Riviera Maya (Quintana Roo) · about 6 km from Tulum
Corazón del Paraíso
- CertificationFull cave
- Water temperature≈ 24–25 °C (75–77 °F)estimated, no reports yet
Diving and fills
Dive here with
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
Corazón del Paraíso Corazon del Paraiso | Cenotes Mexico | Diving with the CCR Liberty Cenote Corazon Del Paraiso (Drone and GoPro)
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The dive
Above the halocline the water is dark with tannins from the marsh, below it bright white. You feel noticeable flow, strongest downstream, and silt drifts down from the ceiling.
Part of Sistema Ox Bel Ha. Also in this system: Mayan Blue (Escondido), Naharon (Cristal), Jailhouse (Las Palmas), Yax Chen (Ox Bel Ha), Odyssey (Ox Bel Ha)
Profile and sections
Above the halocline the water is dark with tannins from the marsh, below it bright white. You feel noticeable flow, strongest downstream, and silt drifts down from the ceiling. Along the way you meet many jumps and T's (cleaned up), formations and blind cavefish.
The Maya name is Chuup Ich; the cenote is part of Sistema Ox Bel Ha. Between 2015 and 2018 ~4.5 km of old line was resurveyed and ~0.9 km of new passage found.
Practical: certified cave divers only. There's a nice vibe on the surface.
- Depth and profile
- Basin ~-9 m; halocline at ~-16 m
- Configuration
- Unknown
- DPV: DPV possible
- Explorers used scooters for the far sections (Ox Bel Ha), but passages are mostly small, crumbly and silty; little gain for most dives
Who can dive where
- At least Full cave
- Configurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
- Configuration unknown — research beforehand
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
Right next to Hwy 307, ~15 km south of Tulum (Muyil road); busy swimming and weekend-party cenote. Swimmers pay ~150 MXN, open ~9:00–17:00; diver fee not published. Separate parking for divers.
Around Corazón del Paraíso
Fills3 fill stations · nearest 6 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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News
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Nearby
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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