Playa Azul Tulum Hotel Blog

Cavern diving has risks and some limitations, as this is not a open water diving.Cavern diving means diving into an overhead environment and you can not allways directly ascent to the surface, you must be certified as cavern divier or dive with a qualified and professional cavern diving guide.

Limitations in an overhead environment.

Stay in the limits of the natural sunlight, Max, Penetration of 60m, or 200ft linear from opening.

-Follow permanent guideline or temporary guideline placed by a professional cavern diving guide.

-Carry at least one Light per diver

-Rule of thirds for air consumption: 1/3 for the way in, 1/3 to come out, 1/3 reserve

-Minimum of 1200 psi or 80 bars to exit with.

-Maximum diver guide ratio 4:1

-No restrictions

-No descompression

-Maximum depth of 70ft or 21 meters.

Following these simple rules keep you safe, and you will have one of the most incredible diving experiences of you life in this unique environment underwater World. Remember: allways be a safe diver.

Millions of years ago, the peninsula of Yucatan, Mexico, was covered by the ocean.During the Ice Age, the level of the ocean sank, all reefs and marine life that lived over it died, and many of them became marine fossils.In this time rainfall filtered through the ground and flowing slowly towards the ocean it eventually carver out huge Systems of underground caves and tunnels.Once the system were farmed, rainfall would filter through the ground, dragging minerals of the Earth.Dripping down the vaults of the underground caves, this formed stalagtites and stalagmites that in time created amazingly beautiful rock formations.After the Ice Age the water lavel rose again and flooded the cave system with spectacular clear water, leaving them as they are today.

The cenote itself is part of a cave ceiling which collapsed creating a natural entrance to the underground Systems.

The Mayans called these sinkholes “Dznot“ (sacred well), thus the Spanish Word Cenote.The Dznot was considered to be an Entrance to their mysthical and spiritual underworld, as well as the Orly source of fresh in the jungle.

Playa Azul Tulum Hotel is close to many Cenotes, we will love to help you out to find them!

This past weekend was wonderful at  Playa Azul Tulum! Saturday night Playa Azul Tulum Hotel hosted the welcome reception for the Mexican destination wedding of Maibe and David Ponet, a  wonderful couple from New York. Their friends and family rented out the entire Tulum hotel, and for everyone’s first night at the welcome party, 85 people enjoyed dancing salsa and eating Mexican food at Restaurant PA, at Playa Azul Tulum Hotel. The day after the wedding celebration, 65 friends and family gathered again in the restaurant for a delicious brunch and more time together. Lots of young couples are choosing Playa Azul Tulum and the gorgeous beaches of Tulum for getting married. In these times, a wedding celebration can be costly, and Playa Azul Tulum has special promotions for weddings or for special events.  Mexico, and Playa Azul Tulum, is a great alternative for a reasonably-priced destination wedding, so please get in touch with us if you would like further information about  Tulum wedding packages or special prices for groups in Tulum. Sunday was also a special day!   Normally Playa Azul Tulum organizes what is known as Bikini Beach Sundays, with live music on the beach.  This particular Sunday, Valentine’s Day, it was a kiteboarding day!  Starting in the morning, Playa Azul Tulum Hotel hosted a meeting for all the kiteboarding Schools in Tulum, along with the municipio of Tulum, to address regulations for how the sport of kitebarding should be controlled on the Tulum beaches, now that it is starting to be a popular sport on the Tulum beach. Morph kiteboarding did a great job putting it together, and is a point of reference in Tulum for the kitesurfing world.  Thanks to them for that wonderful event, and also to the people of Red Bull for all the equipment that they brought to Tulum.  We danced to the great rhythm of Bandikoro, the best local band in Tulum, and with the DJs that Morph kitebarding brought especially for this event on the Tulum beach. Thanks Maibe & David Ponet,  and to all the friends and familly for trusting in Playa Azul Tulum for special days like this.  Thanks also to Morph kiteboarding for being so professional with their work  and with the sport of kitebarding in Tulum. Morph Kiteboarding Stuff at Playa Azul Tulum Hotel before the sunday event BIKINI BEACH SUNDAY at Playa Azul Tulum Hotel Love&Kiteboarding event with Morph Kiteboarding. BIKINI BEACH SUNDAYS at Playa Azul Tulum Hotel beach with Morph Kiteboarding. Maibe & David Ponet event saturday night at PA Restaurant, the Playa Azul Tulum Hotel Restaurant