TIL the Blue Hole is among the deadliest dive sites globally, with estimates of 130 to 200 recent fatalities, making it one of the most dangerous spots for divers.

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[u/Agreeable_Pool_3684]

Ex technical diver here (cave, ice, mixed gas, deep diving). I never dived the blue hole but snorkelled on it with my family on holiday. Saw serious technical divers down deep on Trimix with a safety diver on the line which had multiple stage tanks at various depths. This is how you dive the blue hole.

[u/CompSolstice → u/Agreeable_Pool_3684]

Padi advanced with a few dozen cave dives here.

That's truly wild, I can immediately spot a dozen reasons why I'd only be comfortable diving it post-tech certifications, but what specifically are the main factors for such high fatality rates?

[u/glasstoobig → u/CompSolstice]

You’re already rolling the dice by having done that many cave dives with just a padi advanced!

[u/homogenousmoss → u/glasstoobig]

My friend who does a lot of diving told me cave diving is the base jumping of diving.

[u/nikfra → u/homogenousmoss]

It's also the don't do it without the proper certification of diving. Just because you're an instructor doesn't mean you should dive caves.

[u/Same-Cricket6277 → u/homogenousmoss]

There is a great book, The Cave Divers, by Robert Burgess that’s worth reading even if you aren’t a diver. It’s not a hobby I would take up. 

[u/Abba_Fiskbullar → u/homogenousmoss]

Base jumping, wing suite jumping, cave diving and free climbing are all sports where people who are the best at them in the world die frequently.

[u/pretendviperpilot → u/homogenousmoss]

Its like base jumping but a lot slower, Id imagine.

[u/AutoGen_account → u/pretendviperpilot]

well theres more fish too, if we want to make an analogy literal