Bob Zoot is the bat shit cenote I mentioned yesterday that Che is exploring. A privilege really to be one of the first five or so to dive it. The bat shit is not as bad as told. We only have to wade through 25cm of the smelly substance for about 10m before being able to submerge in deeper and clearer water.
The soil is very black. As soon as we're on our way, after a quick underwater bubble check, I get to see something quite unusual: there are at least half a dozen cave fish in the dark anteroom, besides other cave dwelling species. Whow! Unfortunately, the cenote fish are there too, using our lights to hunt by without mercy.
Another sign that the cave has only been dived a few times, is the percolation caused by our bubbles. At some point the ceiling even seems to puff out white smoke. Weird.
It's a very shallow dive and the ceiling's often pretty low. Speleothems are brownish. We pass several T's, each marked by Che so as not to get confused on the way out. We come across a small earthen jar, besides a heap of debris. Way into the cave... Strange. But I guess it got washed up here at some point? Though there's barely any current now.
Che calls the dive after 39' as there's a major restriction ahead requiring side-mounts. Though he says I could probably wriggle through it.
