Riviera Maya (Quintana Roo) · about 4 km from Tulum
Mayan Blue (Escondido)
- Max depth24 m (79 ft)
- CertificationIntro to cave (first section)
- Water temperature≈ 24–25 °C (75–77 °F)estimated, no reports yet
- SpecialDPV-suitable
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
Cenote Mayan Blue Cave Dive cave diving in Tulum Mexico. Cenote Mayan Blue... destination "Hostage Hall" 2024-12-27 Mayan Blue Cenote Escondido Scooter Cave Dive to Music: Return to Innocence by Enigma Cenote Escondido (Mayan Blue), Nov 2022
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Cenote Mayan Blue Cave Dive cave diving in Tulum Mexico. Cenote Mayan Blue... destination "Hostage Hall" 2024-12-27 Mayan Blue Cenote Escondido Scooter Cave Dive to Music: Return to Innocence by Enigma Cenote Escondido (Mayan Blue), Nov 2022
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The dive
Mayan Blue has tannin-stained walls and the tunnels A (with the Battleship Room), B and E (salt), and F. B–E–F is good DPV terrain. Traverses lead to Naharon/Jailhouse and, since 2021, via the A tunnel to the Regina system.
Part of Sistema Ox Bel Ha. Also in this system: Naharon (Cristal), Jailhouse (Las Palmas), Yax Chen (Ox Bel Ha), Corazón del Paraíso, Odyssey (Ox Bel Ha)
1 earlier accident or incident has been reported at this cave. Read what happened ↓
Profile and sections
Mayan Blue has tannin-stained walls and the tunnels A (with the Battleship Room), B and E (salt), and F. B–E–F is good DPV terrain. Traverses lead to Naharon/Jailhouse and, since 2021, via the A tunnel to the Regina system.
The cave belongs to Sistema Naranjal (Spanish: ‘orange grove’), part of Sistema Ox Bel Ha (Maya: ‘three paths of water’): 496.8 km surveyed, down to -57.3 m (QRSS, Jan 2025).
Practical: there is a combined ticket with Cristal/Naharon; the gate closes at 16:30.
- Depth and profile
- Mostly -14 to -19 m, max about -24 m; halocline -18 m; light deco possible
- Intro level
- The B tunnel: a good first cave dive.
- Configuration
- All configurations
- DPV: DPV-suitable
- Very good DPV cave: long tunnels (B–E–F) and traverses to Naharon; used for DPV courses
Who can dive where
- At least Full cave
- Cavern zone / easier part: at least Intro to cave
- Configurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
- Goes down to 24 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
South of Tulum, opposite Cristal (buy the ticket there); under 2 min walk, wooden platform, slippery stairs. Note: 500 m away is a second cenote whose owners also call it 'Mayan Blue' (Regina system) — pin = the real Escondido (opencaves.info).
Around Mayan Blue (Escondido)
Fills3 fill stations · nearest 3 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 ↗
Accidents and incidents
What happened at this cave before, with the sources. No names are given; read it as a lesson for your own planning.
- Fatalities: 1995 two divers at a 'blind T' (line junction), 2001 a solo diver lost the line. Mark every jump and T.
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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