Cave system
Sistema Chac-Mol
QRSS list entry reported by A. Matthes, 01/2000. QRSS long and deep lists.
A 9,193 m underwater cave on the QRSS list (figure from 2000) entered through Cenote Chac Mool and Cenote Kukulkan, both used for guided cavern tours and designated cave training lines.
Sistema Chac-Mol is the cave behind two neighbouring cenotes, Chac Mool and Kukulkan, both run as dive sites. Operators describe a shallow cavern route of around 12 m with a halocline, and longer penetration for cave-trained divers.
CREER rates Kukulkan as a Level 1 (Starter) cenote and Chac Mool, entered via the Little Brother cenote, as Level 2 (Intermediate). Both cavern lines, plus the main downstream and upstream cave lines, appear on CREER's list of places where cave instructors may run training drills.
The QRSS length of 9,193 m was reported in January 2000 and is likely to be out of date. CREER reported that the landowner raised the entry fee to 300 pesos from 1 June 2025 and does not allow cameras.
Entrances and dive sites
QRSS lists 9 cenotes. Chac Mool (via Little Brother) and Kukulkan are the operated dive entrances.
For orientation, not navigation. Hollow dots are approximate.
Every fact on this page, with its source (6)
| Fact | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|
| QRSS lists Sistema Chac-Mol at 9,193 m with 9 cenotes, reported by A. Matthes in 01/2000.Figure is more than 25 years old. | May be out of date | [1] |
| QRSS gives Sistema Chac-Mol a maximum depth of 28.3 m. | Verified | [1] [5] |
| Pro Dive International describes Chac Mool as a dive with a maximum depth of 12 m, a halocline and long penetration for cave divers.Operator description of the cavern dive, not the system. | Reported | [4] |
| CREER rates Kukulkan as Level 1 (Starter) and Chac Mool from Little Brother as Level 2 (Intermediate). | Verified | [2] |
| CREER reported that cameras are not allowed at Chac Mool and Kukulkan and that the entrance fee rose to 300 pesos from 1 June 2025 (previously 250).Fee as of 2025-06-01; may have changed. | Verified | [2] |
| CREER's training-site rules list the Kukulkan and Chac Mool cavern lines and the downstream and upstream cave lines at Chac Mool among approved training locations.Rules dated 2020-12-14. | Verified | [3] |
Verified: stated by an official or primary source we opened. Reported: from a secondary source only. Sources conflict: the note gives both versions. May be out of date: the newest source we found is old.
Written in our own words from the sources above. Report a correction