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Best places to dive with Mexican Free-tailed Bat
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Not an underwater animal, but part of the dive: the Bat Cave Line at Dos Ojos surfaces in an air dome where free-tailed bats roost on the ceiling above the divers. You take your regulator out, look up, and they are there. Guides ask for lights kept low and no flash.
Destinations ranked by how reliably mexican free-tailed bat is seen. The bars show the likelihood by month — never a guarantee. See the full species page for more.
Cenotes (Riviera Maya), Mexico
| Month | Likelihood |
|---|---|
| January | commonly seen |
| February | commonly seen |
| March | commonly seen |
| April | commonly seen |
| May | commonly seen |
| June | commonly seen |
| July | commonly seen |
| August | commonly seen |
| September | commonly seen |
| October | commonly seen |
| November | commonly seen |
| December | commonly seen |
Roosts are occupied year-round. Seen only where a cavern line surfaces into an air dome — chiefly the Dos Ojos Bat Cave route. Dozens of bat species use Yucatan cenotes; identification underground is not reliable.