campodw
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My family and I are going to Belize in a few days; my 11-year old daughter and I are going to do some scuba diving. I'm Rescue Dive certified and she's Junior Open Water. Here's my concern/warning: I've been in contact with a dive company down there, and I asked about diving the Blue Hole. I figured we could dive to my daughter's limits, and even though that's not very deep at least she could say she dove the Blue Hole. Unfortunately, we were told that the dive is 130 ft. and that everyone is required to dive to that depth to stay with the DMs. At this point, I told my daughter that we would have to give up on the idea of a Blue Hole dive because of her depth limitations. Here's where it gets really, really scary: the dive company wrote back to my saying that my daughter could, in fact, dive the Blue Hole. Unless I misunderstood, I think this means that they're encouraging me to allow her to dive to depths way beyond her training and capability. To all you newly certified divers out there - don't blindly accept what any dive company tells you about what is safe and what's not. If you just assume that they have your best interest at heart, you could be placing yourself and your loved ones in imminent danger.