Cavern Course
Take your first steps into a whole new underground world
This is your 1st step into the underground maze of the Yucatan peninsula. Once the beauty of the Mexican cenotes captures your heart, it's hard not to dream of venturing further in!
This qualification allows you to dive in the cavern zone of a cenote, always within 200 ft / 60 m of an exit and always where you can see daylight. Imagine the cavern course as the open water course of working towards Full Cave. In this course we learn all the basic skills and knowledge needed for the new overhead environment.
Later, as we go into Intro to Cave and Full Cave, we refine and advance our skills even further, allowing us to explore even deeper inside. Just as the advanced and deep courses take you deeper into the ocean, Intro and Full Cave take you deeper horizontally into the underground world.
| Course Details & Pricing | |
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| Per day — 1 student | $350 USDMinimum 5 days* |
| Per day — 2+ students | $310 USDPrice per person, per day |
| Cavern Manual | $85 USDManual / study materialsEquipment rentalEquipment rental is $50 per day. Optional porter services available from $40 per day. |
What's included:
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Excluded: study materials, transportation to and from the shop and equipment rental. Optional tips for your instructor are not included. *We structure technical courses around your needs, so some courses may take longer than 5 days. When combined with sidemount or other cave courses, it may take fewer days.
Ready to learn with us?
Is the Cavern Diver course right for you?
Have you already done most of our cenote tours? Ready to take that step further into the caves and see beyond recreational limits? ...Not sure? There is so much to see on our cenote tours — we recommend doing these first so you can work on your kicks and trim.
Minimum age 18
15 with parental consent.
Advanced Open Water
Advanced Open Water Scuba Diver or equivalent certification.
Sidemount qualification
This course can also be done in doubles, but we recommend sidemount.
50 logged dives
Have a minimum of 50 dives before starting the course.
Fin techniques
Be able to frog kick and helicopter kick. Back kick is desired, but we can work on it during the course.
Solid trim
Able to float still in trim with little to no fin movement.
Course structure
The Cavern Diver is a minimum 5 day* course, comprised of theory sessions, land drills, in-water skills and dives to provide a solid foundation for the overhead environment. For technical courses we structure it around your needs — we learn at the pace you need to master the skills, therefore some courses may take longer than 5 days.
If it has been a while since your sidemount course, our 1st day will be refreshing all your skills and introducing cavern theory. Combine this course with Sidemount, Intro to Cave and Full Cave to get the most out of your time here.
*When combined with sidemount, or other cave courses, it may take fewer days. This is a TDI certification. This course can also be done in doubles, but we recommend sidemount.
Ready to learn with us?
Why train with us
Small Groups
Maximum 2 students per instructor on technical courses — better attention and a safer, more controlled experience.
No Rush
We structure technical courses around you. We learn at the pace you need to truly master each skill.
Experienced Instructors
Full-time cave instructors who dive these systems every week and know them intimately.