Dennis Bakhuis

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Dive #545 · Thursday, 10 February 2022 · 14:43–16:53

Cenote Naharón (Cristal)

Tulum, Quintana Roo The Quintana Roo cenotes

cavetraining

Profile
Max depth
18.9 m
Avg depth
10.5 m
Bottom time
130 min
Water
25 °C

Kit

Gas
Nitrox 32
Mode
Open circuit
Surface interval
1:56
Safety stop
4 min
Course / purpose
Cave 2 course

Where

Cenote Naharón (Cristal)

cave part of Sistema Ox Bel Ha site max 21.9 m

The dark cave — tannic water, black walls, no natural light — and the place where one of the oldest human skeletons in the Americas was found.

Dive 2 of 3 here · first 2022 · last Feb 2026

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On the map

Naharón cave lines

No route marked

28 m28 m28 m28 m28 m39 m32 m31 m32 m30 m32 m29 m28 m29 m43 m27 m30 m29 m28 m34 m38 m32 m33 m39 m33 m29 m29 m27 m29 m28 m32 m28 m28 m29 m31 m28 m28 m29 m29 m28 m31 m28 m36 m35 mCenote Naharón (Cristal)Main line122 m↓18.3 mMain line↓18.3 mChac's Room · 518 m↓7.6 mCaballos de Fuego↓19.8 m762 m↓16.8 mThe O.T. Loop↓10.7 mThe Halo-lineHalocline Room↓19.8 m457 mThe Dutch ConnectionThe P.T. ConnectorDouble Domes · 610 mThe Jump Side · 335 m↓21.3 m↓21.3 mHidden Gemelo↓21.3 mDesconocido Dome↓10.7 m259 m↓18.3 mThe Southwestern Sacbe↓19.8 mThe Trifurcate · 457 m→ Maya Road east to Mayan Blue, 701 m beyond (sheet edge)The Southern Sacbe274 m↓16.8 m↓21.3 m↓21.3 mN50 m
  • Entrance
  • T
  • Jump
  • End of line
  • Shoreline
  • Jump (no line)
  • Unsurveyed
  • Depth
  • Along the line

Profile

ZHL-16C GF · GF 50/85 · Perdix #547

0 m5 m10 m15 m20 m0′28′56′84′112′140′26 °C25 °CO₂
Avg depth
10.5 m
Deepest at
1:05:00
Descent
7.8 m/min
fastest
Ascent
7.8 m/min
fastest
Samples
840
every 9.3 s
depth water temperature gas switch hover or touch the chart for the computer's readout

From dive computer (record #547); never logged on paper

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