Riviera Maya (Quintana Roo) · about 11 km from Akumal
Dos Ojos
- Max depth10 m (33 ft)
- CertificationCavern
- Water temperature≈ 24–25 °C (75–77 °F)estimated, no reports yet
- SpecialDPV-suitable
Diving and fills
Dive here with
5 more who guide here
Fills nearby
- Akumal Dive CenterNitrox; trimix and CCR courses on the site — ask about O₂/He fills
- 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
Two round cenotes side by side, the 'two eyes' that give Dos Ojos its name, in the park of the Jacinto Pat ejido, about 48 km south of Playa del Carmen.
Part of Sistema Sac Actun. Also in this system: The Pit (El Pit), Taak Bi Ha, Nicte-Ha, Pet Cemetery (Cenotes Sac Actún), Dreamgate, Nohoch Nah Chich, Casa Cenote (Manatí), Gran Cenote, Calimba (Kalimba), Dos Palmas, Otoch Ha (Nariz), La Concha, Ho-Tul / Cuzan Nah, Outland, Pedrín Fenómeno, Chun-Ya
Profile and sections
Two round cenotes side by side, the 'two eyes' that give Dos Ojos its name, in the park of the Jacinto Pat ejido, about 48 km south of Playa del Carmen. You choose between two cavern lines. The Barbie line (415 m) runs through wide, bright passages cut by beams of light. The Bat Cave line is darker: columns and stalactites, and a dry air dome where bats hang. Both dives take about 45 minutes at an average of 6 m, and visibility is often over 30 m.
It looks like a film set for a reason: Dos Ojos was a location for the IMAX film Journey into Amazing Caves and for Planet Earth. Exploration began in the late 1980s with Jim Coke and Johanna DeGroot and continued from 1992 under Buddy Quattlebaum. Sistema Dos Ojos is about 84 km long and part of Sistema Sac Actun (Maya: 'white cave'): 379.6 km surveyed, down to -119.2 m (QRSS, Jan 2025).
Practical: it gets very busy with cavern tours, so go early. Fee about 400 MXN, cash only (pesos). The park runs its own guide scheme: a cavern guide must be a DM or instructor and full cave, with max 4 divers per guide.
- Depth and profile
- Mostly -5 to -10 m; the system reaches about -119 m via The Pit
- Intro level
- Barbie and Bat Cave lines and the first cave sections.
- Configuration
- All configurations
- DPV: DPV-suitable
- Huge, shallow system; scooter traverses run via Dos Ojos (e.g. Dos Palmas–Nicte Ha–Dos Ojos–Taak Bi Ha, ~7 km)
Who can dive where
- At least Cavern
- Cavern zone / easier part: at least Intro to cave
- Cavern zone / easier part: at least Open water / no overhead
- Configurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
- Goes down to 10 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
Park run by ejido Jacinto Pat, 4 km dirt road from Hwy 307 (about km 244.5); stairs and platforms.
Around Dos Ojos
Fills3 fill stations · nearest 11 km
Akumal Dive Center
Carretera 307 km 104, Akumal
Nitrox; trimix and CCR courses on the site — ask about O₂/He fills
Daily 8–17
On the beach at Akumal. Since 1975; mainly reef and cenote diving, tec offer via course pages. Not to be confused with the Akumal Dive Shop next door.
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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