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Couple of way cool photo shots of my last cavern diving in Akumal Mexico in flooded caves called Cenotes.

Stellar jaw dropping beautiful. Surreal.

And yeah, our deepest dive was 145 feet, so you have to have your sheet together. I'm a scuba instructor, my wife, and a WAY talented dive guide so it was just the three of us.

enjoy the pics, shot with a 165 degree wide angle lens.........cool to see a small fish just suspended "mid-air" in the photos, with no silt, Viz went on forever..........

Basically a Cenote is a millions of years old dry cave, that 10-12,000 years ago sea level was 200 foot lower than it is now, the Ice age melted and the water rose, to todays level so these are freshwater caves, but you do run into a Halocline occassionally of salt water laying below the fresh water on top of it. Cool stuff to dive in.

PM me if you have questions on Cenote Diving or where to go in Akumal, I can't wait to go back.














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