Yucatán (Mérida)
Kankirixché
- Max depth50 m (164 ft)
- CertificationCavern
- Water temperature≈ 25–26 °C (77–79 °F)estimated, no reports yet
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Descubre una PARAÍSO en la SELVA YUCATECA Cenote Kankirixché adventuretours Yucatán T lleva a bucear Welcome to Kankirixché! #cenote #merida #scubadiving #kankirixche #buceo KANKIRIXCHE buceo cenotes de Yucatán 25Dec23 - Kankirixche Cenote Cavern Dive 3
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Descubre una PARAÍSO en la SELVA YUCATECA Cenote Kankirixché adventuretours Yucatán T lleva a bucear Welcome to Kankirixché! #cenote #merida #scubadiving #kankirixche #buceo KANKIRIXCHE buceo cenotes de Yucatán 25Dec23 - Kankirixche Cenote Cavern Dive 3
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The dive
Kankirixché is a semi-open cenote with a collapsed ceiling: through a hole some 90 m across, the light falls in fans on the floor, among the roots of the trees above.
Profile and sections
Kankirixché is a semi-open cenote with a collapsed ceiling: through a hole some 90 m across, the light falls in fans on the floor, among the roots of the trees above. Underwater lies a large cavern with stalactites, and behind it the passage continues to about -50 m.
Practical: one of the most popular dive cenotes around Mérida. Yucatán Today lists it as a starter site (in the cavern) and as a dive for the experienced.
- Depth and profile
- Cavern to about -10 m; the cave drops to about -50 m (dive centre and showcaves), 438 m surveyed
- Intro level
- The lit cavern under the entrance, to about -10 m.
- Configuration
- Roomy cavern and passage: backmount, sidemount and CCR all work.
- Gas
- Trimix from 40 m (131 ft)
Who can dive where
- At least Cavern
- Cavern zone / easier part: at least Intro to cave
- Configurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
- Goes down to 50 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
Abalá, about 1 h south of Mérida, near Mucuyché. A 15 m staircase to a wooden platform at the water. Run by the ejido; fee about 60 MXN, 8:00–17:00.
Around Kankirixché
FillsNo fill station known nearby
Other sites6 within 24 km
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