Question Cavern diving Tulum

[Cornbread O'Malley]

My husband and I are planning to do 1 week of cavern diving (we have AOW, single tank) in Tulum in 2025 or 2026, and would welcome perspectives on the topics below:

- Season: Which months do you recommend for the best chance of sunny weather and lights in the caverns?
- Dive center: How does Under The Jungle compare with ProTec for recreational cavern diving? We are planning to get a private guide.

I venture to guess that with your week of cavern diving you will see more sun than not. If you do have clouds, they should be gone in a day or two. Based on my experiences visiting the area during late November/early December and early March, I encountered very light rain on several occasions. The rain moved on and replaced by sunshine in less than a day. Hurricane season runs from June to early November, and if you're unlucky then you'll be sitting through a few days of clouds and rain and possibly intense weather.

Which location would you recommend between protec and under the jungle, please?

FWIW, my friends and I are headed to Riviera Maya in second week of December 2024. We decided to go with Protec for our cavern diving (because a friend in the group has taken cave instruction from them). We will airbnb in Akumal. Akumal to Under the Jungle is 10 minutes via taxi; Akumal to Tulum is 30 minutes. We are inquiring about the dive shop coming to our airbnb to pick us up. If that doesn't pan out then my friends and I can just taxi to town. Or we can walk 10 minutes to the main highway and ride the collectivo into town. Also, the new international airport close to Tulum began operation recently should that add more flexibility to your travel itinerary.