Cave Diving Articles in the 

AMCS Activities Newsletter


Diving the Nacimiento del Río Sabinas. Bill Stone. Number 8, pages 61–62, 1978.

Sump Diving. Bill Stone. Number 9, pages 72–77, 1979.

Nacimientos! Diving the Big Springs in the Sierra Madre. Sheck Exley. Number 10, pages 22–31, 1979.

Short Penetration Sump Diving. Bill Stone. Number 11, pages 74–79, 1980.

Sump Diving in Carrizal. Wayne Russell. Number 12, pages 49–51, 1982.

Composite Tanks. Bill Stone. Number 12, pages 75–80, 1982.

The San Agustín Sump, 285 Meters and Still Going. Bill Stone. Number 12, pages 81–86, 1982.

The Challenge of the Peña Colorada. Bill Stone. Number 14, pages 46–55, 1984.

Camping Beyond Sumps. Bill Stone. Number 15, pages 64–69, 1985.

The Deep Cenotes. Carlos Lazcano Sahagún. Number 15, pages 70–75, 1985.

Underwater Caverns of Quintana Roo. James Coke. Number 16, pages 59–63, 1987.

World Depth Record Broken in Mexico. Sheck Exley. Number 17, pages 96–99, 1988.

Cenote Sac Actun, the White Cave. Jim Coke. Number 17, pages 100–103, 1988.

The Connection Dive between Sistema Huautla and Nita Nanta. Jim Smith. Number 17, pages 104–106, 1988.

Cave Diving in Mexico. Oliver Knab. Number 19, pages 51–61, 1992.

The Underwater Caves of Quintana Roo. James G. Coke IV. Number 20, pages 70–71, 1993.

The Infiernillo Sump Revisited. Bill Stone. Number 20, pages 72–83, 1993.

Diving in Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula: Three Reports. Steve Gerrard. Number 20, pages 84–87, 1993.

Zacatón. Ann Kristovich and Jim Bowden. Number 21, pages 38–43, 1995.

The 1994 San Agustín Expedtion. Bill Stone and Barbara am Ende. Number 21, pages 44–64, 1995.

Recent Underwater Discoveries in Quintana Roo. Steve Gerrard, with a contribution by Gary Walten. Number 21, pages 93–98, 1995.

Sheck Exley (obituary). Jim Bowden. Number 21, pages 99–100, 1995.

Ian Rolland (obituary). Bill Stone. Number 21, pages 100–101, 1995.

1996 Ejido Jacinto Pat Diving. Steve Gerrard. Number 22, pages 82–84, 1997.

1995 Río Tuerto Expedition. Bill Stone. Number 22, pages 163–172, 1997.

Three Cenotes. Sam Meacham, Gary Walten, and Steve Gerrard. Number 22, pages 173–176, 1997.

Cenote Ponderosa, Quintana Roo. Trevor LoRe. Number 23, pages 72–73, 1999.

Rob Parker Reflections (obituary). Bill Stone. Number 23, pages 92–93, 1999.

Los Cenotes de Rancho La Azufrosa. Marcus Gary. Number 24, pages 31–38, 2001.

Surveying Underwater Caves. Jim Coke. Number 24, pages 59–66, 2001.

Sistema Ponderosa Resurvey Project. Steve Gerrard. Number 24, pages 79–83, 2001.

The Pit in Dos Ojos. Hazel Barton, with a contribution by Jill Heinerth. Number 24, pages 84–91, 2001.

Myrna's Gift: Nohoch Kiin, Quintana Roo. Dan Lins and Andreas Matthes. Number 24, pages 92–94, 2001.

The Quintana Roo Speleological Survey. Jim Coke. Number 24, pages 95–98, 2001.

Isotope Evidence for Chemosynthetic Contributions to an Anchialine Cave Ecosystem in the Northern Yucatan. John W. Pohlman. Number 24, pages 99–101, 2001.

The Exploration of Systema Ox Bel Ha. Bil Phillips. Number 25, pages 40–46, 2002.

Where Does the Sewage Go? Patricia Beddows. Number 25, pages 47–52, 2002.

2001 InnerSpace Odyssey Expedition. Bev Shade and Bill Stone, with contributions by Jason Mallinson and Rick Stanton. Number 25, pages 53–71, 2002.

A New Map of Sac Actun, Quintana Roo. Bil Phillips. Number 25, pages 78–80, 2002.

Zacatón Update. Marcus Gary. Number 25, pages 122–123, 2002.

The Yucatan Deep Speleological Dive Team. Andreas Matthes. Number 25, pages 126–129, 2002. 

Some Quintana Roo Diving Adventures. Fred Devos and Christophe Le Mallot. Number 25, pages 130–134, 2002.

Caves of Tinum, Yucatán. Fred Devos. Number 26, pages 54–55, 2003.

First Conference on Underwater Cave Archaeology. Dominique Rissolo and Guillermo de Anda Alaníz. Number 26, pages 63–64, 2003.

The Cenotes North of Tunkas, Yucatán. Oliver Knab. Number 26, pages 84–91, 2003.

Ox Bel Ha, Spring 2003. Bil Phillips. Number 27, pages 54–56, 2004.

Speciation in Aquatic Trogloxenes in Cenotes. Adriana Barona and Luis Espinasa. Number 27, pages 60–63, 2004.

Diving the Cheve Sumps. Rick Stanton. Number 27, pages 84–86, 2004.

Geography of Caves in Quintana Roo. Jim Coke. Number 27, pages 93–97, 2004.

Jade Pearl Exploration Project, Sistema Ox Bel Ha, Quintana Roo. Sam Meacham. Number 28, pages 63–77, 2005.

Report on the Incident and Recovery Efforts at Resumidero Oztoquito, Puebla. Fanny Monreal, ed. Number 28, pages 45–54, 2006.

The Exploration of Sistema Sac Actun, 1987–2007. James G. Coke IV, with a contribution by Steve Bogaerts. Number 30, pages 39–42, 2007.

Sistema Yax Muul. James G. Coke IV. Number 30, pages 43–49, 2007. 

Sian Ka'an Exploration Expedition. Sam Meacham. Number 30, pages 55–65, 2007.

Yaxchen and Ox Bel Ha, Quintana Roo. Donna and Simon Richards. Number 30, pages 77–84, 2007.

Overview of the Geology and Hydrology of Coastal Quintana Roo. Donna and Simon Richards. Number 30, pages 104–108, 2007.

Mapping Chikin Ha with a Passive Fluxgate Magnetometer. Richard Wylde. Number 30, pages 149–154, 2007.

The Deepest Dive: A Study in Controlled Paranoia (historical reprint). Ned DeLoach. Number 31, pages 87–96, 2008.

The DEPTHX Project. William C. Stone. Number 31, pages 97–105, 2008.

When the Survey is Not Enough: Temperature, Salinity, and Dye Tracing Reveal Flow Paths. Patricia Beddows and Melissa Hendrickson. Number 32, pages 83–88, 2009.

Mapping Flooded Caves from Above: Surface Karst Inventory of the Yucatan Peninsula. Patricia Beddows et al. Number 32, pages 96–101, 2009.

Diving beneath the Maya City of Xcaret. Sheck Exley. Number 32, pages 102–104, 2009. (Reprint of 1980 article.)

Fauna of Five Anchialine Caves on Cozumel Island. Lius Mejía-Ortíz et al. Number 32, pages 149–154, 2009.

Yucatan Underground. Patricia Beddows. Number 33, pages 57–60, 2010.

Sistema Borges. James Coke. Number 33, pages 61–66, 2010.

New Discoveries in Underwater Cave Systems in the Riviera Maya. Zdeněk Motyčka. Number 33, pages 91–94, 2010.

2007, First Year of Aktun Hu Exploration. Franco Attolini. Number 33, pages 95–98, 2010.

Preliminary Developments for Karst Protection in Quintana Roo, Mexico. James Coke. Number 33, pages 103–107, 2010.

Hoyo Negro. Alberto Nava Blank. Number 34, pages 53–58, 2011.

Diving Tulum's Chan Hol. Barbara Dwyer. Number 34, pages 59–63, 2011.

Exploring Tamakas Ecological Park. Alberto Nava Blank. Number 34, pages 78–80, 2011.

Sistema Sac Actun 1987-2011. James G. Coke IV. Number 34, pages 87–105, 2011.

Underwater Archaeology at Cenote Holtun. Jason Richards. Number 35, pages 43–50, 2012.

Mapping Hoyo Negro. Roberto Chávez, Susan Bird, and Alberto Nava. Number 35, pages 89–93, 2012.

Some Springs and Caves in Northern Mexico. Oliver Knab. Number 35, pages 116–119, 2012.

2013 Huautla Expedition. Chris Jewell. Number 36, pages 49–53, 2013.

1000 Hours Under the Earth [2013 J2 expedition]. Phil Short. Number 37, pages 48–54, 2014.

Diving in Sistema Huautla. Jason Mallinson and Chris Jewell. Number 37, pages 87–92, 2014.

Sistema Murena. Mauro Bordignon. Number 37, pages 131–133, 2014.

K'oox Baal, the Fourth-Longest Underwater Cave in the World, by Zdeněk Motyčka. Number 37, pages 149–155, 2014.