Yucatan Dive Trek

Dive Overview

Cave and cavern diving, big animal encounters (sharks, whale sharks and even crocodiles), tek diving and more! Scroll down to find out more about the services offered by Yucatan Dive Trek.

About Yucatn Peninsula

Despite being best known for cenotes diving, this area also offer excellent reef dives, bull shark feeding dives, crocodile dives and more. You can get there through the Cancun (CUN) airport or Cozumel (CZM).

[Read More: Yucatan Dive Travel Guide]

Pricing

Yucatan Dive Trek helps you make an itinerary that suits wants, needs and budget. Check out the tour options section or simply tell us about the dive vacation you want, and we will gladly assist you!

Banco Chinchorro Diving

Overview

Banco Chinchorro is the largest stand-alone reef in the norther hemisphere which gets very little visits, and therefore is very pristine. The Biosphere Reserve there boasts the largest biological marine diversity in Mexico and in the Caribbean.

Highlights

Reefs, Wrecks and American Crocodiles. Dive and discover highly diverse coral reef formations, plenty of shipwrecks, american crocodiles and endemic iguanas.

Xcalak Diving

Overview

From trenches that cut through the Barrier Reef and house very large schools of very large fish (tarpon), to large, cavern-like formations within reef walls, beautiful, intricate swim through formations with clouds of silver sides lit up by beams of sunlight to deep walls perfect for Technical diving, Xcalak has a great deal to offer to divers of all skill levels, from non-divers looking to get certified to the most advanced Technical divers.

Tarpon

There is a one of a kind dive site in Xcalak called La Poza which is home to a very large school of large (5-7ft) tarpon (250-350 individuals). There it is also common to see large schools of dog snapper, jacks, goliath grouper, eagle rays and much more.

Manatees

Chetumal bay, behind Xcalak, is home to one of the largest populations of manatees living in the wild. Often, due to reasons not yet fully determined, these manatees go out to the ocean and swim amongst the reef.

Tek Diving & Sidemount

Overview

At certain dive sites in the Mexican Caribbean, the continental shelf and the reef wall meet, creating sheer drop-offs that make for amazing Technical diving sites where one can finish off a 120 meter Trimix Dive on a shallow reef at 12 meters.

Services

Yucatan Dive Tek is a division of Yucatan Dive Trek, offers custom itineraries for the tec aficionado in the Mexican Yucatan, tailor-made to the needs of each individual including guided cave diving, technical and rebreather diving and instruction at all levels, up to and including hypoxic (full) Trimix instructor and everything in between.

Cavern/Cave Diving

Overview

The Yucatan Peninsula is home to the greatest number and variety of cave and cavern diving sites in the world. Divers can spend an enjoyable day learning about cenote diving, or they can easily spend an entire week cenote diving without running out of dive sites.

Services

From guided cave and cavern tours for all levels of divers to TDI Cavern and Cave Training in the overhead environment to divers of all levels. TDI is a world-recognized technical diving organization that provides top-level training to those interested in entering the overhead environment.

Diving With Big Animals

Dive Centers

The waters off Mexicos Yucatan Peninsula are wildly bio-diverse and offer keen divers the opportunity to encounter not just one but often several species in one trip, depending on the season.

Whale Sharks

Explore the waters off Isla Mujeres towards Isla Contoy to encounter the worlds largest congregation of Whale Sharks (in hundreds!). You can also see giant mantas, schooling mobulas and more. Diving Season: May through September, with peak season being June, July and August.

Sailfish

Experience a serious adrenaline rush as you witness schooling sailfish hunting for baitballs of sardines. Season: in the wintertime, specifically between November and March, with peak season being December, January and February.

Bull Sharks

You can find a group of large, usually pregnant female Bull Sharks in the waters in front of Playa del Carmen. They are usually there November through March with the peak season in December, January and February.

Cultural Extensions

Overview

Made up of the states of Quintana Roo, Yucatan and Campeche, the Yucatan Peninsula is not only known for the underwater attractions but also for its very rich cultural and onland natural diversities. From the massively important Mayan civilization to Colonial towns to topside natural attractions.

Yucatan Dive Trek offer pre and post-trip extensions, or day trips for non-divers while the rest of the group dives, to some of the lesser known, but not less spectacular cultural, archeological and natural wonders that the Yucatn has to offer.

Tour Options

2 Day Whale Sharks

About a 45-60 min boat ride north of Isla Mujeres lies the Whale Shark Biosphere Reserve where the worlds largest congregation of Whale Sharks takes place every summer between the months of May and September.

Pricing: $831.25 pp (double occupancy)

• Day 1
• Arrival to Mexico - Cancn airport
• Transfer Airport - Hotel Cancn
• Hotel Breakfast
• Day 2
• Hotel Breakfast
• Whale Shark Tour (box lunch included)
• Hotel Aloft Cancun
• Day 3
• Hotel Breakfast
• Whale Shark Tour (box lunch included)
• Hotel Aloft Cancun
• Day 4
• Hotel Breakfast
• Transfer to Cancun Airport

Inclusions

• Activities, meals and accommodation as stated above based on double occupancy.
• Meals as stated above.
• Snorkel gear
• Transfers stated above
• Taxes

Exclusions

• Meals not stated above
• Drinks
• Wetsuits
• National Conservation fees (USD $5.00 per person)
• Personal expenses
• Gratuities

3 Days Sailfish

Between the months of December and February (inclusive) we are able to locate schools of Sailfish that are pack-hunting sardine baitballs, sardine-run style. This event happens in the same general area off Isla Mujeres where the Whale Shark migration takes place in the summer months. It is a fast- paced, high adrenaline free diving experience.

Pricing: $1,137.00 pp (double occupancy)

• Day 1
• Arrivalto Mexico - Cancn airport
• Transfer Airport - Hotel Cancn
• Hotel Aloft Cancun
• Day 2
• Hotel Breakfast
• Sailfish Encounter (box lunch included)
• Hotel Aloft Cancun
• Day 3
• Hotel Breakfast
• Sailfish Encounter (box lunch included)
• Hotel Aloft Cancun
• Day 4
• Hotel Breakfast
• Sailfish Encounter (box lunch included)
• Hotel Aloft Cancun
• Day 5
• Hotel Breakfast
• Transfer to Cancun Airport

Inclusions

• Activities, meals and accommodation as stated above based on double occupancy.
• Meals as stated above.
• Snorkel gear
• Transfers stated above
• Taxes

Exclusions

• Meals not stated above
• Drinks
• Wetsuits
• National Conservation fees (USD $5.00 per person)
• Personal expenses
• Gratuities

3 Days Bullsharks & Sailfish

Between the months of November and February, a group of large, pregnant Bull sharks gather around the sandbar just in front of Playa del Carmen. We run a feeding dive that is considered one of the world's premier bull shark dives.

Pricing: $1,175 pp (double occupancy)

• Day 1
• Start in Playa del Carmen
• Hotel HM, Playa del Carmen
• Day 2
• Hotel Breakfast
• Bullshark dive 1 Tk
• Transfer Playa del Carmen - Cancn hotel
• Hotel Aloft Cancun
• Day 3
• Hotel Breakfast
• Sailfish Encounter (box lunch included)
• Hotel Aloft Cancun
• Day 4
• Hotel Breakfast
• Sailfish Encounter (box lunch included)
• Hotel Aloft Cancun
• Day 5
• Hotel Breakfast
• Transfer to Cancun Airport

Inclusions

• Activities, meals and accommodation as stated above based on double occupancy.
• Meals as stated above.
• Transfers stated above
• Taxes

Exclusions

• For all Playa del Carmen Hotels: Ambiental Sanitation Tax of 20.00 Pesos per night per room to be paid in cash at front desk upon arrival
• Meals not stated above
• Drinks
• Wetsuits
• Dive gear
• National Conservation fees (USD $5.00 per person)
• Personal expenses
• Gratuities

3 Days Cenotes

The Mayan Riviera is home to the worlds largest underground river systems, with thousands of kilometers of passages. There are several sinkholes, or cenotes, with openings that provide access to some of the nest cavern diving in the world. With no swell or current and crystal clear water, these dives are available to any certi ed diver with good buoyancy and trim skills.

Pricing: $1,012.50 pp (double occupancy)

• Day 1
• Arrival to Mexico - Cancn airport
• Transfer Airport - Hotel in Puerto
• Villas Picalu Puerto Aventuras
• Day 2
• Hotel Breakfast
• 2 Cenote Dives
• Box Lunch
• Villas Picalu Puerto Aventuras
• Day 3
• Hotel Breakfast
• 2 Cenote Dives
• Box Lunch
• Villas Picalu Puerto Aventuras
• Day 4
• Hotel Breakfast
• 2 Cenote Dives
• Box Lunch
• Depart Puerto Aventuras
• Day 5
• Hotel Breakfast
• Transfer Puerto Aventuras- Cancn Airport

Inclusions

• Activities, meals and accommodation as stated above based on double occupancy.
• Meals as stated above.
• Transfers stated above
• Taxes

Exclusions

• Meals not stated above
• Drinks
• Wetsuits
• Dive gear
• Entrance fee to the cenotes
• National Conservation fees (USD $5.00 per person)
• Personal expenses
• Gratuities

4 Days Xcalak (4)

The Xcalak Reef National Marine Park and the Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve are two of the Caribbeans last hidden, unspoiled gems. XTC Dive Center is the only dive operation in Xcalak, with exclusive access to over 20 kilometres of protected reef. that feature several one-of-a-kind dives, such as La Poza, with hundreds of tarpon gathering there in the summer months, manatees on the reef and unique topographical formations. Banco Chinchorro is the Northern Hemisphere s largest reef, and home to the world s largest population of American Crocodiles, over 100 wrecks and over 100 Km2 of healthy reefs in an atoll setting. Truly breathtaking.

Pricing: $1,987.50 pp (double occupancy)

• Day 1
• Arrival to Mexico
• Transfer Cancun Airport - Xcalak
• Flying Cloud, Hotel in Xcalak
• Day 2
• Breakfast
• 2 Dives in Xcalak Reef National Park
• Lunch
• Flying Cloud, Hotel in Xcalak
• Day 3
• Breakfast
• 2 Dives in Xcalak Reef National Park
• Flying Cloud, Hotel in Xcalak
• Day 4
• Breakfast
• 2 Dives in Xcalak Reef National Park
• Lunch
• Flying Cloud, Hotel in Xcalak
• Day 5
• Breakfast
• 2 Dives in Xcalak Reef National Park
• Lunch
• Flying Cloud, Hotel in Xcalak
• Day 6
• Breakfast
• Transfer Xcalak - Cancun Airport

Inclusions

• Activities, meals and accommodation as stated above based on double occupancy.
• Meals as stated above.
• Transfers stated above
• Taxes

Exclusions

• Meals not stated above
• Drinks
• Dive gear
• Personal expenses
• Gratuities