Hole in the Wall

[scubanatic]

Looking for any information on diving Hole in the Wall in the Jupiter area. Anyone having experience stories on this dive, I would like to hear about it. We are planning a trip on Dec 19th.

 

[bobert]

The only "hole in the wall " I know of is at Molasses Reef in Key Largo. Sorry.

 

[scubanatic]

OK Thanks...There is a hole in the reef somewhere around jupiter Florida. Where Goliath Groupers and large bugs hang out. Should be a fun dive!

 

[bobert]

Sounds good, I am curious about any other replys.

 

[pdoege]

I've put some links down below.

Max depth looks to be 140'.

Hey Scubanatic, are you/we planning on using Jupiter Dive Charters?


http://www.runawaylobster.com/Gallery/Holeinthewall-Dec01/Holeinthewall_dec01.htm

http://www.divertom.net/hole_in_the_wall.htm

http://www.sfdj.com/dive/deep.html

Peter

 

[pdoege]

Looks like we can fit in about 30 minutes of bottom time and still keep the dive to one hour.

V-Planner 3.31 by R. Hemingway, VPM code by Erik C. Baker.

Decompression model: VPM-B

DIVE PLAN
Surface interval = 1 day 0 hr 0 min.
Elevation = 0ft
Conservatism = + 4

Dec to 140ft (2) on Nitrox 30.0, 50ft/min descent.
Level 140ft 27:12 (30) on Nitrox 30.0, 1.54 ppO2, 120ft ead
Asc to 60ft (32) on Nitrox 30.0, -30ft/min ascent.
Stop at 60ft 0:20 (33) on Nitrox 30.0, 0.83 ppO2, 49ft ead
Stop at 50ft 2:00 (35) on Nitrox 30.0, 0.74 ppO2, 40ft ead
Stop at 40ft 3:00 (38) on Nitrox 30.0, 0.65 ppO2, 32ft ead
Stop at 30ft 3:00 (41) on Nitrox 80.0, 1.51 ppO2, 0ft ead
Stop at 20ft 5:00 (46) on Nitrox 80.0, 1.27 ppO2, 0ft ead
Stop at 10ft 8:00 (54) on Nitrox 80.0, 1.04 ppO2, 0ft ead
Asc to sfc. (54) on Nitrox 80.0, -30ft/min ascent.

Off gassing starts at 85.4ft

OTU's this dive: 80
CNS Total: 38.0%

152.1 cu ft Nitrox 30.0
16.7 cu ft Nitrox 80.0
168.8 cu ft TOTAL


DIVE PLAN COMPLETE

 

[USAF Diver]

I have wanted to do that dive for a while now. Most of the charters in Jupiter go out there on Friday mornings. One of these days I want to take a friday off and dive it.

Anyway the site is called "the hole in the wall" or "the cave"

Here are a couple of descriptions and dive reports

http://www.irishmansoftware.com/jul0799a.htm

http://www.geocities.com/floridabeachdiving/stuartjupiteroffshore.html


Matt

 

[pdoege]

My previous posting was at +4 conservatism. This gets me out of the water 7 minutes faster.

I will probably actually want to spend the extra time hanging out and looking around....

V-Planner 3.31 by R. Hemingway, VPM code by Erik C. Baker.

Decompression model: VPM-B

DIVE PLAN
Surface interval = 1 day 0 hr 0 min.
Elevation = 0ft
Conservatism = Nominal

Dec to 140ft (2) on Nitrox 30.0, 50ft/min descent.
Level 140ft 27:12 (30) on Nitrox 30.0, 1.54 ppO2, 120ft ead
Asc to 50ft (33) on Nitrox 30.0, -30ft/min ascent.
Stop at 40ft 2:00 (35) on Nitrox 30.0, 0.65 ppO2, 32ft ead
Stop at 30ft 3:00 (38) on Nitrox 80.0, 1.51 ppO2, 0ft ead
Stop at 20ft 3:00 (41) on Nitrox 80.0, 1.27 ppO2, 0ft ead
Stop at 10ft 6:00 (47) on Nitrox 80.0, 1.04 ppO2, 0ft ead
Asc to sfc. (47) on Nitrox 80.0, -30ft/min ascent.

Off gassing starts at 85.4ft

OTU's this dive: 73
CNS Total: 35.7%

147.1 cu ft Nitrox 30.0
12.6 cu ft Nitrox 80.0
159.7 cu ft TOTAL


DIVE PLAN COMPLETE

 

[MikeJacobs]

USAF Diver once bubbled... I have wanted to do that dive for a while now. Most of the charters in Jupiter go out there on Friday mornings. One of these days I want to take a friday off and dive it.

No time like the present. Anybody know the show-time?

 

[Genesis]

You might want to think about doing that dive on 27% instead; I'm happier with the PO2 with that profile.....

Try this on for size...

V-Planner 3.30 by R. Hemingway, VPM code by Erik C. Baker.

Decompression model: VPM-B

DIVE PLAN
Surface interval = 2 day 0 hr 0 min.
Elevation = 0ft
Conservatism = + 2

Dec to 140ft (2) on Nitrox 27.0, 50ft/min descent.
Level 140ft 27:12 (30) on Nitrox 27.0, 1.41 ppO2, 127ft ead
Asc to 100ft (31) on Nitrox 27.0, -30ft/min ascent.
Asc to 70ft (32) on Nitrox 27.0, -30ft/min ascent.
Stop at 70ft 1:40 (34) on Nitrox 50.0, 1.56 ppO2, 32ft ead
Stop at 50ft 0:40 (35) on Nitrox 50.0, 1.26 ppO2, 20ft ead
Stop at 40ft 3:00 (38) on Nitrox 50.0, 1.10 ppO2, 13ft ead
Stop at 30ft 4:00 (42) on Nitrox 50.0, 0.95 ppO2, 7ft ead
Stop at 20ft 19:00 (61) on Nitrox 50.0, 0.80 ppO2, 1ft ead
Asc to sfc. (61) on Nitrox 50.0, -30ft/min ascent.

Off gassing starts at 91.3ft

OTU's this dive: 75
CNS Total: 29.2%

112.6 cu ft Nitrox 27.0
32.7 cu ft Nitrox 50.0
145.3 cu ft TOTAL

(I set last stop to 20', as holding a 10' stop in a 3-4' sea is a real pain in the butt. 20' is much easier.)

If you prefer 80/20, then try this on for size:

V-Planner 3.30 by R. Hemingway, VPM code by Erik C. Baker.

Decompression model: VPM-B

DIVE PLAN
Surface interval = 2 day 0 hr 0 min.
Elevation = 0ft
Conservatism = + 2

Dec to 140ft (2) on Nitrox 27.0, 50ft/min descent.
Level 140ft 27:12 (30) on Nitrox 27.0, 1.41 ppO2, 127ft ead
Asc to 100ft (31) on Nitrox 27.0, -30ft/min ascent.
Asc to 60ft (32) on Nitrox 27.0, -30ft/min ascent.
Stop at 60ft 0:20 (33) on Nitrox 27.0, 0.76 ppO2, 53ft ead
Stop at 50ft 3:00 (36) on Nitrox 27.0, 0.68 ppO2, 44ft ead
Stop at 40ft 3:00 (39) on Nitrox 27.0, 0.60 ppO2, 34ft ead
Stop at 30ft 3:00 (42) on Nitrox 80.0, 1.53 ppO2, 0ft ead
Stop at 20ft 13:00 (55) on Nitrox 80.0, 1.28 ppO2, 0ft ead
Asc to sfc. (55) on Nitrox 80.0, -30ft/min ascent.

Off gassing starts at 91.3ft

OTU's this dive: 77
CNS Total: 30.8%

122.9 cu ft Nitrox 27.0
16.1 cu ft Nitrox 80.0
139 cu ft TOTAL

For the extra six minutes I'd probably take the 50/50; if something goes wrong and I have to get out early, I will have gotten some benefit of the enriched deco gas. This is, however, pushing the amount of deco gas available in a 40; you do need to be able to deco out on remaining backgas if something goes wrong. That's a fairly long hang if you lose the deco gas though (close to a 90 minute total runtime.)

Of course if I want to do TWO dives then I might take the 80/20 instead...