Cave (& Cavern) Diving Classes
For the Adventure of a Lifetime, and a Lifetime of Adventure!
There is a Quality Difference!
At Tulum Diving Center we offer the highest quality cave and cavern diving classes to be found anywhere.
Our cave classes are exclusive semi-private or private courses, never more than three divers with an instructor, you will not be in a large group. We will work with you to find training dates to make the course your own.
Although Cave & Cavern diving are similar, there is one critical difference. Cavern diving is limited to the light zone at the entrance of the cave system where the diver still has available light from the outside. Once you travel deep enough into the cave system so that you have no external light, you have entered the caves. Our programs begin with Cavern diving to teach you the basics needed to access the caverns. If you like it, we then move on to the cave diving courses, Intro to Cave and Full Cave Diver.
Our class pricing includes training, all training materials, usage of all equipment, certification fees, cenote and park fees, snacks during the day.
Our classes are formatted in such a manner that the vast majority of our divers are successful in completing each level in the time alloted. We do understand that different people learn at different rates, which is why all our classes are small private or semi-private courses. However, if a diver needs more time, additional training is available at $200 per day. Our safety protocols stipulate that prior to the beginning of any cavern or cave training, we may require one day of refresher and review diving dependent upon your previous diving experience.
You will not find safer, more enjoyable or more up to date cave diving courses.
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TDI/PADI Cavern Diver Course
- Our most popular specialty course.
- The Yucatan Peninsula hosts the largest accessible, flooded underground cave system in the world. The purpose of the Tulum Diving, TDI and PADI Cavern Diver Specialty Courses is to familiarize you with the skills, knowledge, procedures of cavern diving. However, although the course introduces students to the myriad skills, procedures and techniques that cavern diving has in common with cave diving, the Cavern Diver course is not intended to certify divers for Cave Diving. If you are considering Cave Dive training, this course is the perfect introduction to the caverns to see if it is for you as well as being a prerequisite to the following Cave Diver Courses. The goals of Cavern Diver training are:
- To develop your knowledge of the cavern environment.
- To raise your awareness of the need for conservation and positive landowner relations.
- To enable you to plan and organize dives to safely explore caverns that fall within the stated limitations of Cavern Diver training and that offer conditions as good as the caverns in which the student was trained
- To give you a chance to get a feel for whether or not the full cave training is for you.
Our Cavern Diver Specialty Courses require three days in which you will do a minimum of four dives. You may find some other facilities offering the class in only 2 days, the bare minimum for the program. As with all our courses, we do not believe in doing only the bare minimum. Especially when it comes to cave diving, we want our divers to be the safest, best qualified divers out there.
In the PADI Cavern Diving Specialty Course you can use standard diving equipment with a few small modifications, although sidemount is recommended.
You can use sidemount equipment if you are already sidemount certified or are doing our Yucatan Combo Course to learn sidemount as well as cavern diving.
In our TDI Cavern Diver Course you must use sidemount equipment. This course is a prerequisite to the Full Cave Diver Certification oulined later on this page. If you are planning on becoming a Full Cave Diver we require you get Sidemount Certified prior to taking this course, or join our Yucatan Combo Course to gain Sidemount certification. Sidemount certification is required to join our Intro to Cave & Full Cave Diver Courses. Cost: $650 US per diver. If you would prefer a private class there will be an additional $400 US private training fee.
Multi-Diver Discount: two or more divers joining together will get a 10% multi-diver discount off the cost of the standard course: $585 US per diver.
Course Size: Maximum 3 divers.
Prerequisites: PADI Cavern: 18 years of age and must hold an Advanced Open Water Certification. TDI Cavern: 18 years of age or 15 years of age with parental permission and Advanced Open Water certified. Must be Sidemount certified or doing our Yucatan Combo course
Click below to submit payment for this program via PayPal. Pricing includes our 10% multi-diver discount for groups of 2 or more. Payment in full is required to reserve your space in our small group programs. If your plans change, all payments, minus the cost of any study materials already supplied to the diver, and 10% cancellation fee are fully refundable with 48 hour notice of cancellation. Please note that we reserve the option to add divers to the program up to the limit of 3 divers unless you have paid for a private class.
Course Size: Maximum 3 divers.
Prerequisites: PADI Cavern: 18 years of age and must hold an Advanced Open Water Certification. TDI Cavern: 18 years of age or 15 years of age with parental permission and Advanced Open Water certified. Must be Sidemount certified or doing our Yucatan Combo course
Click below to submit payment for this program via PayPal. Pricing includes our 10% multi-diver discount for groups of 2 or more. Payment in full is required to reserve your space in our small group programs. If your plans change, all payments, minus the cost of any study materials already supplied to the diver, and 10% cancellation fee are fully refundable with 48 hour notice of cancellation. Please note that we reserve the option to add divers to the program up to the limit of 3 divers unless you have paid for a private class.
TDI Intro to Cave Course
This is the second step into becoming a cave diver.
This 3 day course is an introduction to the basic principles of cave diving utilizing a single primary guide line. Introductory cave diving is the second level in the development of safe techniques for cave diving, directly building upon the cavern diver course. This introduction to cave diving is not intended to train divers for all facets of cave diving. The objective of this course is the perfection of skills taught in the cavern diving program, in addition to the adoption of additional techniques and procedures required for elementary cave diving.
Cost: $700 US per diver. If you would prefer a private class there will be an additional $400 private training fee.
Multi-Diver Discount: two or more divers joining together will get a 10% multi-diver discount off the cost of the standard course: $630 US per diver.
Course Size: Maximum 3 divers.
Prerequisites: 18 years of age or 15 years of age with parental permission, Cavern Diver certified, and Sidemount certified.
Click below to submit payment for this program via PayPal. Pricing includes our 10% multi-diver discount for groups of 2 or more. Payment in full is required to reserve your space in our small group programs. If your plans change, all payments, minus the cost of any study materials already supplied to the diver, and 10% cancellation fee are fully refundable with 48 hour notice of cancellation. Please note that we reserve the option to add divers to the program up to the limit of 3 divers unless you have paid for a private class.
Multi-Diver Discount: two or more divers joining together will get a 10% multi-diver discount off the cost of the standard course: $630 US per diver.
Course Size: Maximum 3 divers.
Prerequisites: 18 years of age or 15 years of age with parental permission, Cavern Diver certified, and Sidemount certified.
Click below to submit payment for this program via PayPal. Pricing includes our 10% multi-diver discount for groups of 2 or more. Payment in full is required to reserve your space in our small group programs. If your plans change, all payments, minus the cost of any study materials already supplied to the diver, and 10% cancellation fee are fully refundable with 48 hour notice of cancellation. Please note that we reserve the option to add divers to the program up to the limit of 3 divers unless you have paid for a private class.
TDI Full Cave Diver Course
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This is the Full Cave Diver Course, the final step in becoming a fully fledged cave diver. This course is the third stage of overhead environment training in the series of TDI’s Full Cave Diver Development Program. This course focuses on advanced cave dive planning and practical execution navigating different types of cave systems and scenarios divers will encounter. The objective of this course is to expand and critique previous skills accomplished in the TDI Cavern and Introductory Cave Diving programs. Emphasis is placed upon dive planning and skill perfection through actual cave penetration.
Course is three days.
Cost: $700 US per diver. If you would prefer a private class there will be an additional $400 private training fee.
Multi-Diver Discount: two or more divers joining together will get a 10% multi-diver discount off the cost of the standard course: $630 US per diver.
Course Size: Maximum 3 divers.
Prerequisites: 18 years of age and TDI Intro to Cave certified Diver and Sidemount certified.
Multi-Diver Discount: two or more divers joining together will get a 10% multi-diver discount off the cost of the standard course: $630 US per diver.
Course Size: Maximum 3 divers.
Prerequisites: 18 years of age and TDI Intro to Cave certified Diver and Sidemount certified.
Click below to submit payment for this program via PayPal. Pricing includes our 10% multi-diver discount for groups of 2 or more. Payment in full is required to reserve your space in our small group programs. If your plans change, all payments, minus the cost of any study materials already supplied to the diver, and 10% cancellation fee are refundable with 48 hour notice of cancellation.
Please note that we reserve the option to add divers to the program up to the limit of 3 divers unless you have paid for a private class.
Our Training Directors
Tulum diving is the only Dive Center in Tulum with two PADI Course Directors that understand that your safety rests on the quality of what they do. The Course Director is the highest Instructor Rating in the diving world and denotes an Instructor of exceptional experience and ability. Our Course Directors oversee all of our training and teach all of our cave diving programs. Your safety is important to us. Learn more about us here