Yes; it’s the Blue Hole.
Have you ever been to Dahab? Have you ever heard about the most attractive and treasured diving destination in the world?!
Yes; it’s the Blue Hole.
Yes; it’s the Blue Hole.
Blue Hole is a diving location on east Sinai, a few kilometers north of Dahab, Egypt on the coast of the Red Sea, inhabited by Bedouin tribes’ people.
So, are you ready to dive the Blue Hole? If you are hungry for adventure and want do dive somewhere where you can really use your dive skills, you’ll be interested in experience the famous Blue Hole which is known in diver circles as “the Diver's Cemetery”. Of course, there are dive sites where things can get more challenging, and where divers go to, to seek out adventure.
So, are you ready to dive the Blue Hole? If you are hungry for adventure and want do dive somewhere where you can really use your dive skills, you’ll be interested in experience the famous Blue Hole which is known in diver circles as “the Diver's Cemetery”. Of course, there are dive sites where things can get more challenging, and where divers go to, to seek out adventure.
When you dive the Blue Hole in Dahab, you have taken on one of the most challenging environments in diving and you will experience something truly remarkable as its depth is more than 100 meter!!!
This is why so many divers brave the 80 meter wide hole, despite the fact that over 130 divers have lost their lives there in recent years.
This is why so many divers brave the 80 meter wide hole, despite the fact that over 130 divers have lost their lives there in recent years.
The reasons why this site is the most dangerous in the world are not clearly understood, with differing explanations given for its high death rate. There is a local legend that the Blue Hole is cursed by the ghost of a girl who drowned herself there to escape from an arranged marriage!!! , but the logical explanation is that accidents happened as divers tried to find the tunnel through the reef (known as "The Arch") connecting the Blue Hole and open water at about 52 meter depth. This is beyond most recreational diving limits and the effect of nitrogen narcosis is significant at this depth. Divers who missed the tunnel sometimes continued descending, hoping to find the tunnel farther down; furthermore, the rate of consumption of air by an open-circuit diver increases the deeper the diver descends.
As a result of its death rate, Egyptian authorities only allow access to the site to qualified divers who dive alongside certified diving instructors. So if you’re not a qualified diver you can enjoy swimming and snorkeling there.
written by : Randa Yasser
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