Riviera Maya (Quintana Roo) · about 4 km from Tulum
Naharon (Cristal)
- Max depth18 m (59 ft)
- CertificationIntro to cave
- 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)
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CAVE DIVING AT CENOTE NAHARON NEAR TULUM, MEXICO Stage Cave Diving Through a Stunning Halocline | Cenote Naharon (Cristal), Mexico Cave Diving - Naharon Cenote Naharon/Crystal diving Mexico
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The dive
Naharon is a good first cave dive. The main line leads to Chac's Room and the Desconocido Dome, and via the Sacbe to Mayan Blue.
Part of Sistema Ox Bel Ha. Also in this system: Mayan Blue (Escondido), 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
Naharon is a good first cave dive. The main line leads to Chac's Room and the Desconocido Dome, and via the Sacbe to Mayan Blue.
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 Mayan Blue; the cenote closes at 16:30.
- Depth and profile
- Mostly -9 to -16 m, max about -18 m (halocline)
- Configuration
- All configurations; minor restrictions on the main line
- DPV: DPV-suitable
- Wide tunnels into the huge Naranjal/Ox Bel Ha system; multistage scooter dives and DPV courses are done here. Minor restriction on main line
Who can dive where
- At least Intro to cave
- Configurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
- Goes down to 18 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
Next to Hwy 307 south of Tulum; very slippery stairs; jumping platform (don't surface near it).
Around Naharon (Cristal)
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
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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.
- Fatal accident (1996): two divers without a line, silt-out.
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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