blue hole?

[Bombay High]

Beautiful !!

Edit - the photo . Not Mr. Wart

 

[Ste Wart]

Beautiful !!

Edit - the photo . Not Mr. Wart

I'll have you know my mom thinks I'm lovely :mooner:

 

[Hawkwood]

Some outfits take divers fresh from the OW class to the Blue Hole. I met a girl in Roatan who'd just done it. Scared the bejesus out of her, but they let her go.

Yup, the same thing with the Blue Hole in Belize. When we went out there were twelve of us on the boat. Our group of four were the most experienced. I was a newly minted DM with about 200 dives. The four of us declined to do the dive. We could not see the point of rocketing down to 140 feet and mucking around in the "dark" for a few minutes to see the stalactites, all just to say we did a dive in the "Blue Hole".

 

[CT Sean]

Now just a minute here. This looks like an atoll, not a cavern on the bottom of the sea with the roof caved in.My understanding of an atoll is that it started as an island surrounded by coral reefs. As the island sank into the ocean, the reefs continued to grow upward, keeping pace with the sinking of the island, until eventually all that was left is a ring-shaped coral reef.

Not sure if it technically qualifies as an atoll as well, but it that Blue hole is most definitely a former cave with the roof collapsed - resulting in a cavern at the bottom of the sea. If you watch videos of it on youtube you can see the cave formations inside.

 

[Ste Wart]

Yup. When we went out there were twelve of us on the boat. Our group of four were the most experienced. I was a newly minted DM with about 200 dives. The four of us declined to do the dive. We could not see the point of rocketing down to 140 feet and mucking around in the "dark" for a few minutes, all just to say we did a dive in the "Blue Hole".

It's a rite of passage to do the Dahab Blue hole Arch on a single 80.

That said the dive itself is beautiful, the coral wall from the Bells to the Blue Hole saddle is stunning.

 

[Bombay High]

It's a rite of passage to do the Dahab Blue hole Arch on a single 80.

.

Or a single breath


William Trubridge freedives THE ARCH at Blue Hole, Dahab - YouTube

 

[FPDocMatt]

Or a single breath


William Trubridge freedives THE ARCH at Blue Hole, Dahab - YouTube

A -- frigging -- mazing!

 

[Ste Wart]

Or a single breath


William Trubridge freedives THE ARCH at Blue Hole, Dahab - YouTube

Very cool.

Still doesn't excuse the Banana Hammock though!! :shocked2:

 

[BDSC]

I shot this quick video a few years ago at the Blue Hole in Belize with my first video rig. It's truly one of those "been there done that" dives. I think we were around 140 when we did the little swim around.


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[Doubler]

The reason the Blue Hole in Belize looks like an atoll is because Jacques Cousteau blew open two inlets so he could get the Calypso inside. Been there done that don't bother. Down, dark, sucky vis, cold, waste of good air.