Staying Home Sucks, home

Cenote Kankirixche

Dive site · Mexico

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

64Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Wed 4: Wind 2 kn

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 64 out of 100

Sea
–
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
3kn
Air
31°C

Wed 4 · 65 out of 100

Sea
–
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
3kn
Air
31°C

Thu 5 · 64 out of 100

Sea
–
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
5kn
Air
31°C

Fri 6 · 64 out of 100

Sea
–
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
31°C

Sat 7 · 64 out of 100

Sea
–
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
31°C

Sun 8 · 64 out of 100

Sea
–
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
31°C

Mon 9 · 64 out of 100

Sea
–
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
30°C

Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 265, good
  2. Tue 364, good
  3. Wed 465, good
  4. Thu 564, good
  5. Fri 664, good
  6. Sat 764, good
  7. Sun 864, good
  8. Mon 964, good
  9. Tue 1064, good
  10. Wed 1164, good

The site in one fact

  • Advancedand up

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know currents, the visibility on the day or your certification.

Suits Advanced divers and up: no source states its depth or level, so we never offer it to a new diver. Scored for Advanced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Cenote Kankirixche
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov65, good–0 kn0kn30°C
Tue 3Nov64, good–2 kn3kn31°C
Wed 4Nov65, good–2 kn3kn31°C
Thu 5Nov64, good–2 kn5kn31°C
Fri 6Nov64, good–2 kn11kn31°C
Sat 7Nov64, good–2 kn10kn31°C
Sun 8Nov64, good–2 kn10kn31°C
Mon 9Nov64, good–2 kn6kn30°C
Tue 10Nov64, good–5 kn10kn28°C
Wed 11Nov64, good–4 kn15kn29°C

Sea is the waves near the site, in metres; wind and gusts in knots. "Boats in": gusts that keep dive boats in. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the site and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Cenote Kankirixche

The town to stay in is Abalá.

  • What it is No source states what kind of site it is.
  • How deep No source states how deep it goes.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up: no source states its depth or level, so we never offer it to a new diver.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$697–US$1,290 each

about US$697–US$1,290 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to MID, estimated from distance and season, changing at DFW, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$221–US$462
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$94–US$154
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$181–US$295
Food7 days eating outabout US$201–US$375
Totalabout US$697–US$1,290

Guided dives are not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Abalá

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Closest

Abalá

about 10 min by car

about US$67/nightcountry average

See places to stay in Abalá · Booking.com

About Abalá its beds, food and every spot near it

Nearest town: Abalá, 4 km. We have not checked places to stay in Abalá yet. The nearest beds we have counted are in Xcanatún, 50 km away. Search before you plan on staying there.

About US$67 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 12h

About 12h door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → MID, changing at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), then 55 min by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

In the water

Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 25 km.

Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits

What you might see

Too few open records near this site to list its animals. Ask a dive centre what you are likely to see.

What is under the water (visibility, current, life) no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.