I was lucky to feel what nitrogen narcosis is like at 33m underwater. I knew my depth, how much air I had and I felt fine. My dive instructor asked me to solve a math problem on his slate and I couldn't figure out what he was asking and then he asked me what the last letters of the alphabet are. I just kept repeating ABC in my head. I literally forgot the letter D. It came back to me after going up just a few meters. It's not a surprise these guys die when they're going twice the depth I was at. It was the literally the most humbling moment of my life. You can read about it or watch a video like this but until you experience it, you think it's not that bad.
Same thing happened to me in a wreck dive, we were at 40-50 Meters and I was out of it, head spinning, not knowing where I was, where up or down was. Whats worse is that I had vertigo as well
“Plan your dive, Dive your plan” This has brought me home every time (back to the surface) after every dive adventure Thank you Carol Kender, dive instructor extraordinaire
@@purgetheXYs I agree with you. Plus, a dive plan doesn't just go over one scenario. I'm sure a plan covers many different scenarios. I know you can't plan for every situation, but I'm sure they have most of them covered.
When I learned to rock climb, my instructor said: "The first two years is the worst." I realized that many of the mistakes of judgement occur during that time.
The blue hole has great visibility, which is imo is one of the reasons why it's so deadly. People think distances are shorter than they actually are and feel confident cause they can actually see stuff, compared to waters with bad viz where divers would feel less confident and play if more safely
@@seventhseventhnineteen2215 That could be confusing to divers, different conditions on different days, expecting it to be a certain way based on what they've heard and then experiencing the opposite. I can't eyeball distances at all so I could understand being fooled by the clarity. But when there's low visibility and you're looking for a landmark I can also see how you'd get really disoriented.
@@IrishCaesar is it a Junji Ito reference? The Enigma of Amigara Fault? I binged Ito’s book last year and after watching the Nutty Putty Cave incident on Josh Jones last week, that story has been fresh in my mind. If yes, I totally agree. You know how people commonly have split second thoughts like that? Such as when driving, thinking “I wonder what would happen if I drove off this cliff?” Not suicidal thoughts though. There was a study done on it once: “An Urge to Jump Affirms the Urge to Live.” That’s my theory on why these accidents happen. People feel an impulsive urge to just jump and do so (maybe bc of narcosis too). Once they do, something goes wrong and they can’t escape. 100% reminds me of Ito’s story because there was notable regret after they had entered their holes.
I’ll never forget the feeling of swimming over my first ledge. Even with a decent dive history it’s an eerie feeling looking into a true abyss thousands of feet deep. Takes your breathe away for a second
Did a black water dive in 3000 meters of water hovering at a depth of 15-20 meters. Not so bad if you don't look down, but when you do you feel it looking back.
But what's on the other side of the arch?? Where's the light coming from? Why can't they surface on the other side? The entire time I thought they were going to surface on the other side until the local guy said that they have to go all the way back. I have so many questions.
I was full of dread watching this,but i can understand the draw of the arch...temptation beyond the boundaries of safety. Great film and a warning to all divers.
I was just snorkeling there two days ago and I can’t get my head around how deep and beautiful this place is, absolutely mesmerizing and mind bending, very sad to know that young people die there chasing beauty
Don’t know a thing about diving but I know when someone tells a great story. I wanted this documentary to be another 2 hours longer. It just mesmerized me. Very well done!
I did the Blue Hole coral wall in 2005. It's the closest you'll get to floating in space. I remember looking directly below me and seeing shafts of sunlight stabbing down into the inky blue, and I got panicked for an instant imagining a creature coming up underneath me with its mouth open, but I got control of my breathing again and swam along the wall. The coral was stunning.. Very glad I experienced it.
This video was so much better than I was expecting. I thought it was going to be some hokey click bait BS. Well done and actually learned quite a bit about diving and the risks of it
@@Reilly_P but the suspense sells pal. I barely snorkeled the 7 mile bridge and this video nearly cranked my anxiety . Best vid ever for non pros at least 💯
@@Reilly_P I mean I’m a rescue, advanced, sidemount and cave diver and this video was more or less accurate brohan. Really solid and INTERESTING video. As a diver, I love it
@@charlesg7926 rescue and advanced are only recreational qualifications. Diving the arch requires tech diving qualifications if you want to do it safely.
@@Reilly_P Besides a quibble about whether the rebreather part was over-dramatised, are you suggesting that the blue hole really isn't that dangerous? What do YOU say is the cause for the many many deaths happening there then?
I performed underwater recovery for 20 years. My deepest dive was 130 feet on Nitrox in the dark. My flashlight barely shined through the silt but I could still read my gauges. I know how hard it is to concentrate when narced.
I remember watching the video of Yuri's death some 10-11 years ago here on RUclips, I was sad and afraid. The sound of him panicking and struggling the whole way down was so unsettling it still gives me the creeps. Because I have a massive respect and fear for water, same with space. Water and space is not much different when compared. I still watched that clip of him dying at least 4-5 times, not understanding how or what went wrong back then. May Yuri and all the other divers that died there rest in peace.
yeah sometimes you don't realise someone is in trouble until it's too late.. it's the same if you are snorkeling : someone having fun face down in the water looks kindda the same as someone drowning/passed out
Ive never been scuba diving, but I started free diving when I was 16 and I remember a quick dive I did at Ponce de Leon springs where I followed a bouy rope 33 feet down or so. Upon reaching the bottom I felt fine. Like I had plenty of air. Then I looked up and saw how far away from the surface I was and panicked. All my air seemed to disappear and I was now in a panicking state. I bolted for the surface with barley a second to spare. I still free dive though imagining being in that scenario while on gas and not being able to head for the surface, gives me chills.
I won't forget the first time I looked over the blue hole when I was snorkeling there, the incredible depth and the shift of water color from cyan to deep ultramarine blue was just breathtaking, and you can almost hear the sound of hollowness the first time you look down the hole
The time and planning and physical endurance required to do this documentary...I'm so impressed! Fascinating footage! Thanks for sharing this adventure with us!
I have snorkeled in Thailand and while enjoying myself all of a sudden I looked down a vast pitch black drop. That was fucking scary as hell. I am not a fan of this shit.
My heart is heavy and teary eyed while watching this documentary. I remember my boss missing since June 3 this year while diving in Tubattha Reefs here in Palawan Philippines. Up to now almost 7 months we have no idea if he survive or gone forever.😢😭 Sir we missed you a lot😭 And still praying and hoping that you are still alive.
I went there years ago and just snorkelled around the perimeter, which was absolutely amazing, but I remember seeing two divers way way down below me and they looked about as big as an action man figure, they were really deep. Fantastic place to visit, but it has claimed a lot of divers.
I am not a young man and a scuba instructor but the lure of the deep has called me beyond safety limits a few times. It's very easy to push beyond safe practices. Thankfully I have learnt to stay within safety limits regardless of the temptation for a few more meters.
So I’ve only been diving once; however, little life hack that I was taught...if you get disoriented follow the bubbles up. Bubbles do not go down...they always go up.
vertigo effects ur balance and your ability to coordinate......... so despite knowing the difference between up and down your body cant adjust accordingly to correct your position and so u lose self control........ ive experienced this at 10 metres and at 50 metres and the direction of the bubbles will make absolutely no difference trust me lol
@@subterraa you're absolutely correct, I've experienced it at the sea floor and everytime I thought I got it right and was headed back up to the surface, my face would smack the dirt hard af. Scary situation
Josiah Hay, that's easy enough to teach someone before they go into the water. But then panic sets in and not everyone would remember that. Don't stop telling people, tho, as it could still save a life!
I'm just starting out in my diving life and this video just demonstrates to me what my Instructor was on about when he was talking about ego. Ego is a killer.
Excellent video. As a dive instructor with thousands of dives, only once did I not dive within my limits. That was enough for me. Got much more training and have always been careful to dive within my limits. And oh yes, those arches and incredible overhanging walls indeed beckon, I think having to be e for others has made me extra cautious. At 75 I’m still diving so I guess I’ve done something right!
Big respect to your level of wanting to feel, see and experience what so many are curious about. Very journalistic. I speak it from as a journalist myself.
Funny how they subtitle the egyptian where I understand every word, but when the british diver in the blue shirt starts talking even Monty Halls looks puzzled. :-D
Subconscious Racism is real buddy you just cought it absolutely no reason to subtitle that man anyone with ears that speaks English could clearly make out what he was saying
it's a show made for British TV, British accents are understood well in Britain. The man who got subtitled speaks pretty bad English, so to make sure everyone in Britain could understand him they subtitled it. It's not that big of a deal.
That's a pretty unusual mystery to investigate, and considering there's not much "hard evidence," like too much sediment or loss of visibility or something, you guys did a great job of solving it.
My dive # 48. Max 28 meters for a total dive time of 50 minutes, 31 December 2006. Now I got 1000+ dives but I still remember this one dive at the Blue Hole in Dahab. Thanks and greetings to the great local people which I met there.
I don’t think people think the arch is the way up, cave divers know that the way up is where the bubbles go, so I think it’s more the narcosis and the urge to explore
They run out of air, simply. Most of them. The Arch is not horizontal it goes down a bit, so at the end of the swim you are 5 meters deeper than when you enter it. another issue is, the depth is right around 56m, where o2 in air becomes toxic.
At my last dive at the red sea i went to 35meters and this was enough for me - it's getting dark, the colors are gone and no colorful reef at all, so why i should go deeper.
To find the underwater aliens and UFOs (underwater floating objects). Seriously, you stopped so you lived which you might not have done had you gone further!! Stay well.
Don't know a single thing about diving, nor do I have any interest in it, but I still found this fascinating enough to watch it 2 times! Great vid and very interesting!
what's killing divers? Usually people overestimating their abilities. number 2 i s people taking diving and their gear for granted (know too many divers who don't get their annual reg maintenance, don't have an octopus, etc). No dang curse, no weirdness. Just people not planning the dive and diving the plan.
@@1Deejay7 Kind of sad if you count that as debunking... All they did was talk about a few of the cases, then talk about what CAN go wrong, without once proving that's what happened in the vast majority of cases.. That isn't debunking genius lol.. That'd be like me going into a supposedly haunted house, talking about all the ways it COULD be haunted, and why, talking about a few of the stories, then proclaiming thats proof of it being haunted... no it isn't... but that's literally what they just did in reverse here. They didn't prove shit lol.
@@Cramblit What do you mean they did not proved it ? Beyond all doubts they proved how so many deaths occurred in there. Arch seems withing reach at 40 meters, to a divers that are diving on air with single cylinder and are already experiencing nitrogen narcosis in various stages, that is affecting their judgement and lead them to wrong decisions. People that are not prepared equipment wise, nor they have any training to go that deep. That's it. He stated by the end of this dive that when you reach the other side of the arch you are at nearly 60 meters. If you dive on air you die, your brain isn't working well anymore and you either start or already are suffering from oxygen toxicity. When Oxygen toxicity starts to show symptoms there's not much time to react. Considering the fact that now you have a ceiling above you and you cannot change your depth in an instant if there is nobody there with the right equipment and the knowledge to help you you die. You don't even need to run out of air.
For someone who doesn't dive and even possibly has thalassophobia, even I am compelled to go here and dive this arch, just looks so beautiful and amazing. Incredible documentary!
This is a truly levelling vid as I at early 30s would have pushed this and died. Although I got my PADI I had no idea how dangerous it really is below 35+ metres. Great vid which I’m using now to educate my son. THANK YOU
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Welcome! It is a fun sport and in our Pacific Northwest area so much to see from entering the water out to 40 feet. No need to dive deep like these folks to enjoy a ton of stuff and all at very safe depths. Be smart and learn your equipment, practice emergency steps and ALWAYS dive with a buddy. Never leave your wingman! Have fun!
Dives beyond 40 meters are tec dives or decompression dives, meaning you really need to dive your plan to avoid decompression sickness. However, if you stay within recreational limits (preferably 30 m) use a dive computer, know how to use / interpret it and have a buddy near you, you should be fine.
I found this video/channel sorta by accident but was like "wow this guy does a great job with documentaries". I hope the rest of them are this well done!
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Superb documentary! New diver here and scanning the internet to enrich my knowledge about this culture. Although scary, it definitely makes me more aware and probably more smart about how to approach the sport. Thank you for sharing this without charging a penny.
The deepest I've ever been was 142 feet (39 meters). With a rental regulator, it was getting difficult to pull in enough air because the bladder couldn't open under the pressure. It was a great dive, but I would've needed to have had a more robust reg and better air mix to go any deeper.
Now that I'm a tech diver I finally understand the risks. As an AOW diver I dived the Blue Hole and was thoroughly warned by the guide to never think you can swim through the arch. That same day a tech diver from the same dive center died at the blue hole. Not at the arch but doing a deep dive in the hole. I had seen the guys planning that morning. When we surfaced he was already dead. I later heard he'd switched to the wrong gas at depth not consulting his buddy. Breathing a high-O2 mix lead to oxygen toxicity, convulsions and drowning. His buddy had to send his body to the surface while he stayed to finish his deco stops. The surface crew couldn't revive him. To this day I imagine what they both must've gone through. It did impress on me the importance of planning your dive and diving your plan.
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I appreciate these guys sharing this video. If I came across a body doing some activity that poses danger and /or is the type of activity where danger isn’t always easy to recognize, I would simply take the hint and move to safety. I plan on living as long as possible. I’m not as willing to take risks as the younger me. If I did die in a situation similar to this I feel the same as these men. Get my body out for my family and to avoid the potential trauma to someone coming across it, but don’t risk your own life to do so. If trained people can do the job safely that’s the way to go. I’ve been camping in a semi wilderness area in central northern Wisconsin for going on 25 years. There have been a handful of storms and other conditions the have created dangerous situations for me. Sometimes on land, but more often on the water. I don’t think a lot of the people who go there always comprehend the potential dangers of the place. It’s quite large, the storms can be very intense, when it’s dark it’s easy to get lost, and the water is cold and densely cloudy. As such I have had conversations with people warning them to be prepared and extra careful. Oh yeah, and there are bears, and more and more likely cougars.
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Honestly scuba diving is the most amazing sport ever. It’s an entirely different world down below the water. With that said… this particular Blue Hole is a dive site that I would never wanna do. That arch is creepily tempting, making the dive dangerous
Plan your dive and dive your plan. You get 2 types of divers; old divers and bold divers. You never get old bold divers. Free divers to it deeper than bubbles blowers . When I was in Dahab in 95 I was free diving down to the top of the arch. Beautiful and the best thing about free diving it; I did it as much as I wanted as often as I wanted, no planning, no cumbersome equipment and I only paid for the lift to the hole.
@Space Mullet It’s nitrogen narcosis lollll. Oxygen narcosis isn’t a thing. Also nitrogen narcosis is kind of enjoyable. You just can’t go past 140 feet on air, otherwise it goes from “an enjoyable slight buzz” to “inebriated out of control”.
8:55 Everyone should listen to this guy. Tbh, one of my favourite things about diving is the purity of focus, and the loss of all ego and bravado. Might sound a bit cheesy, but a 40min dive beats a weekend meditation retreat anytime!
I’ve watched the full video of Yuris dive. You watch him quickly sink. He was on regular air and went 40 feet past the depth for being on regular air. The deeper her gets, more you hear him making noises. Till he finally hits the bottom and makes a death rattle, and is gone.
Nicely done! I'm studying my scuba Open Water Certification and it's great to see what other's have encountered mentally, psychologically, spiritually and technically.
“This diving hole has claimed many lives and is extremely dangerous for diving” Film Crew: *better go dive there* Jokes aside great job, you managed to make me take 43 minutes out of my life with a great documentary
@Charles I believe my current certification allows me to go only to 30 meters. I think I need to do the PADI specialty 'Deep Dive' to go to 40 meters. At least that's my understanding. I plan to do that soon.
New subscriber,I enjoy diving videos,and at last I get to find out why some divers die into the blue hole,ark. Well explained..this deserves a million million views
Wow, wow, wow! All of it... Incredible! Except for the deaths of course, that part is tragic. But figuring out why it's happening to prevent future deaths is incredible. It really is beautiful and alluring. I can see what sparks the desire for divers to take what deceptively looks like a slight risk to experience the feeling of going through the arch only to be caught off guard and meet their doom. So devastating. It i I'll
Wow, great documentary, technical info, the myth involved narrated by local people, medical issues on deep diving, beautiful photography, expert divers giving their opinions. Then, there is the sad feeling when looking at those memorial plates. I love it. Thanks for sharing.
I experienced that vertigo feeling once snorkeling with my daughter in mallorca. We got brave and went to the outer edge of the bay. The bay was edged with cliffs, and as we rounded the turn, the sandy bottom fell away into dark depths and we could see where massive chunks of cliff had fallen in. The combination of the wave action outside the bay and the massive deep rocks had us both gasping and turning back straight away, in fear. I can really appreciate how inexperienced divers could start feeling panicky in this deep hole. When you can see the eea bed, it's reassuring and you feel you're not in danger. To see it plunge away is fairly terrifying for the inexperienced. Really should be for experienced divers only.
I was lucky to feel what nitrogen narcosis is like at 33m underwater. I knew my depth, how much air I had and I felt fine. My dive instructor asked me to solve a math problem on his slate and I couldn't figure out what he was asking and then he asked me what the last letters of the alphabet are. I just kept repeating ABC in my head. I literally forgot the letter D. It came back to me after going up just a few meters. It's not a surprise these guys die when they're going twice the depth I was at. It was the literally the most humbling moment of my life. You can read about it or watch a video like this but until you experience it, you think it's not that bad.
Horacio L 😱😱😱😱
It’s the equivalent of taking several shots of hard liquor, diving with nitrox at 33m would mitigate getting narced
I'm sure though they are using Trimix or Nitrox to prevent this. The deeper you go you substitute out oxygen to helium.
Same thing happened to me in a wreck dive, we were at 40-50 Meters and I was out of it, head spinning, not knowing where I was, where up or down was. Whats worse is that I had vertigo as well
@@rschmidtschmidt6810 trimix no nitrox wont work on that depth
“Plan your dive, Dive your plan”
This has brought me home every time (back to the surface) after every dive adventure Thank you Carol Kender, dive instructor extraordinaire
Plan your dive, dive your plan, 🤔🤔🤔great quote from the movie Sanctum
Ya but have you dived the arch at divers cemetery in egypt ?
@gargy2002 uh planning is preparation, thats what the saying is telling you to do...
@@purgetheXYs I agree with you. Plus, a dive plan doesn't just go over one scenario. I'm sure a plan covers many different scenarios. I know you can't plan for every situation, but I'm sure they have most of them covered.
When I learned to rock climb, my instructor said: "The first two years is the worst." I realized that many of the mistakes of judgement occur during that time.
Diving into this hole is like scrolling through the comments and not realising how far you've gone until you scroll back up.
Exactly!
🤣🤣🤣🤣👈👈👈👈👈
The internet version of Narcosis.
And the "X" button is when you pull the plug on yourself.
I think it's far more complex than that 😅 😂
The blue hole has great visibility, which is imo is one of the reasons why it's so deadly. People think distances are shorter than they actually are and feel confident cause they can actually see stuff, compared to waters with bad viz where divers would feel less confident and play if more safely
I have another idea.
Plan your dive, dive your plan and if you dont stick to it you have a very high likely hood of not getting out alive
Best comment ever ! Makes sense .
That and also single 12L cylinders and lack of experience of diving with huge drops below, but definitely the clear, warm water is a huge factor
I've also read the opposite, that the Blue Hole can have some real bad visibility and thus, confuses divers trying to find the arch.
@@seventhseventhnineteen2215 That could be confusing to divers, different conditions on different days, expecting it to be a certain way based on what they've heard and then experiencing the opposite. I can't eyeball distances at all so I could understand being fooled by the clarity. But when there's low visibility and you're looking for a landmark I can also see how you'd get really disoriented.
recreational divers looking at the arch be like: th- this hole was made for me
I get that reference
So cursed...
Gggggggrrrrrrrrrrr......!
“Unzipped noises”
@@IrishCaesar is it a Junji Ito reference? The Enigma of Amigara Fault? I binged Ito’s book last year and after watching the Nutty Putty Cave incident on Josh Jones last week, that story has been fresh in my mind.
If yes, I totally agree. You know how people commonly have split second thoughts like that? Such as when driving, thinking “I wonder what would happen if I drove off this cliff?” Not suicidal thoughts though. There was a study done on it once: “An Urge to Jump Affirms the Urge to Live.” That’s my theory on why these accidents happen. People feel an impulsive urge to just jump and do so (maybe bc of narcosis too). Once they do, something goes wrong and they can’t escape. 100% reminds me of Ito’s story because there was notable regret after they had entered their holes.
I’ll never forget the feeling of swimming over my first ledge. Even with a decent dive history it’s an eerie feeling looking into a true abyss thousands of feet deep. Takes your breathe away for a second
oh me too, it scared me so much!
Did a black water dive in 3000 meters of water hovering at a depth of 15-20 meters. Not so bad if you don't look down, but when you do you feel it looking back.
You must have been watching
The Abyss with Ed Harris
That feeling is a life saver. So many bold divers don't use those cues.
I agree. I felt like I was suspended in mid air when I dove in the Caribbean and it was my first dive!
Him : talks about the dangers of the arch and how many people died for 30 min
Also him: “I’ll have to dive the arch myself to see what it’s about”
MTM Bunnys yeah, so what? You can’t figure out phrases of more than 3 words or what?
But what's on the other side of the arch?? Where's the light coming from? Why can't they surface on the other side? The entire time I thought they were going to surface on the other side until the local guy said that they have to go all the way back. I have so many questions.
@@elmamo2000 the other side is the ocean...
@@elmamo2000 The arch connects the blue hole and the ocean.
Bald British guys are a different breed.
Me: "I'll just watch 5 minutes."
*43 Minutes later*
Me: "Well that was interesting."
It's called RUclips narcosis, and it can be deadly.
(floating dead youtube account)
@@robot_spider Deadly for class grades
Relatable 😭
I can't believe its over, and I still feel as if they didn't even show me anything about this dive site....
I'm glad docos like this exist, I get to experience diving without all of the danger.
Basically conclusion can be : don't do dives that you are not certified/experienced/equiped to do. Never dive alone and put ego aside.
I was full of dread watching this,but i can understand the draw of the arch...temptation beyond the boundaries of safety. Great film and a warning to all divers.
Who else just got sucked into the video and the next thing you knew 43 minutes passed by
i just dove in..
Brian Warner Tf you talkin about😂
no, i got bored after 5 minutes and went to the comments to find some spoilers
Brock Jones im Scared but want a dive cursus now
that is me with every video
I was just snorkeling there two days ago and I can’t get my head around how deep and beautiful this place is, absolutely mesmerizing and mind bending, very sad to know that young people die there chasing beauty
About 4 years ago my brother lost his life in jacobs well. The things narcosis will do to your thought process are terrible to even think aboit
carson cantwell sorry for your loss bro
@@carsoncantwell4495 sorry for your loss 🥺❤️
Mermaids down there.
@@davidk7544 LOL that is indeed where the REAL temptation is arrrrggghh! The beautiful mermaids mate!~ :D
Don’t know a thing about diving but I know when someone tells a great story. I wanted this documentary to be another 2 hours longer. It just mesmerized me. Very well done!
A meticulously planned, well pre-researched expedition, most interesting, factual, no undue dramatics....all in all - top class...Kudos
This should be a required vid for open water and cave diving
Wow 547 likes thank you all :)
I watched it for the first time 1 month or so after my OW licence... it quickly brought back a lot of respect into my brain!
@@IreneWY Super idea..
You would think your diving instructors telling you “don’t be dumb, you can die” would be enough lol
Won't stop it.
Absolutely, well said.
My bathtub limit of less than a meter is enough for me, thank you. Great documetary
hahahahaha
really?
funny.
+1.
Bruh😂
@Gloria that’s a big bathtub
I like the Egyptian diver he looks like someone with a lot of humble and secure guy to dive with no over the head decisions.
I did the Blue Hole coral wall in 2005. It's the closest you'll get to floating in space. I remember looking directly below me and seeing shafts of sunlight stabbing down into the inky blue, and I got panicked for an instant imagining a creature coming up underneath me with its mouth open, but I got control of my breathing again and swam along the wall. The coral was stunning.. Very glad I experienced it.
This video was so much better than I was expecting. I thought it was going to be some hokey click bait BS. Well done and actually learned quite a bit about diving and the risks of it
@@Reilly_Pfair point, I've never dived more than 30 ft down and that was only once, to me it all sounds terrifying
@@Reilly_P but the suspense sells pal. I barely snorkeled the 7 mile bridge and this video nearly cranked my anxiety . Best vid ever for non pros at least 💯
@@Reilly_P I mean I’m a rescue, advanced, sidemount and cave diver and this video was more or less accurate brohan. Really solid and INTERESTING video. As a diver, I love it
@@charlesg7926 rescue and advanced are only recreational qualifications. Diving the arch requires tech diving qualifications if you want to do it safely.
@@Reilly_P Besides a quibble about whether the rebreather part was over-dramatised, are you suggesting that the blue hole really isn't that dangerous? What do YOU say is the cause for the many many deaths happening there then?
Me reading comments :" I can't believe people would fall to watch this for 43 minutes."
43 Minutes later
Me: "Now i believe."
And that’s me now 😂.
I performed underwater recovery for 20 years. My deepest dive was 130 feet on Nitrox in the dark. My flashlight barely shined through the silt but I could still read my gauges. I know how hard it is to concentrate when narced.
You shouldn't go at 130 feet on Nitrox!
@@Cyril8204 you can with the correct amount of oxygen. You have to be very alert about depth and time
130"/40m- ish = 28% nitrox for a PPO2 of 1.4, as any recreation diver would know.
@@Cyril8204 but 130ft is shallow , pools are usually deeper than that
you need to upgrade qualification to deeper depts
I remember watching the video of Yuri's death some 10-11 years ago here on RUclips, I was sad and afraid. The sound of him panicking and struggling the whole way down was so unsettling it still gives me the creeps. Because I have a massive respect and fear for water, same with space. Water and space is not much different when compared.
I still watched that clip of him dying at least 4-5 times, not understanding how or what went wrong back then.
May Yuri and all the other divers that died there rest in peace.
yeah sometimes you don't realise someone is in trouble until it's too late.. it's the same if you are snorkeling : someone having fun face down in the water looks kindda the same as someone drowning/passed out
@@AlexDerange Yeah, it's scary to say the least
Im gonna tell you a secret. There is No space. Only water which is above the firmament.
@@SwevikingLol huh?
@@nopoint30 Sounds like flat-Earther nonsense to me.
Ive never been scuba diving, but I started free diving when I was 16 and I remember a quick dive I did at Ponce de Leon springs where I followed a bouy rope 33 feet down or so. Upon reaching the bottom I felt fine. Like I had plenty of air. Then I looked up and saw how far away from the surface I was and panicked. All my air seemed to disappear and I was now in a panicking state. I bolted for the surface with barley a second to spare. I still free dive though imagining being in that scenario while on gas and not being able to head for the surface, gives me chills.
That’s def a near death experience forsho it def humbled u
This arch is perfect for the saying
“Never follow the light at the of the tunnel”
I don’t dive.
I don’t like swimming
I don’t watch documentaries
*This was an exception.*
You dont watch documentaries..?? You're missing out on the greatness of our world
@@apdroidgeek1737 wich one is your best doc? :)
@@apdroidgeek1737 can u suggest some
I’m from Florida, you gotta learn to swim here
You don't watch documentaries? What next? Folding your books' corners for bookmarks? Pineapple on a pizza? You're monster!
I just sat the entire 44 minutes and realized I’ve never sat through an entire long RUclips video without skipping multiple times. Good video!
3:03 "Now she's calling young men into the hole" wow he definitely didn't think that sentence through haha
LMAO 😂 😂🤦🏾♂️
are you a girl?
Tell me about it.
I had the same experience going into a similar hole. 9 months later I ended up with a baby girl. No regrets. LOL.
@venomous this man pewdiepies
LOL 🤣🤣🤣
I won't forget the first time I looked over the blue hole when I was snorkeling there, the incredible depth and the shift of water color from cyan to deep ultramarine blue was just breathtaking, and you can almost hear the sound of hollowness the first time you look down the hole
so much goes in to diving.. every successful dive is honestly a modern miracle
The time and planning and physical endurance required to do this documentary...I'm so impressed! Fascinating footage! Thanks for sharing this adventure with us!
I have snorkeled in Thailand and while enjoying myself all of a sudden I looked down a vast pitch black drop.
That was fucking scary as hell. I am not a fan of this shit.
When that happens you can quickly get vertigo, get discombobulated and that’s when accidents happen
@@drinkwater319 D I S C O M B O B U L A T E
@@drinkwater319 stop and breathe,stop and breathe
My heart is heavy and teary eyed while watching this documentary. I remember my boss missing since June 3 this year while diving in Tubattha Reefs here in Palawan Philippines. Up to now almost 7 months we have no idea if he survive or gone forever.😢😭
Sir we missed you a lot😭
And still praying and hoping that you are still alive.
You're very lucky to have a boss worth missing!
So sad, seems like a lovely boss. I pray you and his family/employees/friends, get some closure one day 🙏🏾
I went there years ago and just snorkelled around the perimeter, which was absolutely amazing, but I remember seeing two divers way way down below me and they looked about as big as an action man figure, they were really deep. Fantastic place to visit, but it has claimed a lot of divers.
nice description action hero dolls. only if my future husband will come to this conclusion for himself to
"Come and dwelve with me a while and stay down here forever" - Sends chills
I am not a young man and a scuba instructor but the lure of the deep has called me beyond safety limits a few times. It's very easy to push beyond safe practices. Thankfully I have learnt to stay within safety limits regardless of the temptation for a few more meters.
Would have thought a TV channel paid money for this type of quality footage - loved it.
Lol this is a history channel video.
Stupid
Gren x
Guys don't be mean, they might not have this show in their country
So I’ve only been diving once; however, little life hack that I was taught...if you get disoriented follow the bubbles up. Bubbles do not go down...they always go up.
vertigo effects ur balance and your ability to coordinate......... so despite knowing the difference between up and down your body cant adjust accordingly to correct your position and so u lose self control........ ive experienced this at 10 metres and at 50 metres and the direction of the bubbles will make absolutely no difference trust me lol
@@subterraa you're absolutely correct, I've experienced it at the sea floor and everytime I thought I got it right and was headed back up to the surface, my face would smack the dirt hard af. Scary situation
Josiah Hay,
that's easy enough to teach someone before they go into the water.
But then panic sets in and not everyone would remember that.
Don't stop telling people, tho, as it could still save a life!
Actually once i was in a washing machine in brothers islands and there was such a strong drift that the bubbles went down...
That is great advice that will keep you alive my friend...
" The dangerous substance in that hole is testosterone " 😂 Then proceeds to dive in that hole.
I ran straight to the comments after he said this
A testosterone dive would be with one tank.
He trained, he had emergency stop divers at 10m intervals and he had the equipment. That's not the overcome with testosterone behaviour.
I'm just starting out in my diving life and this video just demonstrates to me what my Instructor was on about when he was talking about ego. Ego is a killer.
Excellent video. As a dive instructor with thousands of dives, only once did I not dive within my limits. That was enough for me. Got much more training and have always been careful to dive within my limits. And oh yes, those arches and incredible overhanging walls indeed beckon, I think having to be e for others has made me extra cautious. At 75 I’m still diving so I guess I’ve done something right!
Are you still diving?
@@jeremy-m6b-m8n at 78? Yes. Ha ha. But conservatively.
@@roadboat9216 That’s awesome man. Keep it up!
@@roadboat9216 man you’re an inspiration brother. All the best
Hello sir how r u ? U r an inspiration thank you ❤
I'm fine with the 3ft pool, thank you.
Bro how old are you
😄
@@gralp nah bruh we speak in cheeseburger here in murica
Boring. Dahab is so interesting
boring
This is a really great video! So much to teach anyone who dives, or loves somebody who dives.
Big respect to your level of wanting to feel, see and experience what so many are curious about. Very journalistic. I speak it from as a journalist myself.
I've only ever been snorkeling and I don't ever anticipate going diving and after watching this, I'm fine with that. I simply loved this video.
8:34 WTF Karl Marx died in the blue hole?!
Can you be sure he's dead? They just said they didn't come back.. yet..
I was like 😨😨🤔
karl marx died in late 1800s, that plaque said 2007.. different guy
Noah Forbes Thanks for explaining the joke, genius...
Joaquín Solís 👍🏼
Funny how they subtitle the egyptian where I understand every word, but when the british diver in the blue shirt starts talking even Monty Halls looks puzzled. :-D
Same same saaaame😂😂
I think he is Irish with a strong accent.
Subconscious Racism is real buddy you just cought it absolutely no reason to subtitle that man anyone with ears that speaks English could clearly make out what he was saying
EXACTLY! I was chasing for YT captions everytime those pros were talking
it's a show made for British TV, British accents are understood well in Britain. The man who got subtitled speaks pretty bad English, so to make sure everyone in Britain could understand him they subtitled it. It's not that big of a deal.
That's a pretty unusual mystery to investigate, and considering there's not much "hard evidence," like too much sediment or loss of visibility or something, you guys did a great job of solving it.
This was the most fascinating diving documentary I’ve ever seen. 👍👍👍
My dive # 48.
Max 28 meters for a total dive time of 50 minutes,
31 December 2006.
Now I got 1000+ dives but I still remember this one dive at the Blue Hole in Dahab.
Thanks and greetings to the great local people which I met there.
I don’t think people think the arch is the way up, cave divers know that the way up is where the bubbles go, so I think it’s more the narcosis and the urge to explore
They run out of air, simply. Most of them. The Arch is not horizontal it goes down a bit, so at the end of the swim you are 5 meters deeper than when you enter it. another issue is, the depth is right around 56m, where o2 in air becomes toxic.
43:13 Those words gave me goose•bumps!!!😬💀☠️
At my last dive at the red sea i went to 35meters and this was enough for me - it's getting dark, the colors are gone and no colorful reef at all, so why i should go deeper.
To find the underwater aliens and UFOs (underwater floating objects).
Seriously, you stopped so you lived which you might not have done had you gone further!!
Stay well.
Well you wouldn’t like diving here in Vancouver then, at 35 meters its not ‘getting’ ....it’s darker than the heart of my ex-wife 🤣
They do make lights ya know haha. I’m a lot more interested in diving deeper in order to see wrecks and then maybe someday cave diving.
@@JuliaBajoolia lets do The Blue Hole together
Don't know a single thing about diving, nor do I have any interest in it, but I still found this fascinating enough to watch it 2 times! Great vid and very interesting!
I have Thallasophobia but even from start of the documentary, i was hooked. What an amazing documentary. Thank you so much for sharing the experience
what's killing divers? Usually people overestimating their abilities. number 2 i s people taking diving and their gear for granted (know too many divers who don't get their annual reg maintenance, don't have an octopus, etc). No dang curse, no weirdness. Just people not planning the dive and diving the plan.
@@Cramblit the video literally debunks the reason why. Watch it.
@@1Deejay7
Kind of sad if you count that as debunking... All they did was talk about a few of the cases, then talk about what CAN go wrong, without once proving that's what happened in the vast majority of cases.. That isn't debunking genius lol..
That'd be like me going into a supposedly haunted house, talking about all the ways it COULD be haunted, and why, talking about a few of the stories, then proclaiming thats proof of it being haunted... no it isn't... but that's literally what they just did in reverse here. They didn't prove shit lol.
@@1Deejay7
And that comment just proves you are a mindless tool lol.. have a nice day.
@killerpeaches7 can you expand on *not having an octopus*
@@Cramblit What do you mean they did not proved it ? Beyond all doubts they proved how so many deaths occurred in there. Arch seems withing reach at 40 meters, to a divers that are diving on air with single cylinder and are already experiencing nitrogen narcosis in various stages, that is affecting their judgement and lead them to wrong decisions. People that are not prepared equipment wise, nor they have any training to go that deep. That's it. He stated by the end of this dive that when you reach the other side of the arch you are at nearly 60 meters. If you dive on air you die, your brain isn't working well anymore and you either start or already are suffering from oxygen toxicity. When Oxygen toxicity starts to show symptoms there's not much time to react. Considering the fact that now you have a ceiling above you and you cannot change your depth in an instant if there is nobody there with the right equipment and the knowledge to help you you die. You don't even need to run out of air.
This was a really great explanation of what is going on in that hole. Wow. I love the way they have taken us through the whole process. Thank you!
I now realize that I love the shore more than anything
Went snorkelling over blue hole yesterday, truly breathtaking. Crazy how deep it is
For someone who doesn't dive and even possibly has thalassophobia, even I am compelled to go here and dive this arch, just looks so beautiful and amazing. Incredible documentary!
So beautiful to watch, but one of the scariest documentary I ve ever seen.
Fishes be like: "How do these PeoPle Die.."
I think they know, and that's why they stay in the water instead of trying to survive on land!!
No they don’t... they just start eating the meat that’s floated down
Strap a go pro to a fish
I spent 7 times the amount of air watching this video.
calgy84 thought that was just me lol
Hahahah
This is a truly levelling vid as I at early 30s would have pushed this and died. Although I got my PADI I had no idea how dangerous it really is below 35+ metres.
Great vid which I’m using now to educate my son.
THANK YOU
I appreciated the exciting details, clear explanations, & tangible comparisons! I actually felt the panic of being trapped at -60m without air!
Even watching it in the video makes me wanna go through that arch, I can totally imagine seeing it in real life and wanting to go through the arch.
I never realised that SCUBA was an acronym! (Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus... !! )
Radar/Lidar - radio detection and ranging /laser imaging, detection and ranging
Sonar - sound navigation and ranging
Laser- light amplification by simulated emission of radiation
And odd one - Smart, as in the car manufacturer - Swatch Mercedes Art - how mental is that?
Zip - as in Zip code -zone improvement plan
The tech industry has a gazillion of them, the best being TWAIN, the original interface between your PC and scanner - technology without any important name!
@@BadYossa wow I knew scuba was an acronym but I didn't know any of them!
Welcome! It is a fun sport and in our Pacific Northwest area so much to see from entering the water out to 40 feet. No need to dive deep like these folks to enjoy a ton of stuff and all at very safe depths. Be smart and learn your equipment, practice emergency steps and ALWAYS dive with a buddy. Never leave your wingman! Have fun!
SCBA (Self contained breathing apparatus) is what firemen use
ADIDAS - All Day I Dream About Sex
Dives beyond 40 meters are tec dives or decompression dives, meaning you really need to dive your plan to avoid decompression sickness. However, if you stay within recreational limits (preferably 30 m) use a dive computer, know how to use / interpret it and have a buddy near you, you should be fine.
30m is for kids
I have a HUGE phobia of being underwater but I cannot stop watching this.
For me underwater feels like home. But never ever lose your respect.
I found this video/channel sorta by accident but was like "wow this guy does a great job with documentaries". I hope the rest of them are this well done!
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Underwater bomb disposal.? Now that's intense
A lot of the time they use controlled demolition or even robots to diffuse the bombs from a safe distance.
@@generalgaige2903 damn robots stealing our jobs
Bomb disposal is probably the more intense aspect of it. Could be fun though.
@@xslite300 its not like humans would like to defuse them themselves... I would not
Superb documentary! New diver here and scanning the internet to enrich my knowledge about this culture. Although scary, it definitely makes me more aware and probably more smart about how to approach the sport. Thank you for sharing this without charging a penny.
You have to dive with a friend
The deepest I've ever been was 142 feet (39 meters). With a rental regulator, it was getting difficult to pull in enough air because the bladder couldn't open under the pressure. It was a great dive, but I would've needed to have had a more robust reg and better air mix to go any deeper.
Bruh 39 meters is only 127 feet lol. 142 feet would be 43 meters
I was at the blue hole 6 years ago and died on a rebreather
What an extraordinary video. Great job to all for sharing your knowledge and filming it.
Best Doco I have ever seen. This should form part of scuba training courses. Well done guys
Now that I'm a tech diver I finally understand the risks. As an AOW diver I dived the Blue Hole and was thoroughly warned by the guide to never think you can swim through the arch. That same day a tech diver from the same dive center died at the blue hole. Not at the arch but doing a deep dive in the hole. I had seen the guys planning that morning. When we surfaced he was already dead. I later heard he'd switched to the wrong gas at depth not consulting his buddy. Breathing a high-O2 mix lead to oxygen toxicity, convulsions and drowning. His buddy had to send his body to the surface while he stayed to finish his deco stops. The surface crew couldn't revive him. To this day I imagine what they both must've gone through. It did impress on me the importance of planning your dive and diving your plan.
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1:33 kid jumps into the water and it was legitimately the Minecraft water noise
The game sound imitates reality not the other way round.
Very informative. Being a open water diver myself, it’s best to leave this dive to the tech divers.
27:09 = Fake
I appreciate these guys sharing this video. If I came across a body doing some activity that poses danger and /or is the type of activity where danger isn’t always easy to recognize, I would simply take the hint and move to safety. I plan on living as long as possible. I’m not as willing to take risks as the younger me. If I did die in a situation similar to this I feel the same as these men. Get my body out for my family and to avoid the potential trauma to someone coming across it, but don’t risk your own life to do so. If trained people can do the job safely that’s the way to go.
I’ve been camping in a semi wilderness area in central northern Wisconsin for going on 25 years. There have been a handful of storms and other conditions the have created dangerous situations for me. Sometimes on land, but more often on the water. I don’t think a lot of the people who go there always comprehend the potential dangers of the place. It’s quite large, the storms can be very intense, when it’s dark it’s easy to get lost, and the water is cold and densely cloudy. As such I have had conversations with people warning them to be prepared and extra careful. Oh yeah, and there are bears, and more and more likely cougars.
Deep dark water completely freaks me out but somehow I'm here so...
Wish me luck I guess? The rabbit hole is deep. TwT
That was the best diving video I have ever watched. I learned a lot for my own dives! Thanks!
I’m not scared of barely anything but diving creeps me out so much
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Honestly scuba diving is the most amazing sport ever. It’s an entirely different world down below the water. With that said… this particular Blue Hole is a dive site that I would never wanna do. That arch is creepily tempting, making the dive dangerous
Plan your dive and dive your plan. You get 2 types of divers; old divers and bold divers. You never get old bold divers. Free divers to it deeper than bubbles blowers . When I was in Dahab in 95 I was free diving down to the top of the arch. Beautiful and the best thing about free diving it; I did it as much as I wanted as often as I wanted, no planning, no cumbersome equipment and I only paid for the lift to the hole.
Free diving is insane. I’d rather scuba than do that. I can trust a tank, I can’t trust myself to be 100 feet down on one breath!!
@Space Mullet It’s nitrogen narcosis lollll. Oxygen narcosis isn’t a thing. Also nitrogen narcosis is kind of enjoyable. You just can’t go past 140 feet on air, otherwise it goes from “an enjoyable slight buzz” to “inebriated out of control”.
8:55 Everyone should listen to this guy.
Tbh, one of my favourite things about diving is the purity of focus, and the loss of all ego and bravado. Might sound a bit cheesy, but a 40min dive beats a weekend meditation retreat anytime!
I’ve watched the full video of Yuris dive. You watch him quickly sink. He was on regular air and went 40 feet past the depth for being on regular air. The deeper her gets, more you hear him making noises. Till he finally hits the bottom and makes a death rattle, and is gone.
Nicely done! I'm studying my scuba Open Water Certification and it's great to see what other's have encountered mentally, psychologically, spiritually and technically.
Have fun Sonia. The more you dive, the more you'll love it.
Was half expecting them to find a massive alien ship at the bottom 😂
“This diving hole has claimed many lives and is extremely dangerous for diving”
Film Crew: *better go dive there*
Jokes aside great job, you managed to make me take 43 minutes out of my life with a great documentary
🕺🏻🕺🏻🤘🏻
I really enjoy Monty’s talented ability at presenting, narration and general story telling. 😊
What a beautiful video. It got got my attention and I'm glad i watched it. Thanks for such an amazing experience.
Good documentary. Really informative and could quite possibly save lives. Well done Monty!!
Well, thanks to this I have learned I never want to try SCUBA diving...
Scuba is amazing, don’t be a p - uss
Beautifully done and riveting!! especially as I dived the blue hole just this month. Just a recreational dive max 30 meters.
@Charles I believe my current certification allows me to go only to 30 meters. I think I need to do the PADI specialty 'Deep Dive' to go to 40 meters. At least that's my understanding. I plan to do that soon.
so where does the light from the other side of the arch come from?
@@robertbates6249 it's just sunlight
how did it go?
@@TechforToastmasters did u see the arch?
Man that was a fantastic doco, really interesting and well filmed.
New subscriber,I enjoy diving videos,and at last I get to find out why some divers die into the blue hole,ark. Well explained..this deserves a million million views
Wow, wow, wow! All of it... Incredible! Except for the deaths of course, that part is tragic. But figuring out why it's happening to prevent future deaths is incredible. It really is beautiful and alluring. I can see what sparks the desire for divers to take what deceptively looks like a slight risk to experience the feeling of going through the arch only to be caught off guard and meet their doom. So devastating. It i I'll
Wow, great documentary, technical info, the myth involved narrated by local people, medical issues on deep diving, beautiful photography, expert divers giving their opinions. Then, there is the sad feeling when looking at those memorial plates. I love it. Thanks for sharing.
Quarantine got me watching a 43 min video without skipping
I experienced that vertigo feeling once snorkeling with my daughter in mallorca. We got brave and went to the outer edge of the bay.
The bay was edged with cliffs, and as we rounded the turn, the sandy bottom fell away into dark depths and we could see where massive chunks of cliff had fallen in.
The combination of the wave action outside the bay and the massive deep rocks had us both gasping and turning back straight away, in fear.
I can really appreciate how inexperienced divers could start feeling panicky in this deep hole.
When you can see the eea bed, it's reassuring and you feel you're not in danger. To see it plunge away is fairly terrifying for the inexperienced. Really should be for experienced divers only.
Wow.... This is mind blowing video.
This teaches that we need stick with our experience level to enjoy the underwater beauty.