Alex established the first dive center in Tulum in 1993 and he's still an

active explorer and the head of all tech and cave training here at Acuatic.

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You can read his full resume below:

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Professional

   • Civil Engineer

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Education

   • Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico UNAM

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Diving Qualifications

   • Cave Instructor for NACD, TDI and FMAS

   • Open water Instructor, PADI

   • Trimix instructor TDI, FMAS

   • KISS ccr Rebreather Diver, suited for Caves

   • GUE fundamentals, TEC 1 and Cave 2 Diver

   • Gue Fundamentals and Rec 1,2 Instructor.

 

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Diving Experience

   • 30 years of diving experience

   • 23 years diving instructor experience

   • 6000+ logged dives

   • 3000+ cave dives

   • 3000+ open water dives

   • 500+ cave dives using Diver Propulsion Vehicles

   • 600+ cave dives using stage diving techniques

   • 80+ sidemount dives

   • 250+ CCR Rebreather Cave Dives

   • 25 SCR Cave Dives

   • Longest Penetration - 15,000 ft

   • Cave Passage Explored and Surveyed - +50,000 ft

   • Longest Dive 360 min

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Community Involvement

   • Founding Member of Mexico Cave Exploration Project (MCEP)

   • Founding Member of Proyecto Espeleologico Tulum (PET)

   • Founding Member of Ejido Jacinto Pat Project (EJPP)

   • Exploration Diver for Sistema: Ox Bel Ha, Yax Chen, Sac Actun, Nohoch Naa Chich, Dos Ojos

   • Cave exploration and survey of Systems: Maya, Akun Hu, Herradura, Bahia Tortugas

   • Production of Cave Maps

   • President of BUCEMA A.C. Buceo en Cenotes y Mar A.C. a Non profit and Civil Association

   • Discover of the remains of the oldest American, found in Hoyo Negro Tulum

   • Active member of the Proyecto Espeleologico Subacuatico Hoyo Negro Tulum Quintana Roo . since 2010 to 2018

   • National Geographic Grantee in different projects.

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Special interests

   • Exploration, Survey and Mapping

   • Geology and Hydrology

   • Sustaining Development

   • Cartography

   • Photogrametry

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Publications

   • Rissolo, D., P. Luna, A. Nava, A. Alvarez, F. Attolini, J C. Chatters, R Chavez Arce, and S. Meacham 2012 Recent Investigations in Hoyo Negro: A Submerged Late Pleistocene Cave Site in Quintana Roo, Mexico. Paper presented at the Society for Historical Archaeology 45th Annual Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology, Baltimore, MD.

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Languages

   • English

   • Spanish