Just the Facts
Water Temperature:
Fresh Water - 77 °F / 27 °C.
Salt Water - 79 °F / 28 °F.
Total number of known cave systems: 150+
Ten Longest Underwater Cave Systems within the Riviera Maya area.
- Sistema Ox Bel Ha 474,898 feet+ (144,749
meters)**
- Sistema Sac Aktun 258,139 feet+ (78,681
meters)**
- Sistema NoHoch Nah Chich 213,510
feet (65,078 meters)
- Sistema Dos Ojos (Two Eyes) 186,363
feet (56,803 meters)
- Sistema Naranjal 70,619 feet+ (21,525meters)**
- Sistema PonDeRosa 49,275 feet (14,932
meters)
- Sistema Yaxchen East 42,947 feet (13,090
meters)
- Sistema Muul Three 31,593 feet+ (9629
meters)**
- Sistema Chac Mool 30,160 feet. (9193
meters)
**reported estimated distance
Ten Deepest Depths In CAVES or CENOTES:
- Sistema Dos Ojos, Cenote The Pit,
B.M.B Tunnel-391 feet/119 meters,
Team: Paul Heinerth
- Sistema Nahoch Nah Chich, The Blue
Abyss- 235 feet/72 meters.
Team: Steve Gerrard & Mike Madden - February, 1993.
- Sistema Tortuga, The Black Hills Forest
Tunnel- 130 feet/39 meters.
Team: Don Redinger, Cliff Keck, Ivan & Mary Capelli - August,
1994
- Cenote Agelita
- Cenote Siete Bocas or known as DEEP
BLUE- 171 feet/52 meters,
Confirmed by Ken Bosko of Traverse City, Michigan
- Cenote Tres Bocas
- Sistema Naranjal, The Charcoal Vault-
125 feet/37.9 meters
Team: Jim Coke & unknown
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Underwater Caves Connected To The Caribbean Sea:
- Sistema Nahoch Nah Chich- Cenote Tankah
to the ocean,
Connection by Eric Noftall and Chuck Stevens uptream.
- Sistema Dos Piez-
Connection by Fred Devos.
- Sistema El Punta-
Connection by Fred Devos.
- Sistema Ox Bel Ha- Three different
vents into the ocean,
Connections by Bernard Birnbach, Christophe La Malliott and Daniel
Riordan.
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