less than half a metre. Maya pottery has been found at about 45 m. QRSS surveyed the shaft to -59.4 m (59 m surveyed, Jan 2025).
Practical: about 17 km south of Tulum. Fee about 300–380 MXN, and showering is required. Some sources say a guide is required (AOW, 18+).
- Depth and profile
- Standard dive to the H₂S cloud at about -30 m (halocline -30 m); bottom about -56/-60 m
- Configuration
- All configurations
- DPV: Not DPV-suitable
- Open shaft down to the H₂S cloud, only small swim-throughs – nothing to travel; local guide mandatory
Who can dive where
- At least Open water / no overhead
- Cavern zone / easier part: at least Open water / no overhead
- Configurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
- Goes down to 60 m (trimix or deco may be needed)
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How to get there
Around Angelita
Fills3 fill stations · nearest 14 km
Third Dimension Diving
Calle Chemuyil Mz 14 Lt 01, Mayapax, Tulum
EAN32, HP O₂, deco gases and any trimix (booster); Sofnolime 797 and Intersorb; prefilled trimix bailout for rent
Unknown — call
Rental of backmount, sidemount, CCR cylinders, Suex scooters and stages. In Tulum (Mayapax neighbourhood, west of the 307).
ProTec Tulum
Av. Satélite / Calle Tun-Kul, Tulum
Air, EAN32, O₂ up to 200 bar, trimix on request (booster); Sofnolime 797 always in stock
Daily 8–19
Rental of CCR, scooters, sidemount and double cylinders; CCR room for 14 units. ProTec Playa merged into Tulum in 2026. Keys for Xa'ay Ha (Chi Keen) and Doggi/Style (Muyil) are collected here.
Ko’ox Diving (Tulum)
Tulum
Air, nitrox, O₂ and helium mixes (He about US$2/cf)
Daily 7:30–21:00
Fills CCR, stage and double cylinders; cave gear for rent. Card payment accepted. The site also lists a Puerto Aventuras branch (Hwy 307 km 269.5, 7:30–21:00), but it is not on Google Maps — ask whether it exists and fills.
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Articles about cave diving that name a place within 25 km of this site, but no cave by name. They're not necessarily about this site.
- A Diver Found a Skeleton at Least 8,000 Years Old Hidden 26 Feet Underwater in a Flooded Cave in Mexico ↗
- Cave-divers find trapped spearfisher alive after 15 days ↗
- Cave diving is fraught with danger, but the reward is sights like nothing else on Earth ↗
- INAH files legal complaint for diver damage to underwater archaeological site in Tulum cave ↗
- A Diver Found 8,000-Year-Old Human Remains Deep Inside an Underwater Cave ↗
Access and rules change: check what applies locally right before your trip. Source: GDELT Project and the news feeds of diving magazines. Search for more news ↗ Searched automatically, last on 11 Nov 2026.
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