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Are there sharks in the Blue Hole Dahab?
Whale sharks, hammerhead sharks, eagle rays and sailfish have all been seen on the outer reef, so you never know your luck!
How deep do divers go in the Blue Hole?
Open water divers go to 70ft on the first dive which is the Blue Hole. Experience Level: Blue Hole Dive Site: Open Water Divers go to 70ft. Divers with advanced certification go to 130ft. We recommend diving with us for a day before diving the Blue Hole.
How many people have died in the Blue Hole Dahab?
Famous for freediving for its easy access directly from the shore and the lack of current, the Blue Hole is known to have the highest diving fatalities in the world with an estimated death of 130 to 200 divers from recent years.
Why are bodies left in bluehole?
The Story behind Diver’s Cemetery at the Blue Hole Family and friends of the divers who have lost their lives at the blue hole have left plaques in the rocks nearby the site to honor the death of their loved ones. The area now is considered a divers cemetery for those whose bodies were not found after their death.
How many divers died in Dahab?
150 divers
It is said that over 150 divers have lost their lives in Dahab’s Blue Hole – often considered the most dangerous diving site in the world – in the last 10 years, earning the submarine sinkhole the ominous moniker ‘Divers’ Cemetery’.
What’s at the bottom of Great Blue Hole?
The culprit was a thick layer of toxic hydrogen sulfide spanning the width of the entire sinkhole like a floating blanket. Erika Bergman: Underneath that there’s no oxygen, no life, and down there we found conchs and conch shells and hermit crabs that had fallen into the hole and suffocated, really.
Whats at the bottom of the Blue Hole?
Why dont they recover bodies from the Blue Hole?
No marine life gets through this toxic layer. “Anything that fell into the hole decomposed until that process used up all of the oxygen below 290 feet,” Bergman explained, adding that there is no oxygen below the layer, so any living thing becomes preserved.