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THE WORLD’s BEST RECREATIONAL CAVE DIVING

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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.

  1. Sistema Ox Bel Ha 474,898 feet+ (144,749 meters)**

  2. Sistema Sac Aktun 258,139 feet+ (78,681 meters)**

  3. Sistema NoHoch Nah Chich 213,510 feet (65,078 meters)

  4. Sistema Dos Ojos (Two Eyes) 186,363 feet (56,803 meters)

  5. Sistema Naranjal 70,619 feet+ (21,525meters)**

  6. Sistema PonDeRosa 49,275 feet (14,932 meters)

  7. Sistema Yaxchen East 42,947 feet (13,090 meters)

  8. Sistema Muul Three 31,593 feet+ (9629 meters)**

  9. Sistema Chac Mool 30,160 feet. (9193 meters)

**reported estimated distance

Ten Deepest Depths In CAVES or CENOTES:

  1. Sistema Dos Ojos, Cenote The Pit, B.M.B Tunnel-391 feet/119 meters,
    Team: Paul Heinerth

  2. Sistema Nahoch Nah Chich, The Blue Abyss- 235 feet/72 meters.
    Team: Steve Gerrard & Mike Madden - February, 1993.


  3. Sistema Tortuga, The Black Hills Forest Tunnel- 130 feet/39 meters.
    Team: Don Redinger, Cliff Keck, Ivan & Mary Capelli - August, 1994

  4. Cenote Agelita

  5. Cenote Siete Bocas or known as DEEP BLUE-

    171 feet/52 meters,
    Confirmed by Ken Bosko of Traverse City, Michigan

  6. Cenote Tres Bocas

  7. 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:

  1. Sistema Nahoch Nah Chich- Cenote Tankah to the ocean,
    Connection by Eric Noftall and Chuck Stevens uptream.

  2. Sistema Dos Piez-
    Connection by Fred Devos.



  3. Sistema El Punta-
    Connection by Fred Devos.

  4. Sistema Ox Bel Ha- Three different vents into the ocean,
    Connections by Bernard Birnbach, Christophe La Malliott and Daniel Riordan.

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