The Great Blue Hole, Belize

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Diving the Great Blue Hole!

Down to 40m+... Into the deep!

The Great Blue Hole is one of the most iconic and legendary divespots in the world. It is unique and quite different from all the other dives I have done in that area. The Great Blue Hole does have the colourful maritime life as the divespots at Half moon caye and Turneffe Atoll. However diving the great blue hole is impressive. Going deep and into the deep blue. And it was the only place in belize where I saw Carribean Reef Sharks. I had two trips to the Great Blue Hole, on April 6th and 8th 2012. A good thing is worth doing it twice... Especially since the second dive after the great blue hole was Half Moon Caye Wall. Both dives there were magic.

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Photos

Wall of the Great Blue Hole, Apr 6th
Into the deep blue

Romina, my dive buddy, Apr 6th
Romina, who I met on Caye Caulker...

Diveguide
they did it very well, taking us down there, watching time, the depth and the divers very carefully

A gaggle of divers
A gaggle of divers

Swimming out
Swimming out of the wall with stalagtites after just a few precious minutes down there

Stalagtites
The stalagtites are down at 40m, maybe a bit deeper...

Wonderful stalagtite
Wonderful stalagtite at 40m, and the flash brings out the colors!

Coral against the sun
Taken maybe from 35m deep

Romina
During the decostop

Romina
During the decostop

A look into the stalagtites
A look into the stalagtites at 40m in the blue hole

Two sharks
Two carribean reef sharks down

Carribean reef shark
A bit below us and swimming away

Carribean reef shark
Beautiful reef shark.
Seconds later both sharks flew off. They didnt like my torch.

great colours
great colours of a stalagtite in the flashlight

sand falling down
a small stream of sand falling down the wall

A slipper lobster
I have never seen one of these guys before