Cars For Rent - Diving in the Riviera Maya and Playa del Carmen

Ranging in depth and difficulty, and offers a myriad of dive sights, 455 kilometers (285 miles) south of Playa del Carmen, to the Bay Islands of Honduras, about 53 kilometers (33 miles) north of Cancun, the Great Maya Reef stretches from Cabo Catoche. And underwater adventurers, makes the Rivera Maya a world wide destination for divers, second only to Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the Great Maya Reef, the Rivera Maya: Boasting the world's second largest barrier reef in the world.

But these sites require more training and experience, there are even deeper sights that can be explored. The reef is extremely deep with some marked dive sites reaching more then 30 meters or just under 100 feet, in many parts, and, the part of the reef that stretches along the Mexican coastline is 300 kilometers (186 miles) long. Magnificent sea turtles and over 500 species of fish and other sea life, guatemala on down to Honduras is home to multiple types of amazing corals, which skirts the coasts of Belize, also known as the Mesoamerican reef, this marvelous coral reef.

And Mama Vina, barracuda, tortugas, sabatos, jardines, chum Zumbal, moc Che, moc Che Deep, pared Verde (Green Wall), los Arcos, some of the more popular dive spots are Cerebros. Akumal and Tulum, puerto Aventuras, the majority of the marked dive sites located on the Rivera Maya are only a short boat ride away from such resort areas as Playa del Carmen. There are more than 70 named dive sites between Punta Maroma and Tulum right along the Rivera Maya.

And still play a significant role in modern life and celebrations, because of this they were considered sacred to the ancient Maya. Were the only way the Mayans got their fresh water, or sink holes, that run above ground in the Riviera Maya so the cenotes, or fresh water sources, there are no rivers. But for cavern and cave diving as well, not only for open water ocean dives, with over 200 miles of underground caves and rivers the Riviera Maya has become a top destination. But the underground caves and river system brings a whole other element to diving and exploration, and fish life in the warm waters of the Caribbean, plant, not only are there amazing coral.

And it has become a major attraction to the Rivera Maya for divers from all parts of the globe, add this to the fact that all you need is an open water certification to experience the exhilaration of cave diving. And the water is so clear that visibility is virtually unlimited, temperate waters (25 degrees Celsius/ 78 degrees Fahrenheit), the underground river system has very little current, discovered just a little over twenty years ago. Even with that impressive number it is estimated that there is as much as 50% or more that has yet to be explored and documented. The Rivera Maya has more then 75 known cave systems which have been mapped and surveyed and they cover approximately 611 kilometers/ 380 miles. Or deeper into the jungle flora, which can be located right on the shores of the Caribbean, divers and explorers can now enter this underwater world through the cenotes.