Car Wash Cenote, Tulum, Mexico, upstream dive
Car Wash Cenote, Tulum, Mexico, during my basic cave diver course with Bil Phillips of Speleotech. The cenote that comes into view was about 750' from Car Wash. We called the dive about 150' later for a total distance of 900'.
naharon.AVI
Entering the upstream cave in Cenote Naharon, Tulum Mexico
Grand Cenote
Diving the cavern zone of Grand Cenote, Tulum, Mexico
Jumps
Protocol for jumping off of one cave line to another
Line marker deployment
Protocol for laying down various types of line markers
Lost Diver
Protocol for searching for a lost diver in a cave
Lost Line
Protocol for searching for a lost guideline inside a cave
Mexico Cave Diving 2011 Part 2
The second half of the video from Cave diving around Tulum, MX.
Primary tie off
Methods for placing a primary tie off before entering a cave
Looking Back
Looking back to your team while swimming, without turning around
Unconscious, unresponsive diver
How to tow and unconscious, unresponsive diver out of a cave
Mexico Cave Diving 2011 Part 1
The first half of the video from Cave diving around Tulum, MX.
Out-of-air
Protocol for signaling, donating, and receiving emergency air
Complete S-Drill
Full sequence of the three-person S-Drill done before each cave dive
Ka'p'el Nah Cave System
Ka'p'el Nah also known as Sistema Dos Pisos, is a spectacularly cave decorated with frosty white calcite formation known as speleothems. May 31st was the first tropical storm of the year and we hit it. Rather than stay in our beach front condo battles heavy winds we opted for an adventure into the Yucatan jungle. Few realize that stormy weather is favorable out there because the wind and rain keep temperatures down and all the insects are hanging on for their dear lives.
In-cave self check
How to do a quick self-check while swimming in a cave
Grand Cenote - Cave Zone
Exploring the spring side passageways of Sac Actun, in Tulum, Mexico
Chan Hol Cave System
Chan Hol (small hole in Mayan) is the entrance to a awesome cave system in Southern Quintanna Roo Mexico. It host an array of Mayan Pottery, human and animal skeletons and some of the most beautiful calcite formations that the Yucatan has to offer. On this dive, we venture into an area that only a few people had ever seen. And this is the very first video of this portion of the cave yet to be seen.
I left the audio natural, without music. I hope it works.
Dos Ojos Cave System
Dos Ojos (two eyes) is the name of the cenote we started out on our journey to a sacride place that Mayan villagers perform sacrificiall rituals. But not in the sense of human sacrifice. The name of this place is Tikim Chi. After our 4500' travel on the diver propulsion vehicles we headed up th LSD line and then back to cenote Dos Ojos
Pull around tie off
Using the pull-around method for tying off a guideline in a cave