Blue Hole: What's On The Bottom?
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- Опубліковано 12 гру 2011
- When we dive at the Blue Hole in Santa Rosa, New Mexico, the most common question that non-divers ask is, "What's on the bottom?" We decided to answer the question when I tried out my new camera and underwater housing for the first time.
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Thank you! So brave of u scuba divers. To share with ppl who will never get to c it.
i love this video! i cant get enough of the diving recently.it facinates me and the people who do this are amazing i think! i watch the pros and the cons but this video is by far the best one yet! x
Gorgeous water and I really like the compilation of music. I also like all of the treasures.
Thank you!
this is one very very clear video mate good job
Many years ago two brand new divers decided to go into the underground cave system that feeds the Blue Hole. They both died. As a consequence, a grate was put over the hole so that no one else could repeat that mistake. Someone else put the grave marker there as a reminder to any who might think about tampering with it.
Would have been nice to see the cave system
@@joseph7560 More recently a team of professional cave divers attempted to enter and map the cave system. One of the two divers died. The surviving diver had to re-enter the cave the next day to retrieve his friend’s body. He said that the caves are the most dangerous he has ever seen, and that no one should ever enter them again.
@@vesler Is that the grate with the tombstone in front of it in the video? I was trying to find more information / any photos of it after I heard about this on Mr Ballen's youtube channel.
@@MikeyD64 That is the old grate. It was removed more recently when a team of highly trained cave divers attempted to map the cave system. One of the technical divers died, and the surviving team leader said that this was the most dangerous cave system he had ever seen. After he retrieved his buddy's body, they placed a new grate over the hole so that no one can enter the cave system again.
Yes, they did. It is always interesting to see what will show up down there. I have even seen a guitar!
Cool! I always wondered if that was just an artist's conception or a real person! Glad you enjoyed the video.
Awesome footage! Your camera is amazing! I have lived in SR all my life and have never seen the bottom of Blue Hole. Thank You!
I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing the Blue Hole with us!
The bottom is always changing, both due to rock slides and also because people take and leave the artifacts you see in there. The rock slides seem to have gotten worse since more and more people started jumping off the cliff into the water.
Keith! Its Steve(Greg and Doug's friend in Texas! Remember me?! I was just looking for a video of the blue hole and I saw your comment. Been a long time and I hear I'll be taking you and about 17 other members of the Ross family out fishing for some sharks soon! I got y'all 3 boats booked, were gonna catch some fish, & it'll be a good time! Looking forward to it. P.S.. the blue hole is awesome. But freezing cold!
That was pretty cool -- thanks for sharing!
I've done at least a 100+ dives at Blue Hole. Just a nice place to go over the winter in NM to get some bottom time. It's been a while now though. Love the mom and pop diner as well as the local motel.
vance- i myself could never do anything like this but i admire people who do it i have watched numerous videos recently about tragedies etc..it still facinates me to a point i want to understand it more..i read comments from people that clearly dont know anything about this, like myself of course but are quick to judge when they know absolutely nothing..and that has made me want to know more ....sooo fascinating!
Wow. Im a local and that water is pretty cold during the summer but during the fall and winter it gets soooo much colder. Kudos to you guys!
It isn't cold until you're on an Ocean Kayak hull molded to carry SCUBA.
Breaking Salish Sea ice with your paddle blade. Going out toward the
San Juan Islands from the USA mainland. These days I'm using my
Whitehall skiff pulled by Liquid Force Products. To see how that is
done refer to UA-cam video, KITE TENDER.
you guys look really good divers and very good video presentation also...I decided to watch cause you looked pro in the water. regards
Loved the music in this! Very nice job with the video! :)
Very nice. I dove there for my college SCUBA class in the late 80s. Great fun.
I bet it has changed since the 80s. I hear that the hole where the water comes in was more in the center whereas it is on the south side now. Often I notice shifted rock and underwater slides when I dive there. Interesting, though, I have never seen it occur. (Hope I don't. Wouldn't want to be below it if rocks started moving...)
Nice job Vance, excellent video m8
Thanks so much the urge to see whats down there is very strong but satisfied thanks to you. Was looking for deans hole bahamas but this was great, too scarey for me.
Ok thanks for the reply, looks like a awsome place to dive might have to make a trip
We used air this time, but whenever we plan to spend much time on the bottom, we use Nitrox. The bottom is 75-84 feet deep, and you are diving at altitude (~4,600 ft). So Nitrox helps extend your bottom time and/or reduce the risk of decompression illness.
This is definitely on my scuba bucket list...I learned to dive around California's channel islands so I guess I'm a bit spoiled, but this does look like fun and different enough for me to enjoy.
Stupid question for the regulars: I'm a long-haul trucker, traipsing around in a 75' long 40 ton big rig. Would I be able to park in there, albeit on a weekday when few people are there?
+Dan Bowkley Probably not. We pull a 28 ft trailer behind a pickup, but I don't think you could swing a 75 ft trailer around the sharp turn left turn (more than 90 degrees) that also aims you down a steep hill and narrow road. If you could get there, I'm not sure how you could back it out. Best bet would be to drop the trailer, then you could park the tractor near the hole.
+Dan Bowkley By the way, if you dive in California, then you won't mind the water temp of 61 degrees (constant year round). It might be a let down visually, but it's still kind of cool to say you did it.
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This was actually the first time I had used this camera and housing, so I was playing with different settings. The water is usually very clear anyway because of the constant flow of water from bottom to top. It gets murky on days when there are lots of divers or jumpers. On several clips, I was using video lights and did not use a filter. When I was not using the lights, I used a filter designed for underwater photography.
Watching this is like a meditation :)
this really in deed is a fantastic video
Clever observation. It is rarely blue, but I didn't name it. The town of Santa Rosa did.
What's the song in the beginning? 1:00
Amazing video!
Thank you!
Thanks. I used a Canon Vixia HF G10 camera in a Light & Motion Bluefin OLED and Sola video lights.
Wow, beautifully shot! What camera and housing did you use?
Thank you. Actually, the owners don't do much to protect it. The divers do. We are constantly cleaning up the trash that the swimmers and non-divers toss into the water.
:30 - 1:25 which song is that? I know I have the same soundtrack set that I used a while back but it's been so long I can't find it on my music library. Thanks in advance
The music is well timed and this is a great video. What's the name of the music starting at 3:54?
love the music!
Did you do any color correction? Or have a filter on the camera, or something like that? The water looks so clear.
So many new things beyond the ocean waters and we get to discover it
Nice video, was there back in 1984.
Thanks. Been awhile since I have been there. The city of Santa Rosa has made it MUCH less attractive to divers in the last 3-4 years.
even watching scared the crap out of me 😂😳
It is actually a very safe sport as long as you follow the rules. The feeling of weightlessness is amazing, and the underwater world is SO different from land. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have (I am an instructor), but you might go by a dive shop and see if they have any complimentary copies of Dive Training Magazine (also try dtmag.com).
Just finished reading the Leven Thumps series, and had to come and see it.
Really fantastic video. You even made the crayfish exciting to watch, well done. Also... did ya'll notice the leak on the HP side of things, on the diver on the left at 7:40? There is a stream of extremely fine bubbles, maybe it's just getting past the O-ring or something...
The water flows in from the bottom at the grate, so the water temp is the same at the top and the bottom -- a "refreshing" 61 degrees year-round. In the summer, when the air is 90+, the water feels good. In the winter, when it is snowing, the water seems warm. But 61 is still cold water when you have been in it for 45 minutes. So our group nearly always dives in a dry suit with hoods and gloves.
great vid. what camera did you use?
Thanks. I used a Canon Vixia HF G10 in a Light & Motion Bluefin OLED housing.
Very nicely photographed and edited. That was a hoot! Loved the whimsical "artifacts" down there, shots of the two fish, and the crawdads.
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What is the purpose of those (two?) sets of floats in a square configuration; one set of four was red, and the other white.
Those are "platforms" that are used to train students who are learning to dive. It gives them something to hold onto while they perform certain skills underwater. They are roughly 20-25 ft deep.
Ah, yes, of course, thank you. I did my own check dive off Cannery Row in Monterey, CA, and they also had a buoy anchored to the sea bed about 30' down, but it was just a single rope. I remember going down with my instructor; the water was murky with low visibility. This seal came swimming out of the gloom and went nose-to-nose with my instructor, and then turned right around and was gone in the blink of an eye. Heh! My instructor turned to me, and his expression was priceless.
*****
Ask any shellfish you happen to see...
What's the best shellfish?
Crawdad of the Sea!
That's a little ditty from a canned tuna company commercial from way back when, "Chicken of the Sea," slightly altered, of course. You're gonna date yourself if you admit knowing the tune =8^O
***** The crawdads are kind of funny. They will ride around on you. They seem to enjoy it. But you do have to wear gloves. They can pinch!
Hi, I was lucky to make my sailboat scale the Sirocodiez in Clarence Town, Long Island in the Bahamas to visit Dean's Blue Hole, the deepest blue hole in the world, 202 meters deep.
An impressive site
Sounds like an awesome dive. We are headed for the Blue Hole near Belize in the next few months. I never realized there were so many Blue Holes. As you can see, the one in Santa Rosa, NM is a bit smaller. But it's all we have around here...
I thought the blue hole in Egypt was supposed to be the deepest.
The largest blue hole is in andros
There is some speculation that some of these blue holes are interconnected even though they're thousands of miles apart......
Interesting idea.
This is true! It's not uncommon for divers to pick up trash & such at their dive sites. I live near a beach jetty. A lot of tourists are careless and leave a lot of trash behind and fishermen frequent the rocks, leaving copious amounts of fishing line, lures, hooks, beer cans, sandals, and etc. We're cleaning up the environment not only for the next divers, but to help the marine life as well. It's not easy trying to find a place to tuck hooks and trash & it's easy to tangle fishing line.
It was a lot smaller and more shallow than I visualized from the series. If you want to read about it, Blue Hole doesn't really show up until book 5. It's the portal between the dream world and reality. The heroes try to prevent the two world's collision.
This is my own opinion, but won of the better videos on youtube.
Most divers are very protective of the environment. It is drilled into our training that we should "take nothing and leave only bubbles." So nearly every time we dive to the bottom, we bring up trash to keep the place nice. That said, not only are the props interesting, they also serve as training aids to teach new divers how to look for and look at things without touching surrounding structures. The hole is cleaned annually so that the "junk" does not collect.
hello i was wondering i notice one of the ladies had a hooded on what was the surface temp and was the temp of the bottom. i notice some of u had a dry suits on as well. Thats a nice place, if i ever make out there i for sure will dive that.
Thank you.
I can't find the original project file, but my best guess is that it is from the Smartsound album entitled "Inspiring Beauty". If I find the project file, I'll post the exact track.
The wife and I are diving this, then Lea Lake next month, any suggestion how many days it will take to really explore the hole? we were planning 1, but after seeing the photos of how large it is, we may stay 2.
1 day, 1 or 2 dives. It isn't really that large, although the video (unintentionally) makes it look that way. It is 80 ft across at the surface, 84 ft deep at the grate, and about 110 ft across at the bottom (a bell shape). If you can, dive it on a weekday when there are hardly any people around. On weekends, there are always a bunch of jumpers who stir up the silt and screw up the visibility. On a good day, you can see all the way to the bottom. On the jumper days, you are lucky to see 15 ft. The water is cold (61 degrees year round). I recommend a dry suit or 7 mm wetsuit.
+Vance Esler weekday is definitely the plan I have seen pics of the weekend crowd, no thanks. Any word on the bottomless lake state park? I think 1 day at each is looking good.
I don't know anything about the bottomless lake state park. There are some lakes on private property that are 300+ ft deep. Technical divers have been given permission to dive at times, but they are not generally open to the public, mainly due to liability concerns on the part of the property owners.
We discovered that as well, tried to get the permits needed to dive rock lake and ran into a road block.
Perch Lake is a small lake near the Blue Hole. It is spring water, too, also 61 degrees. It is only about 40 ft deep, but there were a few things to look at last time I dove it (which has been awhile). I recall there being a car and a small airplane fuselage. You don't need special permission to dive there. The same permit that lets you dive at the Blue Hole should let you dive at Perch Lake, too.
I'll have to admit that the video makes it look bigger and better than it really is. It's cool and worth diving if you are ever passing through, but it's NOT really a destination.
ive been there ive went diving there and was pretty impressed it was so beautiful on the bottom
What's the music playing from 2:35?? Is great!
Thanks!
as I was reading it once said they have not yet discovered the bottom and that people have died and have not been found and how can u stand the cold water
There is a bottom to the Blue Hole, but the water actually feeds in from a hole in the bottom. Beneath that there is a huge cave system that no one has been able to explore. As for standing the cold water, we wear dry suits. They keep you pretty warm for about an hour, which is about how long our air lasts.
Vance Esler -- so there is actually a cave underneath it , which no one is allowed to go into ? Wonder what's inside the cave and where it leads to. So interesting. Thx for sharing!
84 ft at the deepest point (the grate). It has a sloping bottom, so it varies from about 68 to 75 ft over most of the bottom.
I get lots of questions about the music, so I went back to try to get the names of the tracks. Unfortunately, I couldn't find the soundtrack project file. If I locate it, I'll get back to you.
You might also want to view my other videos, especially "Checking Out Cozumel". We had some brand new divers with us, and these were their first ocean dives.
Looks nice only if your the first down there. Once everyone drops down, they always sift up the bottom too much and vis goes down. Don't think I've ever seen it that clear but once.
Amazing
that is so cool
This is damn nice. whether the hole is connected to ocean from down or it is just like giant well ..?
***** It is a natural artesian well. The water flows in from the bottom (from the grate where I show the piece of algae floating up out of the tube) up towards the surface. From there the water flows into some nearby ponds.
Vance Esler Very nice vid! I was going to ask about where the water went from there.
Swimming is only at the top of the surface. When you are underwater it's sorta like flying but you have to use your legs to fly :)
Its cool how those crawdads swim i use to catch them in my backyard
crawdads, best word ever
R u being sarcastic,
Nicely done. Music back is well timed and invites the viewer to keep watching.
Richard B PADI MSDT #12
How deep was the dive?
I'll have to go through my files to find the name of it. But I can tell you that it is a song in a collection of tunes that I bought the rights to for making soundtracks. It isn't something that you could find in iTunes or in a music shop.
When being trained how to dive do they teach on different problems you may encounter and how to deal with them? Also how to not panic
Stephen Blair Yes. The whole point of training is to teach you what can go wrong, then how to either prevent the problem or fix it. It is natural to be nervous. We weren’t made to breathe underwater. But I have been diving so long that it feels weird NOT to breathe underwater.
Vance Esler yeah that’s where the panic came from because I couldn’t get air and the feeling made me spazz.
Vance Esler in your entire diving experience have you ever started to get pan-icy?
I live in New Mexico I was just at the blue hole today
BLue lake here used to look like that until someone introduced tilapia into it. Now your lucky to get maybe 15 feet vis.
I've swum in Blue Hole a few times, wearing just a pair of swimming trunks and a mask. The water is cold!
I would like to return to Blue Hole and freedive to the bottom. I've never gone more than 35 feet deep, & the altitude of Santa Rosa bothers me (I always seem out of breath, anyway), but I still would like to make the attempt. I need a dive partner, though.
Richard Alexander I actually when today and it was so cold that I was 100 percent numb
The hole is about 80 ft across at the surface, and about 100 ft across at the bottom. It is pretty small. It is about 84 ft deep at the deepest point (the grate). Most of the bottom is 65-70 ft deep.
I've been there 4 times because i live in New Mexico
How deep is that dive?
Cool
What track is playing from 04:16 to 04:40? Sounds brilliant.
I don't know if you found out or you didn't and are still interested. Anyway, it's "No Limits" performed by One Million.
Really? MSDT number 12??!! Coming from you, your compliment is high praise! If you like the music, I hope you'll check out some of my other videos. Half the fun is trying to find good music to go with the video clips.
My home town😊 And still is
What's with the gravestone, I'm very curious. Loved the video :)
I wonder what's at the bottom of the one in Winslow Twp, NJ?
Someone should take a look!
Just google or bing Leven Thumps, because I doubt I can post this wiki. It's a long series, but very imaginative, and some great lines throughout. The Series culminates here at the Blue Hole. en.wikipedia(dot)org/wiki/Leven_Thumps Books are available on Amazon.
I really want to learn to dive, but I don't have any places near me to dive (or learn). Plus I don't think I'd dive much (unless I moved). Well anyway, nice video.
Thanks. There are places where you can go and learn to dive all in the same vacation. Some resorts offer Discover Scuba Diving which lets you try it out before you actually commit the time and money to the full course.
In any country this video?
New Mexico, USA
Thank you. It was fun!
I have a love-hate relationship. It's so cold but at least I get to dive!
Exactly.
At which School did have you Diving? ( padi, ssi...)
School (laughter). My first open water cert' was paid by an employer.
If you're employed as a civilian by USA-based corporations overseas
it is a common practice to afford valued employees new recreation
resources. My first offer during employment hours was paid flight
instruction and free use of aircraft afterward . The maintenance was
free after each flight. All I paid for was the aviation fuel for flights.
It could have rated me as a reserve pilot for paid services at work
locations in Oceania. I declined and asked what other paid training
was available. My supervisor then said, "Would you like to explore
World War Two using SCUBA located no further than 20 minutes
from where you're standing ? " The US Army Corps of Engineers
certified me for open water diving in Oceania. I explored sunken
vessels and underwater coral reef caves. I previously had cave
exploration training (Re: nss@caves.org). I'm retired but still
seek unexplored caves in Canada and the USA for recreation.
that looks so brilliant and awesome! do you like have to pay to dive? how do you breathe underwater?
At the Blue Hole in Santa Rosa, NM, you only have to pay $8 to dive for the weekend. Breathing underwater is the same as breathing on land, only you are breathing compressed air that is attached to a regulator that matches the pressure to the increased pressure there is under the water. So it feels like breathing on land.
Vance Esler yeah but whats with all the bubbles? it seems like you have to breathe out without the mouth connected to the tank
Hailey Rae The thing in the divers' mouths is called a Regulator. It allows air to come in from the tank at a normal breathing pressure. When you exhale, the air is blown into the water by the regulator, creating the bubbles.
Vance Esler oh ok i just wanted to understand better
I live in belize I went there I went at the bottom
Where is this??
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
cool
I'm only 8 years old and I think there's a lot of cool stuff down there!!!
There is! And the "stuff" is always changing. The best part is just breathing under water like the fish. Thanks for sharing my video!
Lol your welcome!!
I was 14 when I got certified. Maybe you should ask your parents if you can take classes. Diving is an easy sport that you can do your entire life. Learn all you can, there is some danger, but if you do it propertly you can do it safely.
OK I will ask my mom if I can because that sounds really sounds cool and awesome!!!
What does your age have to do with anything?
Dry suit for this one? Does 7mm work?
7 mm works, especially in the summer. The water is a constant 61.
Do I need to have hold a padi certificate for snorkeling there?
No, not to snorkel or free dive. Only to scuba dive.
I created the music track using Sonic Fire Pro. You can't really find it on iTunes or Amazon or a CD.
That is the truth! Luckily, the day I took this video, there was only one other person at the site, and we got in before he did. And he was a good diver who didn't mess things up anyway.
The only thing worse than divers at the bottom are the Jumpers at the top! They mess up the viz terribly, don't you think?
That is awesome how their is koy fish
hwo deep is that?