SISTEMA LAS GRUTAS DE MAURILIO
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| Region | Puerto Aventuras |
| Location | |
| GPS Position | |
| Land Owner | Don Maurilio |
| Dive Site Fee | NO |
| Maximum Depth | 73 feet/22 meters- “The Cool Room” |
| Average Depth | 8 feet/2.4 meters |
| Distance Explored / Surveyed | 6,000 feet/1818 meters + |
| First Explorers | Pablo Diaz- April, 1998 |
| Other Explorers | Danny Riordan and Steve Gerrard |
| Upstream | YES |
| Downstream | YES, Two downstreams |
| Cavern Dive | NO |
| Snorkeling | NO |
| Cenotes within Cave System |
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| Cenote Location | Drive south .4 kilometers (400 meters) from the main entrance of Highway 307. Take a right (west) and enter the Puerto Aventuras C.D. Drive .7 kilometers (700 meters) to a clearing with barb wire fence. 50 meters south, is the cenote |
| Accessibility | Semi-steep climb down into the basin. Must negotiate a few rocks down into an overhang. This cenote is used for bathing and contains litter and other debris |
| Cave Description | Very shallow cave system, Many decorations exist through passageways, Drifts of mud silt washed in from surface intrusion |
| Best Dives | “Cool Room” |
| Map Available | NO |
| Future Exploration | YES |
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