Riviera Maya (Quintana Roo) · about 12 km from Tulum
Chan Hol (Toh-Ha)
- Max depth15 m (49 ft)
- CertificationFull cave
- Water temperature≈ 24–25 °C (75–77 °F)estimated, no reports yet
- SpecialExperienced divers
Diving and fills
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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)
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The dive
Chan-hol (Maya: ‘little hole’) is the site of the Chan Hol skeletons (>10,000 years) and Maya pottery: touch nothing. Lines here include Torpedo, Xibalba, Forza Room and the Professor loop.
Profile and sections
Chan-hol (Maya: ‘little hole’) is the site of the Chan Hol skeletons (>10,000 years) and Maya pottery: touch nothing. Lines here include Torpedo, Xibalba, Forza Room and the Professor loop.
The cenote belongs to Sistema Toh-Ha (about 32 km). Sistema Toh Ha (Maya: ‘motmot water’): 47.7 km surveyed, down to -12.8 m (QRSS, Jan 2025).
- Depth and profile
- Average about -10 m, max about -15 m
- Configuration
- Entrance restriction about 20 × 100 cm with a boulder: sidemount required, cylinders come off in places (no-mount); no CCR
- DPV: Not DPV-suitable (estimate)
- Entrance restriction (sidemount, partly no-mount) and fragile archaeology; scooter impractical despite big tunnels
Who can dive where
- At least Full cave
- Configurations: Sidemount / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
- Goes down to 15 m (trimix or deco may be needed)
- Experienced divers only
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 7 km south of Tulum, west of Hwy 307 after the big bend; 'Rancho Loma Linda' sign, turn right at the end of the driveway. Garden of the owners' ranch (Don Domingo and Doña Hermina): about 200 MXN pp cash; out of the water before dark.
Around Chan Hol (Toh-Ha)
Fills3 fill stations · nearest 12 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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- 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 ↗
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