Cozumel - Diving the Devil's Throat

The Devil's Throat is found in 90' of clear blue Caribbean water at the base of 40' tall coral heads. The coral has grown together to form huge caverns where all sorts of strange things grow. The music, appropriately enough, is "Jesus, Jesus Rest Your Head" by George Winston.

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• cozumel
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• sponge

[austinacoustic]

Just dove it Sunday, the 20th enter at 90 exit at 130 it was amazing...

[lindamermaid]

Lucky devil.

[ldf008]

Couple of questions....were you all on Nitrox? It sounds like someone (either the videographer or someone near him) is breathing very shallow and fast, particularly at that depth. Any problems with Claustrophobia?

[lindamermaid]

Nobody was on nitrox. The breathing is mine, but it's not shallow. I tend to breathe in short sips, in very slowly and out very slowly but it sounds like short fast breaths. I had my tiny moment of anxiety as we entered the tunnel, but I figured if our divemaster wasn't worried, I shouldn't be. It wouldn't be good PR if the divemasters got a reputation for losing their clients.

[chuck9494]

I am a SCUBA diving Instructor and did 10 years as Divemaster in Cozumel. I dove Punta Sur hundreds of times and let me tell you that the divemaster that you went with, does not know devil's throat beacause fore what a saw on the video he misst the actual throat and took you throug just another tunnel, Sorry to tell you but it is a very comon mistake

[lindamermaid]

It was still a cool dive. I guess I'll have to go back and do it a few more times to get it right! : )

[seasnake321]

yea true Scbuababe20 but there are good wreck discovery/dive accident videos and stories on the net too. My favourite site is the myscubastory site. They have tonnes of real life dive stories and videos. Type myscubastory into google and its the first result

[Jessica92128]

I have dove Devils Throat a half a dozen times. There is a Very narrow spot, but surprisingly, divers fit through. Then we exited at 130' to the abyss!! Amazing! This is a very advanced dive and I recommend doing it early during the week of your stay. That way you aren't all gassed up and your computer wont beep at you. Do Not use nitrox for this dive.

[ddboris]

i think its the second entrance ,cuz the main entrance is deeper and darker but this entrance is neat too

[fireinmybones86]

Are you Cavern certified?

[knottyme]

Back in the 80's Pancho and the guys would let me off the boat early, they knew where, and then I'd make my way back up to enter from the deep end and just be sitting there in the tunnel doing a bit of coral gardening for mother nature and just connecting with the wonders of mother Earth when the dive group made their way through with the guides. Back then it was pretty much the end of the days when sex was safe and diving was dangerous. Thanks for the memories... ;-)