Diving the ‘Diver Cemetery’ – The ‘Blue Hole’ 184ft (!) at Dahab
As part of me being an oceanographer, I was also a deep-sea diver where I regularly dove the spectacular coral reef in the warm and clear waters (up to 300 feet visibility) amid brilliantly colored fish, turtles and eels. I also dove with sharks in Ras Muhammad off the tip of Sinai next to beautiful and rarely visited or touched coral reef. But most thrilling and risky was adventure-diving (with the standard of air mixture of 21% oxygen, 78% nitrogen) the Blue Hole, also known as "The World's Most Dangerous Dive Site" with the nickname "Diver's Cemetery" with a depth of over 200 feet (60 meter)! It is estimated that it claimed the lives of 130 to 200 divers in recent years, primarily due to Nitrogen Narcosis.
Diving with sharks in Ras Muhammad off the tip of Sinai next to beautiful and rarely visited or touched coral reefs, an exhilarating blend of risk And reward Pleasure and pain Life, and the very real possibility of death