Not sure if this video has been posted before, if so, please disregard...
The first cave dive of my life! it was such an amazing experience, I'll go back with bigger lights next time
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More untrained cave diving in the DR
Not sure if this video has been posted before, if so, please disregard...
The first cave dive of my life! it was such an amazing experience, I'll go back with bigger lights next time
Last edited by FW; 12-21-2011 at 09:35 AM. Reason: Fixed Link
Sickening......
It's not the years in your life that matter, but the life in your years.
just wow, not looking forward to the accident thread when it happens
For some reason your link had an extra http: link in it...probably just needed to select/cut the http in the link dialogue.
Fixed original link, thanks!Originally Posted by mdax
I did that guided dive at Cueva Taina about 11 years ago. I was so enthralled I became a cave diver. It's not all that bad. Supposedly all cavern zone and it is guided in small groups with max depth 35 feet. Most of the time you have a large air chamber above you, even though you don't know it. But in my recollection from over a decade ago, it seemed more like cave than the typical Dos Ojos guided cenote dive.
Yes, and I am not convinced Dos Ojos is all that safe.
I get your point, Forrest, and its been discussed a lot. Having been there both before and after my cave training, I looked back and also thought OMG. But the safety record is really outstanding after many, many years, so its hard to think about it as an accident waiting to happen. And if it gets people interested in becoming cave trained in order to see more, that's good for the sport. Like the Discover Scuba resort experience that I also thought was pretty crazy.
What makes you say that?
Taina is a beautiful system, but it has tricky parts. The halocline can be very disorienting, depending on water levels, you might be in it for a while. The cave has deeper areas, and with the air mix and haloclines, and side tunnels that can be small and silty, I can definitely see it being more dangerous than other guided cave dives.
I think if they made people carry their own tanks down the stairs, that alone would cut down on the number of OW divers diving there.
Beautiful haloclines
Cavern zone
Smaller side passage, with beautiful formations and beautiful silt.
I know I carried my own tanks.I think if they made people carry their own tanks down the stairs, that alone would cut down on the number of OW divers diving there.
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