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Cenote Yax-Chen
Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico
EntryBoat
Max depth8 m
LevelEstimated: Intermediate and up
Water bodyCaribbean Sea
Water temp26–29°C
Estimated from climate dataNov–Sep
About this site
Cenote Yax-Chen is a cave dive site near Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico, in the Caribbean Sea. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 8 m. Commonly reported marine life includes tarpon, sea fans, sea turtles, groupers, stingrays. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 26 to 29 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Blue TangAcanthurus coeruleus
Green TurtleChelonia mydas
Ocean SurgeonAcanthurus bahianus
Stoplight ParrotfishSparisoma viride
French GruntHaemulon flavolineatum
Bluestriped GruntHaemulon sciurus
DoctorfishAcanthurus chirurgus
SchoolmasterLutjanus apodus
Nearby sites
- 1Ballena7.5 km
- 2Cenote Calavera9.7 km
- 3Laguna Kaan Luum9.9 km
- 4Cenote Dos Pisos10 km
- 5Cenote Chan Hol11 km
- 6Cenote Angelita11 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: OpenDiveMap (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org