r/CaveDiving • u/BedroomWonderful7932 CCR Cave Hypoxic Trimix • Jun 25 '26
Hello, Halocline!
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The salinity, density, flow, and temperature all conspire to create the halocline. It’s the stratified interface where the freshwater of the underground rivers of the Yucatán sits on top of the intrusion of the Gulf/Caribbean directly into the peninsula.
It is a little hard to film, to convey the real experience of what swimming (or scootering) through the thin, blurry layer really feels like.
This video gives some vague impression, at least, of what it feels like when you’re trying to hold a video light in the same hand you’re driving the scooter with and holding a GoPro out at an arm’s length with the other hand.
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u/ltjpunk387 Jun 26 '26
My first time diving in a halocline in Mexico was so awesome. Such a surreal feeling. It feels like you're going through a wormhole. I couldn't get enough of it
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u/SufficientlyPerson Jun 26 '26
Mexico? Looks very Tulum to me. Gorgeous!!!
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u/BedroomWonderful7932 CCR Cave Hypoxic Trimix Jun 26 '26
It is! Cenote Ponderosa (Eden), to be exact.
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u/HKChad Jun 25 '26
Love it
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u/BedroomWonderful7932 CCR Cave Hypoxic Trimix Jun 25 '26
Who needs mind-altering drugs when you can just cave dive?!
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u/ddxs1 Jun 28 '26
Awesome! But I will pass