Belize 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

chilly wrote:
> <Netpilgrim@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> 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?


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.

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 15:35:33 GMT, "chilly" <slarson@shaw.canada> wrote:



>>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

On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 00:38:27 GMT, mag3 <zmpmag3-plongee@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 15:35:33 GMT, "chilly" <slarson@shaw.canada> wrote:
>
>
>
>>>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
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.

"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

"Dr Yak" <Dr.Yak@NoSpam.Com> wrote in message
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> 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?

"Dr Yak" <Dr.Yak@NoSpam.Com> wrote in message
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> 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'.

Schmoe wrote:
> mag3 wrote:
>
>>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???

On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 10:42:15 -0600, Joe English
<Joe@EnglishsBarDot.com> wrote:

>
>
> Schmoe wrote:
>> mag3 wrote:
>>
>>>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???
It wouldn't be what I would want to bearth