Diving the El Bells & Blue Hole (Red Sea)
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Some newly minted DM's like to do it as a rite of passage. Through the arch at 55m on a Single Ali 11 (80cuft).
Some tech divers don't realise where the arch actually is and go deeper searching for it. Hint: from the walkway head to the left hand side, not the right!
One instructor started picking up weight belts at the bottom and couldn't make it back to the surface.
As a tech dive it is a really easy dive. Anyone who's had decent ​tech training shouldn't have any problem diving the arch.
Amazing video, thanks! I especially liked the color changing squid after two minutes.
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What's the buzz about doing it with a single Ali 11? Sorry for the ignorance but I've not been diving long and I don't see the point of putting yourself in danger. If you want to dive it why not do it with the right gas or a bigger cylinder or two?
Again why would you pick up a load of extra lead at 90m or what ever, sounds like suicicde does it not?
Who knows?
Do it properly and a good mix will you over £100, an ali 80 will run you about £5, you can see why people run the risk.
As for the weight belt thing. No idea, that was the story I got told when I lived there. Whatever actually happened the guy never came back from the dive.
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Do it properly and a good mix will you over £100, an ali 80 will run you about £5, you can see why people run the risk.
As for the weight belt thing. No idea, that was the story I got told when I lived there. Whatever actually happened the guy never came back from the dive.
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