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Dive #68 · Friday, 8 August 2008 · 10:01–10:49
El Bells to the Blue Hole
Dahab, South Sinai Dahab and the Gulf of Aqaba
- Day 3 of 8 · Egypt Aug 2008 →
- First of 2 dives that day(also #69 The Blue Hole, Dahab 14:12)
- deeper than 94 % of all dives
- Max depth
- 31.1 m
- Avg depth
- 15.8 m
- Bottom time
- 48 min
- Surface
- 27 °C
- Air
- 32 °C
- Visibility
- 30 m
Kit
- Gas
- Air
- Cylinder
- Alu80
- Pressure
- 189 → 35 bar
- Mode
- Open circuit
- Weights
- 6 kg
- Suit
- 7 mm / shorty, booties, open-heel fins
- Surface interval
- 18:34
- Safety stop
- 3 min
- Difficulty
- 1 (easy)
- Conditions
- Surge: none; weather: clear; surf: calm; current: low
Where
El Bells to the Blue Hole
The classic Dahab traverse — drop into a chimney in the reef flat, come out of it at 27 m onto an open wall, and drift south to the Blue Hole.
The only dive here
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On the map
El Bells to the Blue Hole
No route marked
- Entry / exit
- Hazard
- Point of interest
- Shoreline
- Dive path
- Wall / drop-off
- Depth band
- Shallows
- Depth
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Very nice entry, a kind of shaft down which you descend very quickly to 30 metres. Then followed the reef to the right. There were lots of small fish, but the rocky wall was the most impressive part. Average heart rate: 93.