Cenote Girl - Cave Diving Instructor Mexico

03/11/2025

Reason #1 to sign up for a tech class:

👉Your buoyancy is not great and you can’t hover without moving 👈

Yes you read that right!

If this is the case, you need a tech instructor to teach you!

I believe it’s the wrong approach to dismiss a student who doesn’t have good buoyancy at the beginning of a class. Being real, most people, including experienced instructors, don’t have good buoyancy control when it comes to cave diving techniques.

A good technical diving class will improve your level whatever that is. So if you have problems with buoyancy at recreational level you can:

A) ask a tech instructor to teach you basic skills like Buoyancy, Trim and Position

B) enroll in an entry level tech class such as Intro to Tech, Open Water Sidemount or Fundamentals

What is your biggest problem when it comes to buoyancy in any configuration? Tell me in the comments 👇

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01/11/2025

It’s a hard one 🖤

Today we celebrate the Dead in Mexico. Día de Mu***os, a time to welcome those who parted back onto our space, our dimension, our table and our homes.

A very powerful tradition that keeps us connected and shines light on our lives and those lived by our friends and family members who passed.

This year, a particularly hard one for me. Mourning the loss of friends, my dog, and somewhat realizing that at our age we have different awareness of life. It’s not that more people die or more people leave, but we realize more the effect that it has on us and we give a different meaning to living.

Photo #1 by
Photo #2 me and Choco
Photo #3 my dear friend Michael Menduno who is laughing out loud way high in the Universe.

28/10/2025

I like wet… rust 🤘

Cheating on caves with wrecks form time to time, can you guess which one this is?

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27/10/2025

Don’t try this at home!

This is Mekan riding like a maniac and I’m right behind chasing him for an in-motion buttlight. Easy? No. But fun AF!!!

Raise your hand if this could be you!

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22/10/2025

“THE DUST CAP” 💀(2025)
(A Deeply Silly Subaquatic Thriller by a scuba diver)

TAMMY, a sunburned scuba instructor with 2000 dives and zero patience, holds up the regulator’s dust cap, soaked after taking it to 100ft.

She glances around. No one’s watching. She cracks open the tank valve just a little. A sharp PSHHHT! of compressed air blasts across the parking lot…

The dust cap wiggles but stays wet.
She opens the valve wider. The air SCREAMS like a thousand angry moray eels. How is this possible?

The cap flutters but—still damp.

Suddenly… silence.
Tammy freezes.
She knows the dust cap should be dry. But it’s not. And it will never, be…

💀 THE DUST CAP 💀
Coming soon — rated “T” for Too Much Pressure.

Send this to someone who… 😉

No dust caps were harmed during the filming of this movie.

How do you dry yours? Tell me in the comments, I’m dying to know 💀

21/10/2025

Not scared of caves…
Snakes and public speaking though 😅

Terrifying! But I’m determined.
My speech was about becoming an explorer. When do you start calling yourself one?
So now I’m asking myself the same question, when do I start calling myself a public speaker?
Because I’ve done it a few times and I think I’m hooked!

If you think my experience and story of life and exploration could be inspiring and educational for others, or if you know of more speaking opportunities please send me a note!

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18/10/2025

You’re still on time to get a virtual ticket to Diving Talks Portugal 2025 😉

My talk on Vanilla Farm exploration “Laying line against the bulldozers” is tomorrow 11:30 (Lisbon time) and you can attend from anywhere in the world. Click on the link and go all the way down to Online ticket 19 October.

Tickets are available and can be bought until October 20, 2024. Secure your seat as soon as possible; the venue has limited capacity.

17/10/2025

This room 🖤

Discovering this room with and returning to photograph it with has been amazing. As we get ready for the second season of Vanilla Farm Exploration Project, I reflect on something I was asked recently, why is Vanilla Farm so special?

There are many reasons, and of course the fact that it’s our own project makes it incomparable to others and that will never change.

Aside from that, we are a very small team of only two people. Together, without external funding, we explored 10km of virgin cave and uncovered a system with 5 known entrances in less than 30 dives.

Come join me on panel 6 of .talks this Sunday and listen to our story, and to previously unspoken details about our New Mexican cave system. Get an online ticket and join the talk from anywhere in the world 🌎 link in bio 🔗

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15/10/2025

If you ever run into a friend underwater… what would you do?

I decided to 🪨📄✂️ with 🧭

Needless to say his response time while submerged is above average, probably even faster than on ground!

Fun times on Terceira 🏝️ with .talks and

03/10/2025

We reached 40% of the goal in less than 24hrs, the community has truly shown the power we have collectively. I am grateful for every one of you and the joint effort to make someone’s day 🌺

If you still wish to donate to help Carolina Wells on the path to recovery please click on this link:

https://gofund.me/7f54dbbff

Sharing this post with your network, following Carolina Wells on social media and booking a photo shoot for the future also greatly helps 🤗

My name is Tamara, and today I’m reaching out to all my fellow divers and the incre… Tamara Adame needs your support for Help Carolina Wells through recovery!

02/10/2025

took this and many other wonderful photos of me in the little time we’ve been able to spend together.

If you like this or any other of her photos, or if you’ve met Carolina in person or online, please consider donating to her recovery after the accident that temporarily prevents her from diving and working.

LINK FOR DONATIONS https://gofund.me/667614806

Things you can do if you cannot donate funds:

1. Follow
2. Share this post and the gofundme link so others can donate
3. Book a photoshoot for the months to come so she can recover financially when she’s back to work (hopefully soon!)

It’s a great day to help someone. Thank you everyone ❤️