A surreal dive with mist creeping along the floor and unique cartoon like speleothems fully surrounding you. This is also the only cavern where there is a large chance to see the elusive blind fish!
Cenote Tak Be Luum - Scuba Tour Info
Certification required: Open Water
Camera entrance fee*: Starting at 300mxn (GoPros are free)
How deep is Tak Be Luum? Maximum depth is 8m/26ft
How far is Tak Be Luum from Playa del Carmen? 54km to the South
How far is Tak Be Luum from Tulum? 19km to the North
Can you snorkel in Tak Be Luum?No
Tour duration: 6-8 hours
Best combined with: Cenote Taak Bi Ha
Price: $219USD combined with one dive in Taak Bi Ha, everything included
*This cenote charges a fee for the use of an underwater camera. The fee depends on the size and type of camera
Cenote Tak Be Luum
Tak Be Luum is famous for its unique formations which are only found in this cavern. Bubble-shaped and cartoon like, no one is quite sure how these structures grew this way. From start to finish, there is no end to these massive formations covering the walls, ceiling and floor.
Dive past large dunes of silt, their depressions filled with hydrogen sulfide clouds. “It’s a great dive for Halloween, this dive always reminds me of the music video thriller with the mist creeping along the floor” – Liz co-founder.
Tak Be Luum is for advanced divers only, close to cave diving conditions we dive in full darkness; though under a large air dome so we are always close to the surface. But because of this darkness, we often see the elusive blind brotula. An albino eyeless fish, which evolved this way due to living in complete darkness, where eyes are an unnecessary use of energy. It lives deep inside the caves and is rarely seen near the daylight zones. It swims in a mesmerizing full body ripple.
Diving this cenote
This cenote is a one tank dive and is best combined with a dive in Cenote Taak Bi Ha, also part of the Sac Actun system. This cenote is a very challenging dive, shallow, with a lot of silt and very low light. You must have proved good buoyancy and conduct in other caverns before being approved to enter this cenote.
As with most cenote tours we will meet around 8am at the dive shop to sort out scuba gear and paperwork, before heading off for our dives. Lunch is also included.
We suggest you bring a towel and a dry set of clothes. Keep in mind as in all cenotes sunscreen, cosmetics and insect repellent are banned due to the conservation of the site.
The Mexican Blind Brotula (Typhliasina pearsei)
This rare fish is the top predator deep inside the Mexican cenotes. Feeding on the small crustaceans such as shrimps and mysids, they inhabit sections of fresh or brackish water away from the daylight zones.
The Mexican blind brotula has a large scaleless head with no eyes, but several papillae and cavities which contain sensory organs. The nostrils are located on its upper lip and the body is covered in scales, with long dorsal and anal fins terminating close to the caudal fin. The standard length is about 9.7cm/3.8in.
The fish has a pinkish-white appearance as the skin doesn’t contain any pigment. With no eyes it does not react to the light of the diver’s torches but is very sensitive to vibrations. It is viviparous, giving birth to up to a dozen young between December and February. The newborns are yellowish and about 2.4 to 3.7 cm (0.9 to 1.5 in) in length.
Endemic to Mexico this fish is considered near threatened, with its main threat being water pollution – another reason for no sunscreen and bug repellent.
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I had the pleasure of diving with Jaguar divers over Thanksgiving week. Google will only let you rate … More a place at five stars. Liz and Santi have put together a world class group of people that easily deserve more than five stars.
We managed to dive multiple cenotes as well as daytime and night time ocean dives. This has been the best guided excursions I have been on to date and I look forward to returning for more excitement with Jaguar divers in 2025.
All of the guides went out of their way to show you all that was available in the different diving scenarios. No two days were the same and every dive offered a new experience.
Liz - I just want to say thank you for exceeding any expectations that I had. This has been a dream of mine to experience the cenotes. I was not prepared for the experiences that you provided and I am forever grateful. I look forward to our next adventure. -
Tagged along with a group of my uncertified friends for their Discover course in an open cenote. Experience … More was safe, professional, and generally fantastic.
Jessie was a fantastic instructor, the environment was beautiful, and I had a great time. My friends loved their experience and are now very interested in certifying! -
SO FUN!!!!!
We got to see so much sea life and learn how to do Scuba from getting our gear ready to … More diving in the ocean. 10/10 would do this again!!!
