This is a question that is asked again and again to dive into the boards and the many responses received to the Internet, is somewhat misleading, depending on the experience of diving responses.
This article was written to provide an impartial source of the Blue Hole made based on the reaction of hundreds of divers to dive that I had the opportunity to speak.
When I was a dive operator in Belize for many years and loveBelize, the country that some readers will, of course, a way I can support the Blue Hole in positive, but the truth is, I think personally, 90% of divers, diving is a great great experience and a great addition to divers.
The Great Blue Hole of Belize is about 460ft and 1000ft deep and forms a nearly perfect circle. It 'been a favorite fishing ground for fishermen for hundreds of years Belize in 1970 and presented to the publicJacque Cousteau, the Calypso on his boat, which combines the Blue Hole for the first time its wonders and raised in a television documentary.
The Blue Hole, Belize is unique in many ways, one is that the only "Blue Hole" in the world, which can be seen with the naked eye from space.
It 's a fact that thousands of years, the Blue Hole, a cave was above sea level, we know the reason, why can not and stalactite stalamites form under water, and to growthe constant drip drip seen that happen, and many stalactites in caves surface systems may be today.
If we consider that it takes 100 years for stalactites just one centimeter, its spectacular views, a 40ft stalactites that have literally thousands of years to see, reach the size they grow.
The stalactites are present in the Blue Hole at 100ft, hanging from the ceiling some more than 40ft long suspended.
The Blue Hole and the surrounding areawas named World Heritage by the uniqueness and is another of the many protected areas in Belize. (Did you know that almost one third of the country, Belize is designated as protected areas)
A lot of people do not notice but there are only two points submerged in the Blue Hole, north side, the popular site for larger boats is due to relatively easy access to these pages, and then comes the south side, which Usually only smaller boats can be dueDirection and that should be the size of the pigeon hole of the wind itself.
Everyone has only about 300ft or so of hanging stalactites, after this is just a flat wall of basically nothing. The dive site just north of the stalactites (the ones that hang from) nothing but the abyss below you, on the south side has both stalactites and stalagmites, which has some that can be found at about 145ft where there is a small protruding stalagmites, this isThe page you are meeting more people living Shark.
In many message board posts you've read that many divers to see some sharks while to see all the other divers and there is a simple explanation for this.
I dove the Blue Hole for more than 12 years, whereas today the Blue Hole is a large population of Caribbean reef sharks are sharks or depend on how you dive the Blue Hole and to which it is immersed, if you see the residentno.
Many years ago before this huge population has become almost common, we occasionally sharks in the Blue Hole, but always on the south side, and almost never when we dove north side, which was 99% of the time because, as mentioned before, size of the boat we were .. only allows us to dive when the south winds were favorable
So why do some shark divers and not others? heres the scoop
Almost all the boats, the Blue Hole diveFrom San Pedro to see sharks on many occasions, and the reason for this is that they get the blue hole first, before the attackers and other large boats, hotels etc that are in the area. (Note here that their usually experienced diver, diving cruises normally reserve and stay in this remote atoll resort, because there the best diving in Belize can be found in the rule)
When the first dive at Blue Hole offers them a better the first group to dive the Blue Hole visibility since it is the best fish, the reason is, as we descend the causes of the increasing move as mud bubbles and dissolves the sludge to be reduced visibility. (In these days because of the large number of boats and divers, visibility is almost always limited compared to other fantastic diving at Lighthouse Reef)
If you consider that San Pedro sends many boats a day on the Blue Hole can understand why people> Dive in the morning on the pretext (Lets boats are waiting later to leave the San Pedro, so that their less busy) a dive site, the divers had spent the first 50 is likely to have the opportunity, the immersions.
E 'in a position of distinct disadvantage to the quality of the dive, particularly in the field of vision for 40-50 divers, and there bubbles cases, reducing visibility to 50% in some, in addition there are sharks.
Sharks areSometimes you will follow during the dive, however, are mainly used at the end of the dive for you so an extended safety stop of 10 minutes or during the waiting period and from that moment on the sand 15ft Sims is up to you and hosts sang up to 30 Caribbean reef sharks. (No guarantee)
The Sharks have brought to the surface water for the agitation of sardines will come to the surface from the depths of the Blue Hole and give the diver theopportunity to see these magnificent creatures during the safety stop.
The Dive Safari does not come out in water or local stations, and having sharks, is not likely to see a 90% off, so you can clearly see that the majority of divers who dive the Blue Hole from a vacation Atoll dive or resort is a much smaller dip these reasons.
Baiting is not now allowed some operators still do, to try and SharksDepth
Furthermore, it is usually the experienced divers who are usually very dip that on these cruises, as such offers them the best diving in Belize and that is absolutely right runs with the exception of the Blue Hole dive is currently Based how to dive.
Over the years, a repeated request is published on the various forums of divers is the Blue Hole diving Worth? And you will see the sameAnswers over and over again not to upset its a waste of time, his pay great diving and everything else.
Why is there such a difference in peoples opinions, my answer is that most of the usual on message boards, that is, those in at least once a week, etc. Normally they are very active divers, and are very experienced and have the opportunity to appear several places in the world and get free advice for others.
However, this canwrong done to a relatively new diver takes account of that message to one and the question arises, is the Blue Hole dive is worth?
Most of the responses I've seen boards are negative if this question, especially, I think, because its highly experienced divers, that perhaps the 1000 dives behind, and when the Dove the Blue Hole was probably from a diving safari group of other divers had dove and his experience of the world was less thanimpressed with the Blue Hole, he does his experience is one of these relatively new diver has only dove Cozumel Since certification and has 20 dives behind, he thinks, of course, this experienced diver knows exactly what he so chose not to talk about diving the Blue Hole, because what he said.
In this relatively new sub arrives in Belize and is asked, you dive the Blue Hole, I get the answer Ohh no, I heard its not as good then I askIndicating that, and I receive a reply from me to read on a table, or my friend came to Belize and he told me, ask, did the Blue Hole dive, while he was here then? I received a reply Oh no, but he felt it was worth it not seem so when he was in Belize. I heard this from time to time to time.
I then explain the Blue Hole trip, and hopefully, I had some guests who can not return home and then I have to say thatselling them is a trip for me, but if I did not dive then I tell them home for the trip and encourage them to go and add a rule that if I do not think it was worth it I will not refund money was needless to say At this point, I never returned the money anyones are usually very grateful that I talked about it and let us make your opinion and I'm glad the cycle Oh no, I felt it was not worth the pause mode.
Why am I doing this if Imore money they take home? The reason for this is that I am I to say the first), Belize has very different areas of diving, and each is unique, it has to offer, based on what the research is specifically for a dif- vacation (which is another visit to Belize articles will follow shortly, as a positive sub diving in Belize and what can I do to increase the return to Belize to enjoy it then I will do dive. The Blue Hole is a ' Immersion onlythat, if properly register divers dove can be a great addition to any less impressive, this diver with thousands of dives under the carpet, there are the other 95% of the sub to dive and really like to see how a different positive pleasant dive.
So next time you see a question posted on a message board question of the "Blue Hole" to ask sensitive experince of the diver, if you answer. Divers who have had the good fortune to have the whole tripWorld, with thousands of dives under his belt, will the differences are less a thrill, however, the average diving Lighthouse Reef and The Great Blue Hole of Belize, the ability to sense the mysterious sharks, and pure, it will be playground for them to give them the opportunity to do there own opinions.
Dive Safe
Gaz Cooper
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