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| Puerto Aventuras June 2008 |
Members of the True Blue Dive Crew just returned from 5 days of diving in Puerto Aventuras, Mexico! The following pictures were taken by Instructor Dean Henagan on a few cenote dives. A cenote is a type of sinkhole that acts as a surface connection to subterranean bodies of water. Most are in isolated areas of the rain forest and make for fantastic diving! |
| Above is a picture of a diver from about 150 feet away. Cenotes are renowned for outstanding visibility! |
| "The Pit" is a dive that contains human remains dating back 8,000 years. The human entered the cenote before it was filled with water. |
Cenotes contain a layer of hydrogen sulfide. These pictures are from Cenote Angelita (featured on Page 50 of this next months Alert Diver) and show a huge pile of dirt and debris that formed when the sinkhole was made sticking above the layer of hydrogen sulfide. The layer of hydrogen sulfide appears at approximately 80' and is about 15' thick. The cenote continues to a depth of 160'. Beneath the layer of hydrogen sulfide, there is no surface light. |
| Caitlyn, Joey, Darrell, Dean, and Cher (with her rock star hair) start the trek to another cenote dive. To get to most of their dives, they had to ride in a 4-Wheel drive Jeep, then follow behind a 4-Wheel drive truck, and finally walk for the remainder of the trail to the cenote. |
| This is a picture of a crocodile at the surface of a cenote. |
| Darrell at the platform at the entrance of "The Pit." |
| Cher and Darrell Walker, Joey and Caitlyn Thomas, Tonya and Bernad Gibbs, Dean Henegan and Luke Woodard. |