The first liveaboard in the Mexican Carribean, Caribbean Kraken is a hundred feet long with aluminum hull, 9 double cabins and great, relaxed, onboard service.
Dive Overview
The Mexican Caribbean offers seasonal attractions with clear blue waters, a huge variety of fish and incredible water ambiance.
[See: Yucatan Dive Travel Guide]
Accommodation Overview
The Caribbean Kraken features nine double cabins, each equipped with air conditioning and bunk beds consisting of one matrimonial and one individual bed. The lower deck houses cabins 1 to 5, which share two full bathrooms located in the corridor. On the upper deck, cabins 6 to 9 each have their own private full bathrooms, offering added convenience for guests.
Dive Information
Banco Chinchorro
- Banco Chinchorro is a coral atoll of 43 km long and 28 km wide including few islands:
- Cayo Centro (in the middle of the atoll), Cayo Norte has 2 lighthouses and Cayo Lobos (the smallest island).
- Chinchorro has all around few shipwrecks and a prestigious coral reef made from canyons and walls. We count 18 Spanish and English galleons from the XVII to the XIX centuries.
- The dive sites are located between 5 and 30 meters.
- Chinchorro is known as a pristine site with a huge diversity of fauna and flora. You can have the chance to see loggerhead, green turtles, nurse shark, reef sharks, eagle rays, dolphins and a big diversity of corals and sponges.
Los Picos
Picos del Norte is a series of seamounts 60 miles offshore, north of Cancun. Big pelagic gather here along with giant mantas that use the pinnacles as cleaning stations. Depth of the dive sites:
- Granelero: Ship wreck that used to be a towing vessel, is located at 35 meters depth in a sandy area and the deck is at 25 meters.
- Los Picos: Its a wall that goes to 60meters and the top of the reef is between 20 and 3o meters.
- El Chalan 1: Its with a sandy bottom where you can find a wreck of a barge located between 15 and 30 meters.
- El Chalan 2: Its a wreck that used to be a wood fishing boat and its still well preserved. Its located between 12 and 20 meters. Its a site with moderate to strong current.
Alacranes
- Alacranes is a protected area, is the biggest coral reef in the Gulf of Mexico and its located at 110 kms from Puerto Progreso. Its composed of 5 little islands where different species of bird like to nest. We can find 34 types of corals, more than 100 of fishes but also turtles, mollusks, marine mammals. We can also dive on ship wrecks. The whole biodiversity is created by the position of the archipelago and because of the nutriments brought by the currents. The beauty of the place made by the white sandy bottoms, the crystal water and the enormous natural resources, give us the feeling to dive into a pristine unexplored reef.
The Trips
Banco Chinchorro 4 Night Trip (November - March)
- Boarding: Puerto Morelos at 7pm.
- Disembarking: Puerto Morelos at 7 am.
- Schedule:
- Briefing at 8pm
- Dinner at 8.30 pm, night navigation.
- Dive done around the archipelago.
- Way back on Sunday night after dinner.
- From Thursday to Monday.
- Day 1: Callo Centro, 4 dives through Callo Norte
- Day 2 and 3: Callo Lobos.
Los Picos 3 Night Trip (September - October)
- Boarding: Cancun at 7 PM
- Disembarking: Cancun at 8 PM
- Schedule:
- Briefing at 8 pm.
- Dinner at 8.30 pm, navigation in the early morning to reach los Picos located 30 miles away from the coast.
- Way back the Sunday night at 8 pm.
- Day 1: Los Picos 1 y Chalan
- Day 2: Manta Valley and Granelero
- Day 3: Los Picos 2
Alacranes 4 Night Trip (May - August)
- Boarding: Thursday night. Puerto Progreso at 7pm.
- Disembarking: Monday morning. Telchac at 7am.
- Schedule:
- Thursday to Monday
- Briefing at 8 pm.
- Dinner at 8.30pm.
- Departure for Alacranes, night navigation.
- Dives all around the archipelago.
- Night Navigation after dinner.
- Day1: Perez Island
- Day 2: North Area
- Day 3: North Caribbean
Alacranes & Los Picos 1 Week Trip
- Boarding: Puerto Progreso at 7pm.
- Disembarking: Cancn at 7 pm
- Schedule:
- Briefing at 8 pm.
- Dinner at 8.30 pm,
- Navigation in the early morning to reach Alacranes.
- Day 1: Perez Island (4 dives)
- Day 2: North Area (4 dives)
- Day 3: Caribbean Area (4 dives) + night navigation to reach Granelero
- Day 4: Granelero (2 dives) + Navigation to reach the picos
- Day 5: Manta Valley and picos 1 (4 dives)
- Day 6: Picos 2 (4 dives)
- Day 7: picos 2 (2 dives)+ navigation to reach Cancun
