:: Great Blue Hole ::
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![I get the co-pilot seat in the Mayan Air Grand Caravan to Ambergris Caye](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155019.IMGP2061.jpg) I get the co-pilot seat in the Mayan Air Grand Caravan to Ambergris Caye |
![View of San Pedro Beach from hotel](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155121.IMGP2428.jpg) View of San Pedro Beach from hotel |
![Blue Hole dive profile (went back down to chase circling sharks)](https://a4.pbase.com/u35/afuent/medium/31867353.bluehole_info.jpg)
Blue Hole dive profile (went back down to chase circling sharks) |
![View of Caulker Caye from the boat after the blue hole dive](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155022.IMGP2075.jpg) View of Caulker Caye from the boat after the blue hole dive |
![Fairy Baslets around some coral](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155023.IMGP2087.jpg) Fairy Baslets around some coral |
![Beautiful Yellow tube sponge](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155025.IMGP2099.jpg) Beautiful Yellow tube sponge |
![Yellow tube sponge](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155026.IMGP2100.jpg) Yellow tube sponge |
![Indigo Hamlet](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155027.IMGP2104a.jpg) Indigo Hamlet |
![Indigo hamlet again - I became obsesed](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155028.IMGP2105a.jpg) Indigo hamlet again - I became obsesed |
![Tight squeese through the channels and swim-throughs](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26166864.IMGP2106.jpg) Tight squeese through the channels and swim-throughs |
![Up through the mountainous coral](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155029.IMGP2107.jpg) Up through the mountainous coral |
![Must Identify](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26154906.IMGP2111.jpg) Must Identify |
![We land at Half Moon Caye for lunch](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155030.IMGP2112.jpg) We land at Half Moon Caye for lunch |
![Half Moon Caye scenery](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155031.IMGP2113.jpg) Half Moon Caye scenery |
![Half Moon Caye scenery](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155032.IMGP2114.jpg) Half Moon Caye scenery |
![Half Moon Caye scenery](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155033.IMGP2119.jpg) Half Moon Caye scenery |
![Large Hermit Crab on Half Moon Caye](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155034.IMGP2126.jpg) Large Hermit Crab on Half Moon Caye |
![Bamboo Chicken - as Iguanas are known in Belize](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155035.IMGP2129.jpg) "Bamboo Chicken" - as Iguanas are known in Belize |
![Another Hermit Crab](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155036.IMGP2135.jpg) Another Hermit Crab |
![Hermit Crab hides from me](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155037.IMGP2136.jpg) Hermit Crab hides from me |
![Red Footed Boobies way up in the treetops](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155038.IMGP2140.jpg) Red Footed Boobies way up in the treetops |
![Red Footed Boobies -one with its chest inflated!!](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155039.IMGP2150.jpg) Red Footed Boobies -one with its chest inflated!! |
![Close up of the Red Footed Boobies](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155040.IMGP2151.jpg) Close up of the Red Footed Boobies |
![IMGP2152.JPG](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155041.IMGP2152.jpg) |
![Bye birds, its back to fish](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155042.IMGP2153.jpg) Bye birds, its back to fish |
![One last big hermit crab](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155043.IMGP2155.jpg) One last big hermit crab |
![Back in the sea with my friends the striped grunts who follow me](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155046.IMGP2160.jpg) Back in the sea with my friends the striped grunts who follow me |
![Those beautiful yellow tube sponges are everywhere](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155048.IMGP2162.jpg) Those beautiful yellow tube sponges are everywhere |
![IMGP2163.JPG](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155050.IMGP2163.jpg) |
![Life on an orange sponge](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155052.IMGP2165.jpg) Life on an orange sponge |
![Can you spot the hiding trumpetfish?](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155053.IMGP2166.jpg) Can you spot the hiding trumpetfish? |
![IMGP2173.JPG](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155054.IMGP2173.jpg) |
![Sea cucumber](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155055.IMGP2175.jpg)
Sea cucumber |
![Lobster tucked under the reef](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155056.IMGP2179.jpg) Lobster tucked under the reef |
![A prized photo - Juvenile Frogfish!!!](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155057.IMGP2181.jpg) A prized photo - Juvenile Frogfish!!! |
![Dolphins!!](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155058.IMGP2183.jpg) Dolphins!! |
![Dolphins at my feet!!](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155059.IMGP2188.jpg) Dolphins at my feet!! |
![Beautiful creatures](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155060.IMGP2192.jpg) Beautiful creatures |
![Amigos Del Mare - Our guides to the outer Atolls](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155061.IMGP2202.jpg) Amigos Del Mare - Our guides to the outer Atolls |
![Another 5:30am start as we head for Turneffe Atoll today](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155062.IMGP2203.jpg) Another 5:30am start as we head for Turneffe Atoll today |
![This grouper was in a cleaning station inside this vase sponge](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155063.IMGP2208.jpg) This grouper was in a "cleaning station" inside this vase sponge |
![Buffalo trunkfish](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155064.IMGP2210.jpg) "Buffalo trunkfish" |
![Porkfish - looks like a striped grunt crossed with a banded butterfly fish](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155065.IMGP2213.jpg) Porkfish - looks like a striped grunt crossed with a banded butterfly fish |
![Another buffalo trunkfish](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155066.IMGP2217.jpg) Another buffalo trunkfish |
![A turtle sitting at 95 ft. I risk deco stops to visit him](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155067.IMGP2219.jpg) A turtle sitting at 95 ft. I risk deco stops to visit him |
![Look at the markings - It's a Hawksbill Turle!!](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155068.IMGP2221a.jpg) Look at the markings - It's a Hawksbill Turle!! |
![Dolphins come to visit me during my safety stop!! (after deco stops, thanks turtle!!)](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155069.IMGP2223.jpg) Dolphins come to visit me during my safety stop!! (after deco stops, thanks turtle!!) |
![Dolphins do safety stops!?!?!](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155070.IMGP2224.jpg) Dolphins do safety stops!?!?! |
![Dophins love to bowride with the boats](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155071.IMGP2227.jpg) Dophins love to bowride with the boats |
![Brown Garden eel upclose, out of the sand](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155072.IMGP2232.jpg) Brown Garden eel upclose, out of the sand |
![Yes!! another turle, this time not as deep](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155073.IMGP2236a.jpg) Yes!! another turle, this time not as deep |
![I don't like when people touch the turtles :-(](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155074.IMGP2237.jpg) I don't like when people touch the turtles :-( |
![Graceful swimmer](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155075.IMGP2238.jpg) Graceful swimmer |
![Bye turle (hawksbill again) - thanks for the visit!!](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155076.IMGP2240.jpg) Bye turle (hawksbill again) - thanks for the visit!! |
![Think I found my home](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155077.IMGP2244.jpg) Think I found my home |
![Cabash Island - home of a bio-marine school](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155078.IMGP2245.jpg) Cabash Island - home of a bio-marine school |
![I could be at home here](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155079.IMGP2249.jpg)
I could be at home here |
![My new mobile phone (conch shell) and my new home!!](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155081.IMGP2253.jpg) My new mobile phone (conch shell) and my new home!! |
![We eat lunch and take off for more diving](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155082.IMGP2255.jpg) We eat lunch and take off for more diving |
![Long legged bird back at San Pedro, Ambergris Caye](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155083.IMGP2263.jpg) Long legged bird back at San Pedro, Ambergris Caye |
![IMGP2265.JPG](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155084.IMGP2265.jpg) |
![Nurse sharks on the barrier reef (think this was Tres Cocos dive site)](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155085.IMGP2269.jpg) Nurse sharks on the barrier reef (think this was Tres Cocos dive site) |
![Nurse shark prowles for food](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155086.IMGP2271.jpg) Nurse shark prowles for food |
![They are harmless](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155087.IMGP2274.jpg) They are harmless |
![Hmmm, here are 2 more](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155088.IMGP2278.jpg) Hmmm, here are 2 more |
![Whats this guy want??](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155089.IMGP2280.jpg) Whats this guy want?? |
![Patojo is an old timer (shark hypnotist) who knows how to handle the nurse sharks](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155091.IMGP2282.jpg) Patojo is an old timer (shark hypnotist) who knows how to handle the nurse sharks |
![Brian gets a closer look](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155092.IMGP2287.jpg) Brian gets a closer look |
![Juvenile Spotted Drum or Jacknife fish](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155093.IMGP2292.jpg) Juvenile Spotted Drum or Jacknife fish |
![Juvenile Spotted Drum or Jacknife fish](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155094.IMGP2293.jpg) Juvenile Spotted Drum or Jacknife fish |
![IMGP2295.JPG](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155095.IMGP2295.jpg) |
![Green Moray Eel](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155096.IMGP2301.jpg) Green Moray Eel |
![Green Morey Eel getting agressive with me](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155097.IMGP2306.jpg) Green Morey Eel getting agressive with me |
![Rock Beauty](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155098.IMGP2310.jpg) Rock Beauty |
![Little damselfish that was really friendly](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155099.IMGP2315.jpg) Little damselfish that was really friendly |
![Close up of little damselfish](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155100.IMGP2316.jpg) Close up of little damselfish |
![Pretty azure vase sponge with the danselfish](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155101.IMGP2317.jpg) Pretty azure vase sponge with the danselfish |
![Azure vase sponge](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155102.IMGP2321.jpg) Azure vase sponge |
![Indigo hamlets realatively common down here](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155103.IMGP2326.jpg) Indigo hamlets realatively common down here |
![Friendliesdt grouper ever, he was letting me pet him!!](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155104.IMGP2329.jpg) Friendliesdt grouper ever, he was letting me pet him!! |
![Baracuda up close](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155105.IMGP2332.jpg) Baracuda up close |
![Grouper in my face](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155106.IMGP2335.jpg) Grouper in my face |
![Patojo catches a crab!!](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155107.IMGP2340.jpg) Patojo catches a crab!! |
![Sunset before our night dive on Sunday (yeah we flew Monday)](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155108.IMGP2357.jpg) Sunset before our night dive on Sunday (yeah we flew Monday) |
![Sleeping fish](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155109.IMGP2362.jpg) Sleeping fish |
![(Blurry)crab](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155110.IMGP2363.jpg) (Blurry)crab |
![Stingrays all over Hol Chan Cut at night](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155111.IMGP2369.jpg) Stingrays all over Hol Chan Cut at night |
![Green Moray eel](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155112.IMGP2376.jpg) Green Moray eel |
![Another crab we drowned in light](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155113.IMGP2392.jpg) Another crab we drowned in light |
![Stingray](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155115.IMGP2393.jpg) Stingray |
![A parrotfish with a strange bedfellow,have to find out what it is](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155116.IMGP2395.jpg) A parrotfish with a strange bedfellow,have to find out what it is |
![Last day of lobster season!!](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155117.IMGP2399.jpg) Last day of lobster season!! |
![Stingray shows up out of pitch black again](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155118.IMGP2406.jpg) Stingray shows up out of pitch black again |
![Octopys](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155119.IMGP2420.jpg) Octopys |
![Octopys scrambles to jet away](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155120.IMGP2421.jpg) Octopys scrambles to jet away |
![After a long day Brian orders dinner](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155021.IMGP2062.jpg)
After a long day Brian orders dinner |
![I'll miss San Pedro, Ambergris Caye](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155122.IMGP2430.jpg) I'll miss San Pedro, Ambergris Caye |
![Pelican in the water](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155123.IMGP2434.jpg) Pelican in the water |
![The town church](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155124.IMGP2437.jpg) The town church |
![San Pedro traffic jam](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155125.IMGP2438.jpg) San Pedro traffic jam |
![Us with Patojo (aka Elmer) our new friend!!](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155126.IMGP2441.jpg) Us with Patojo (aka Elmer) our new friend!! |
![Dogs have it hard here too](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155127.IMGP2446.jpg) Dogs have it hard here too |
![At the airport - someone's going into the chamber](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155128.IMGP2453.jpg) At the airport - someone's going into the chamber |
![Luckily Ambergris Caye has a chamber](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155129.IMGP2454.jpg) Luckily Ambergris Caye has a chamber |
![In the Grand Caravan flying back to Belize City. (Wish I had my skydiving rig!)](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155130.IMGP2457.jpg) In the Grand Caravan flying back to Belize City. (Wish I had my skydiving rig!) |
![In the Grand Caravan flying back to Belize City. (Wish I had my skydiving rig!)](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/afuent/medium/26155131.IMGP2469.jpg) In the Grand Caravan flying back to Belize City. (Wish I had my skydiving rig!) |