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FAQs 1. How much experience do you need before taking cave diving training? 2. What SCUBA equipment do I need to bring for my training? ​3. Do I bring a wetsuit or a drysuit?​ 4. Should I break up my training into sections or modules or take the complete training all at once?​ 5. How do I enter Mexico, go through customs and get to Playa del Carmen? 6. What training agencies do I represent? 1. How much experience do you need before taking cave diving training? ​A: The

10 year since my last time diving in cenote Dos Palmas, there have not been many changes, remains very natural. This cenote is located on the same road that takes you to the cenote or park Dos ojos, approximately 2 km from the federal highway it is not easy to miss there is a large sign on the dirt road that indicates the direction. Cenote Dos Palmas For some time now I wanted to dive and photograph this cave. This day we went to dive Joshua, Pablo and I, as usual in this typ

I had previously visited Xulo, at the first time we did some tests with colored cellophane filters and the penetration inside the cave was minimal, I concentrated on placing the flashes around the cave section, where I wanted to photograph Pablo mi model, friend, student and more so to speak. You could see that photography session in my blog that is under the name Xulo in colors. But here I leave you a photo of that day! The Xulo cenote is 90 km away, about an hour and a quar

For some time I had seen the cenote Taak-bi-ha announced on video at FB and I was curious to see the cave that looked imposing and if it really is!!! Giant and beautiful, the entrance to the water is like no other, transparent blue, which only invites you to enter. The exact location of the Cenote Taak-bi-ha is on the same road to lead to cenote Dos ojos, pass the entrance of it for 100m and turn left there is a sign at the entrance on the road. From the parking lot to the en

New cave in Playa del Carmen open to the public on Sep. 2019

This small clip is for an IANTD campaign, the goal is to capture an inclusive public and try to change the image of the agency for a more friendly with women and children. For a long time IANTD has excelled in technical diving and has created a reputation as a tough guy, there are in the ranks of IANTD the most outstanding cave divers and deep diving, so on that side of the Agency is won, But what about the Recreational side? Short clip of a interview to IANTD Technical Cave

Today we return to make a photo session with 8 flashes, which as a whole requires a good reference of the cave so as not to forget or lose part of the photographic equipment during the project. Pablo, my assistant and model who is always very helpful, took charge of lighting me during the process of arranging the flashes in the cave. For this cave diving we made it with 3 tanks because the point of the cave that I wanted to photograph was about 30 min. inside the cave. The fi

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A few days ago i went back with my good friend Alberto Salving to Cenote Sagitario to make a photo shoot of the nice stalactite in the middle of the big room, i was able to take the photos from diferents perspectives, same area but with more than one point of view. I set up the strobes and the i ask to Alberto to model for me, i got some nice shots of the cave and Alberto, this room is big and the formations too. i got i nice result i hope everybody liked... Alberto took a

Once again practicing this new modality of painting colors the cave formations. This idea is taken after watching the video of Katy Fraser from She Dive Tech. On Facebook. Obviously and just to practice and give me an idea of ​​how it would be to color the walls of the cave, I buy some colored cellophane sheets in the stationery and the result was not exactly what I expected but it did not go so badly. Photographing a flooded and completely dark cave is a challenge, because