Yucatek Divers

Phil Rudin · Issue 92, Sep/Oct 2016 · pp. 65–67

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professional training and technical equipment which can be provided by Yucatek Divers. Open water divers with no cavern certification should always have a professional guide no matter how simple the cavern dive may appear. Yucatek Divers offers a number of cavern locations where open water divers can take professionally guided tours and begin to apparent the size and complexity of Yucatan’s underwater cave systems. Water temperature in the caves and caverns runs around 24c (75F) and is comfortable with a 3 mm wetsuit. Cave divers making deeper penetration with longer bottom times will likely want to opt for a drysuit. All divers regardless of skill level are required to use the rule of thirds. No more than one-third of your gas can be used entering the cavern with one third for the exit and one third for emergencies. When the first diver has expended one third of their gas everyone in th…