DIARY OF AN
UNDERWATER EXPLORER

a TDI/SDI 5-Star Professional Development Facility and dive center
specializing in cavern, cave, and technical diving training, located in the
Riviera Maya, Mexico.

Thick sargassum seaweed piled along a white sand beach in the Riviera Maya, with palm trees, hotels, and cloudy skies in the background

Cenote Diving Riviera Maya: Skip the Sargassum

Sargassum doesn’t have to wreck your Riviera Maya trip. Less than an hour inland, the Yucatan’s cenotes offer crystal-clear freshwater, ancient cave systems, and light shows no beach can match. Here’s why cenote diving might become the best decision you make on this trip.

Close, wide-angle photo of a diver observing a bull shark with other sharks in the background during a guided, controlled dive in Playa del Carmen.

Bull Shark Diving in Playa del Carmen

Every winter, Playa del Carmen opens a rare window into the Mexican Caribbean: Bull Shark Diving in Playa del Carmen. Between November and February, it’s