Snorkeling the Nohoch cave system
Question: I’m interested in diving the Nohoch cave system, which Dave Plank reported on in 国产吃瓜黑料‘s September ’96 issue (). He mentioned that divers and snorkelers are taken in, but not how this
can be pursued. Can you help me? Thanks.
Eric Wallen
Los Altos, CA
ensw@earthlink.net
国产吃瓜黑料 Adviser: The guy to talk to down there is Mike Madden, who discovered the entrance to the Yucat谩n’s enormous Nohoch system back in 1987 and has since explored more than 140,000 feet of underwater cave. Although he’s now slightly consumed with an intense, head-to-head race against rival cave diver Buddy Quattlebaum to claim the
honor of discovering the world’s largest underwater cave complex, Madden and his staff at the CEDAM Diver Center still have time to lead recreational snorkelers into Nohoch Nah Chich by way of a remote sinkhole on private property of a local farm family. Getting there means a 1.8-mile hike into the farm, after which you’ll have a 15-minute guided tour of the cenote and then a
chance to snorkel it on your own; the half-day trip costs about $38 per person and leaves every morning at 9:30 a.m. Because cave diving requires highly specialized training–getting lost in the maze-like caverns can be deadly颅-Madden takes scuba divers to shallower, less technical cenotes and marine caverns along the Caribbean coast near Puerto Aventuras. For details call
the dive center at 011-52-987-3-5129.
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