Chac Mool vs. Dos Ojos?

[robint]

I would dive whichever one has less people. The worst thing about the cenotes at times is the crowds. Some dive shops go to the same cenote every day, and some are close to town so they get more people. Keep that all in mind.

 

[gurnie]

Actually Grand and Carwash are connected so part of the same system.. Both have a halocline, but they historically have been pretty thin. The last year or so since construction many of the systems are seeing more "milkyness".. The Grand Cenote is lower in elevation that Carwash and closer to sea so in theory you would see a more pronounced halocline. Grand is pretty popular with the tourist (swimmers and snorkelers) so it is usually busier than Carwash, it also has a tendency to have more "eye candy"..

 

[wedivebc]

Does anyone know which cenote in the Gran/Carwash area has a halocline?

You won't get deep enough in carwash to see halocline. It's about 30 minutes into cave zone before you get there.

 

[CenoteXperience]

Does anyone know which cenote in the Gran/Carwash area has a halocline?

There is not halocline in the cavern area of those cave sistems, you will find only fresh water.

 

[lthomas132]

For you first cenote diving, I would advise Dos Ojos. It has 2 entrants/exits which leads to safer dives and definitely has better rock formations. Chac Mool is a little deeper and has some "off limits"areas. A guide and two guests died in this one right before we dove it last year. But, experiencing the halocline on a calm (fewer divers) day is awesome!Just make sure you choose an experienced, certified cave instructor first. Klaus Bosbach, who owns Playa Scuba Dive Center (https://www.facebook.com/#!/bosbach), is a cave instructor and helped map many of the cenotes in the area. One of the best around. Have fun but be safe.

 

[wedivebc]

For you first cenote diving, I would advise Dos Ojos. It has 2 entrants/exits which leads to safer dives and definitely has better rock formations. Chac Mool is a little deeper and has some "off limits"areas. A guide and two guests died in this one right before we dove it last year. But, experiencing the halocline on a calm (fewer divers) day is awesome!Just make sure you choose an experienced, certified cave instructor first. Klaus Bosbach, who owns Playa Scuba Dive Center (https://www.facebook.com/#!/bosbach), is a cave instructor and helped map many of the cenotes in the area. One of the best around. Have fun but be safe.

well then by your standards Chac Mool is safer since it has 3 exits in the cavern zone. If I recall the accident you refer to involved a guide taking untrained tourists past the cavern zone where the low vis halocline did play a role in the accident. But the key issue there was the fault of the guide not an inherent risk of diving in a halocline.