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Scuba Forum / General / January 2006Belize in March 2006
We are planning to dive out of of Belize City the week of March 20, 2006. Plan to stay in a local hotel. Can anyone recommend local dive services that you have had good experience with for 3 days of diving? thanks David S > We are planning to dive out of of Belize City the week of March 20, > 2006. Plan to stay in a local hotel. Can anyone recommend local dive > services that you have had good experience with for 3 days of diving? Why would you want to do your diving out of Belize City? Why not go over to one of the Cayes? >> We are planning to dive out of of Belize City the week of March 20, >> 2006. Plan to stay in a local hotel. Can anyone recommend local [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Why would you want to do your diving out of Belize City? Why not go > over to one of the Cayes? Exactly right. The diving by Belize City/San Pedro is medicore at best. You need to go south to the Cayes for the good stuff. The Blue Hole is worth 1 fun dive too. > >> We are planning to dive out of of Belize City the week of March 20, > >> 2006. Plan to stay in a local hotel. Can anyone recommend local [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Exactly right. The diving by Belize City/San Pedro is medicore at best. Well, that's not exactly what I meant. The ease of access to the dives is superior out of San Pedro. Belize City is not a great place to stay either. >You > need to go south to the Cayes for the good stuff. I think you mean the Atolls. I was talking the Cayes of Ambergris Caye and/or Caye Caulker. >The Blue Hole is worth 1 > fun dive too. At least one. I've done it 6 times and could do it 6 more. The 2 followup dives are fabulous too. >>The Blue Hole is worth 1 >> fun dive too. > >At least one. I've done it 6 times and could do it 6 more. The 2 followup >dives are fabulous too. How "advanced" is the Blue Hole? If my dive books are correct (and my understanding of them), the entrance is at 130ft and the bell below the entrance goes to 400+ ft. How do people normally dive it? Do you only go down just to the entrance or can you go down into the bell? It looks spectacular from the photos I've seen of it, but I would think it pushes the limits of recreational diving, no? Thanks. ____________________________________________ Regards, Arnold >>>The Blue Hole is worth 1 >>> fun dive too. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >Arnold Mag, don't let em fool ya, deeper is only better for your wife or girl friend. Stay in the 45 to 60 FSW for 10 or 20 dives and then explore deep and dark. The dive starts at about 40 feet and goes to 130. I think my computer read 140 or maybe 145 when I got back on the boat. > The dive starts at about 40 feet and goes to 130. I think my computer > read 140 or maybe 145 when I got back on the boat. You don't know how deep you were until you were back on the boat? > > The dive starts at about 40 feet and goes to 130. I think my computer > > read 140 or maybe 145 when I got back on the boat. > > You don't know how deep you were until you were back on the boat? He was narced and couldn't read his guages. > The dive starts at about 40 feet and goes to 130. I think my computer > read 140 or maybe 145 when I got back on the boat. Hey, the dive starts as soon as your head's beneath the surface of the water. ;^) The dropoff to the wall of the Hole is at around 40'. "mag3" <zmpmag3-plongee@yahoo.com> wrote in message <snip> but I would think it pushes > the limits of recreational diving, no? Limits! There are limits? Says who? Capt. Bill > >>The Blue Hole is worth 1 > >> fun dive too. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > How "advanced" is the Blue Hole? If my dive books are correct (and my understanding > of them), the entrance is at 130ft and the bell below the entrance goes to 400+ ft. The wall of the Hole drops straight down until about 110' where the wall cuts back into an overhand and there are found the ancient stalactites. It is generally intended that the divers will arrest their descent no deeper than 130'. The dive plan then has the divers winding amongst the stalactites and/or swimming along under the overhang. All too soon the slow ascent that gradually circles back up the wall begins. Yes, the Hole is believed to be around 480' deep and does lead into a series of caves. For obvious reasons, it has not been fully explored. > How do people normally dive it? Do you only go down just to the entrance or can you > go down into the bell? See above. > It looks spectacular from the photos I've seen of it, but I would think it pushes > the limits of recreational diving, no? I find it spectacular. >The wall of the Hole drops straight down until about 110' where the wall >cuts back into an overhand and there are found the ancient stalactites. Ah, OK. At what depth does the wall begin? > It >is generally intended that the divers will arrest their descent no deeper >than 130'. The dive plan then has the divers winding amongst the >stalactites and/or swimming along under the overhang. All too soon the slow >ascent that gradually circles back up the wall begins. Would you consider this dive be a viable Nitrox candidate to extend no-deco limits and therefore, bottom time? Perhaps at EANx32? Thanks much. ____________________________________________ Regards, Arnold >>The wall of the Hole drops straight down until about 110' where the wall >>cuts back into an overhand and there are found the ancient stalactites. > >Ah, OK. At what depth does the wall begin? OOPS, nevermind, I see it starts at 40' from your earlier posts (and Dr. Yak). >> It >>is generally intended that the divers will arrest their descent no deeper [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Would you consider this dive be a viable Nitrox candidate to extend no-deco limits and therefore, >bottom time? Perhaps at EANx32? Perhaps not actually as @ 130' 5 atm * .32 = 1.6 P02 - the absoulte max for rec. diving. Oh well. ____________________________________________ Regards, Arnold > Would you consider this dive be a viable Nitrox candidate to extend > no-deco limits and therefore, bottom time? Absolutely. This is a deep dive, not for beginners at all. The main part of the dive is in the 130' range. >>Would you consider this dive be a viable Nitrox candidate to extend >>no-deco limits and therefore, bottom time? > > Absolutely. This is a deep dive, not for beginners at all. The main part of > the dive is in the 130' range. Nitrox at 130' and deeper??? >>>Would you consider this dive be a viable Nitrox candidate to extend >>>no-deco limits and therefore, bottom time? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> >Nitrox at 130' and deeper??? It wouldn't be what I would want to bearth > > Would you consider this dive be a viable Nitrox candidate to extend > > no-deco limits and therefore, bottom time? > > Absolutely. Uh, Schmoe . . .would you care to rephrase? >This is a deep dive, not for beginners at all. The main part of > the dive is in the 130' range. > Well, that's not exactly what I meant. The ease of access to the > dives is superior out of San Pedro. Belize City is not a great place > to stay either. Schmoe wrote: >> You need to go south to the Cayes for the good stuff. Chilly wrote: > I think you mean the Atolls. I was talking the Cayes of Ambergris > Caye and/or Caye Caulker. The diving off Ambergris is very mediocre. San Pedro is a real cute place to hangout and relax but I would never dive from there again. Correct, the Atolls are the place to dive & stay. >> The Blue Hole is worth 1 >> fun dive too. > > At least one. I've done it 6 times and could do it 6 more. The 2 > followup dives are fabulous too. Yep, very cool though the depth catches up to ya quick. I recall looking at my gauge at 120, glancing up for a sec, looked back down to see 140. Oops, think I'll drift back up a bit. <g> Great silky sharks though and just a real neat dive. > We are planning to dive out of of Belize City the week of March 20, > 2006. Plan to stay in a local hotel. Can anyone recommend local dive [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > David S Yeah, get out of the city and on to the atolls for some real diving. Capt. Bill > > We are planning to dive out of of Belize City the week of March 20, > > 2006. Plan to stay in a local hotel. Can anyone recommend local dive [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Yeah, get out of the city and on to the atolls for some real diving. Even if they don't make it out to the Atolls, they shouldn't be basing their stay at Belize City. I don't understand that. >> > We are planning to dive out of of Belize City the week of March 20, >> > 2006. Plan to stay in a local hotel. Can anyone recommend local dive [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > their > stay at Belize City. I don't understand that. Maybe they like squalor? :-) Capt. Bill >Maybe they like squalor? :-) > > Capt. Bill That's what I was thinkin. That third world hell-hole experience. When they go to Roatan, they can stay in downtown Coxen Hole. <G> > >Maybe they like squalor? :-) > > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > That third world hell-hole experience. > When they go to Roatan, they can stay in downtown Coxen Hole. <G> LOL, actually Belize City is a few steps up from Coxen Hole. > > >Maybe they like squalor? :-) > > > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > LOL, actually Belize City is a few steps up from Coxen Hole. About a half an inch off Gregs nutsack? >> > >Maybe they like squalor? :-) >> > > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > About a half an inch off Gregs nutsack? Why are you thinking about my nutsack? >>Maybe they like squalor? :-) >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > That third world hell-hole experience. > When they go to Roatan, they can stay in downtown Coxen Hole. <G> I will admit to having a fair amount of fun in and around Belize City back in the day. Missed the Coxen Hole on Roatan thought. Enlighten please? Capt. Bill |
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