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| Dean's Blue Hole Classic picture from the rim |
Dean's Blue Hole is the deepest inland blue hole in the world. Professional free divers dive for world records here from the platform that is anchored in 663 feet. We talked to a diver who free dove 125 feet and could see the surface. World records are up to 300 feet! Its risky and there is a memorial to some of the divers. On July 30, 2008 3 women divers died. One got in trouble and in assisting, all three died. Apparently, on ascent oxygen deprivation causes divers to black out, and that is the main risk.
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| Sunrise over Salt Pond on the Atlantic Ocean side. |
Second day of our rental car we arose before dawn and drove to the Atlantic side of Salt Pond to watch the sunrise. What a great way to start our day!
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| White sandy shore of Dean's Blue Hole. The pale blue water quickly turns deep blue. |
We got to the blue hole about 9 am and we were the only ones there! It was quite a ride down on a sandy road. When we saw the memorials we felt the dark side of something natural and beautiful.
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| Memorials to lost divers at the entrance to the blue hole. |
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| Midlevel trail around the blue hole |
The rim trail at the top of the blue hole.
D is on the right side top.
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