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ABOUT OUR LOGO

photo by Chuck Stevens.

John Noftall in Nohoch

Chuck Stevens, who took the photo, explored this system in the late 1980's and early 1990's.

Many cave divers and cave diving students develop an interest in learning to speak some Maya. That's what everyone calls it but perhaps it is more correctly called Yucatec or Yucatec Maya. John started to speak a little during his 1995 cave diving class and has continued to have fun conversing with local people every time he returns to Mexico. About one million people on the Yucatan peninsula still speak this living dialect and there is even a local television news report given on a Merida TV station.
In 1997 John got a tattoo of a Mayan Glyph that represents his sign in the Mayan Zodiac.
When he started BuoyancyQuest, he wanted a symbol or logo that would reflect Mexico and represent the cave diving as well as the island of Cozumel. Since the tattoo wasn't going away it got utilized as our logo. A logo for a SCUBA website that has a special appreciation for Quintana Roo and The Yucatan ; the culture as well as the diving.
MUAN is the name of the deity that we adopted as our logo.

MUAN

This glyph is thought to represent an owl or young eagle. It was originally translated as; "see in the darkness". It is the sign of the invincibles, those who go beyond the surface. It indicates perseverance and even stubbornness.

photo by john noftall

John took this photo of Jeff Wiklund after
they returned from Xix Ha Tunich in 2003.

BuoyancyQuest offers optional cenote tours after the compleation of our workshops.

When we are not diving Cozumel or Riviera Maya we are exploring other: MEXICO Destinations

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