Yucatán (Mérida)
Yaal Utzil
- Max depth49 m (161 ft)
- CertificationCavern
- Water temperature≈ 25–26 °C (77–79 °F)estimated, no reports yet
- SpecialExperienced divers
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What it looks like
Yaal Utzil exploración Cueva abajo las escaleras Buceo en Cenote de Yucatán Cenote Yaal Utzil Full Cave Dive Cenote Yaal Utzil Yucatán Welcome to Yaal Utzil. 💦 Interested in cave diving here? Send us a DM. ✉️ #cenote #scubadiving
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Yaal Utzil exploración Cueva abajo las escaleras Buceo en Cenote de Yucatán Cenote Yaal Utzil Full Cave Dive Cenote Yaal Utzil Yucatán Welcome to Yaal Utzil. 💦 Interested in cave diving here? Send us a DM. ✉️ #cenote #scubadiving
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The dive
Yaal Utzil is an open cenote with vertical walls, a collapse doline, and you make a free fall from the platform. Caves continue in the middle.
Profile and sections
Yaal Utzil is an open cenote with vertical walls, a collapse doline, and you make a free fall from the platform. Caves continue in the middle.
The dive centre gives -49 m: this is a deep pit for the experienced, not a cavern for beginners. Yucatán Today also puts it among the sites for experienced divers. Little is published about the underwater sections.
- Depth and profile
- Down to about -49 m (dive centre)
- Configuration
- Open pit: backmount or sidemount; the overhead in the middle is limited.
- Gas
- Trimix from 40 m (131 ft)
Who can dive where
- At least Cavern
- Configurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR
- Goes down to 49 m (trimix or deco may be needed)
- Experienced divers only
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, via Mucuyché, 3 km east of Kankirixché. Open pit with a platform; fee about 15–70 MXN (sources differ), 8:00–17:00.
Around Yaal Utzil
FillsNo fill station known nearby
Other sites6 within 21 km
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