One Day Trips on the Blue Hole Express
"The "Blue Hole Express" is our 38ft. fast boat for day excursions to
the Belize Atolls. Her most popular trip is the day trip to The Great Blue
Hole, Southern Lighthouse Reef and Turneffe Islands. The Blue Hole is the
first dive of the day, and at 130ft. it's a dive right to the edge of
recreational dive limits. We don't do a decompression dive here; everything
is strictly no-decompression. After the atmospheric broodiness of the Blue
Hole (brilliant!) we do two first-class wall dives, one at Southern Lighthouse
Reef and the other at Turneffe's NorthWest wall. If you don't like the diving
on this trip, SELL YOUR GEAR. If we can't please you, no-one can!
About the dives you'll
do:
1. The Great Blue Hole
is located in the center of Lighthouse Reef Atoll. It's
1000ft. across and about 480ft. depp. Here at the Blue Hole Dive Center we've
worked out that the Blue Hole has the same volume as 3 New Orleans Superdomes!!
We worked this out while drinking beer, so we could be half a stadium out
or so. Nevertheless, we can accurately say that it is BIG. For millions of
years The Blue Hole was a dry cave and for this period huge stalactites and
stalagmites slowly formed. When the last ice age ended, sea levels rose about
350ft., flooding the cave. At the same time the ceiling collapsed leaving
the hole you see today. When diving the Blue Hole we swim under what is left
of the old ceiling to view the remaining stalactites and stalagmites. It's
an amazing journey back into geologic history, quite different from any other
dive you'll ever do!
2. Long Caye Wall
is located at the Southern end of Lighthouse Reef. The
wall starts at 25ft. and drops off sheer to 2000ft. However, you'll be relieved
to learn that the best diving there is between 20 and 60ft. For the colour
and sheer variety of its marine life, this diving is unsurpassed in the
Caribbean.
3. Turneffe Islands NorthWest Wall
starts at 35ft. and slopes off to 120ft. Again, the
maximum depth of this dive is just 60ft. Mammoth barrel sponges and huges
growths of colourful corals and other sponge species abound here along with
plenty of mobile marine life (fish!). A great way to end the best day of
diving in Belize!
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