27 photos · 2026

Mexico: bull sharks and cenotes

Our diving trip to Mexico in January 2026: diving with bull sharks and the caves of the cenotes.

Bull shark passing a kneeling underwater photographer in Mexico, with a shoal of fish behind
Bull sharks and a mass of fish crowding around a diver kneeling on the seabed
Underwater photographer shooting a bull shark as it swims right past the lens
Bull shark heading straight for the camera as divers on the right film it, Mexico
Bull shark's snout up close as it skims the bottom past kneeling divers
In Mexico, a bull shark glides past a photographer with a large underwater camera housing
Bull shark swimming low over kneeling divers, surrounded by a big shoal of fish
Several bull sharks near the bottom, one baring its teeth, among yellow-tailed fish in Mexico
Diver's selfie with a bull shark swimming close behind
Silhouettes of many bull sharks seen from below, with divers' bubbles rising alongside
Divers kneeling on the seabed in Mexico watch a bull shark approaching
Bull shark seen from below with pectoral fins spread, a diver beneath it
Diver taking a selfie with a bull shark cruising in the blue behind
Selfie in Mexico as a bull shark passes just behind the diver
Diver's selfie on the seabed with a row of kneeling divers behind and a bull shark overhead
Diver filming a passing bull shark with an action camera
Diver seen from behind watching bull sharks and silver fish in the blue waters of Mexico
Diver with side-mounted cylinders swimming beneath stalactites in a Mexican cenote
Cenote chamber hung with stalactites, a diver leaving the frame on the right
Diver with two side-mounted cylinders in a cave passage, a guideline running along the floor
Stalactites and stalagmites in an underwater cave in Mexico, a diver's fin and cylinder on the right
Massive stalactites in a cave passage, a diver on the left and another diver's torch glowing in the distance
Diver with a torch gliding low over the pale cenote floor, stalactites hanging overhead
Cenote diving in Mexico: a sidemount diver heads into a dark passage beneath stalactites
Diver following a guideline over white rocks, torch in hand, another diver's light behind
Daylight streaming into a cenote and lighting up the sandy floor and rocks
Sidemount diver squeezing down through a narrow gap between rocks beneath a large stalactite