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Cave Diving Adventures by Skanda Coffield-Feith
Cave Diving Adventures by Skanda Coffield-Feith
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10+ Years Experience - Teaching, Exploring, Guiding - Cenotes, Tech, CCR, Cave. When not training, I spend my time as a CAVE EXPLORER.
Cave Diver — Educator — Explorer
I am Skanda Coffield-Feith, a CAVE, TECHNICAL, and REBREATHER diving instructor. I am based in Tulum, Mexico, a ten-minute drive from the world's longest underwater cave systems. I am originally from Melbourne, Australia, but my first dive was in Koh Tao, Thailand (2006), where I took my OW Course and was immediately hooked. I spent some years diving in some of the
best locations around South East Asia as a recreational diver before discovering that I could dive in Melbourne. While diving in my hometown, I was introduced to technical diving and heard about cave diving from another member of the University Scuba Club I was part of. During a trip to Mount Gambier, I was introduced to the famous Australian caves and decided to became a CAVE DIVER. In 2014 I made it to Mexico for the first time, and completed OW Scuba Instructor Training, while at the same time finished Full Cave Diver training. After spending nearly six months staying in Playa Del Carmen and doing as much cave diving as I could, I was thoroughly hooked. A second trip in 2015 opened up the possibility of living and working in Mexico. Since 2016 I have lived in Tulum, making cave diving a full-time occupation. I have been guiding, and teaching during this time, as well as diving here. I have also cave dived in Florida, Madagascar, France, Sardinia, mines in Belgium, Hungary, Romania, and Bosnia. Over the years, I developed my teaching, gaining experience training students through the cave levels (as I continued my instructor training) and learning from my mentors at ProTec Dive Centers. This has allowed me to draw on my background and education as a secondary school teacher and my passion for cave diving exploration. I teach OPEN CIRCUIT CAVE COURSES up to CAVE DECOMPRESSION, CAVE SURVEY and CAVE DPV, as well as CCR TRAINING on the KISS SIDEWINDER. Understanding certification is just the beginning, I can guide certified divers to the limits of their certification. Mentoring and coaching days focusing on a particular skill or training area can also be arranged. When I am not teaching, I am out in the jungle exploring new cave systems, if not actively hiking around, I spend many hours resurveying existing cave lines. I have also been involved in remarkable exploration projects in Mexico, and Australia, and I am always looking for the next project!
10/07/2026
Best way to test a new drysuit? Take it cave diving! Disclaimer, we did spend a solid session in open water practicing before feeling comfortable with the new suit and taking it cave diving.
09/07/2026
Rebreathers and cave diving are a perfect match! CCRs give us more time and easier logistics. These are some passages that would have been very difficult to reach on open circuit due to the distance from the entrance and depth.
Curious about CCR training? Drop me a DM.
05/07/2026
This month marks One Incredible Year for Cave Diving Adventures, and what a journey it has been!
Since launching, I have being lucky to guide new and old students, and to continue teaching. To every student, dive buddy, and adventure-seeker who has been part of this first year: Thank You for trusting me and supporting my solo operation. To run my own business has given me the flexibility to spend more time with my family, which I greatly enjoy. And also to be able to invest time now as a student, to develop my diving and instructor levels!
Looking forward to many more fantastic years!
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04/07/2026
CCR diving requires discipline and practice. Here we are building hours on the unit. Not just to get comfortable diving it for longer durations, but really consolidate familiarity with the machine and diving it. And of course practice emergency skills.
