Monty Halls' Dive Mysteries: The Curse of The Blue Hole | History Documentary | Reel Truth History

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Marine biologist Monty Halls is on a mystery to solve some of the greatest mysteries in the world of diving. In this episode, Monty visits the most dangerous dive site on Earth, The Blue Hole on Egypt's Red Sea coast to try and discover why it has taken the lives of so many divers.
Under the surface of every body of water on earth there lurks a mystery or blood curdling legend - a tale of lost treasure, deadly curse, ghost ship or ancient civilisation. In this series Monty Halls goes in search of the real story behind the worlds greatest underwater mysteries, pushing the safety limits on truly dangerous dives backed up by cutting edge camera technology. Advances in technical diving and multi-scan mapping tools mean that these sites can be revealed as never before, all Monty needs to do is launch the expedition for the exploration to begin. This is true Indiana Jones diving wrapped around gripping detective stories set against the backdrop of some of the most beautiful and mysterious locations on earth.
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[@leebenstead7171]

Diving into this hole is like scrolling through the comments and not realising how far you've gone until you scroll back up.

[@rewatteefroimchuk8589]

Exactly!

[@Demisticlies]

🤣🤣🤣🤣👈👈👈👈👈

[@smarti1144]

The internet version of Narcosis.

[@kimbaldun]

And the "X" button is when you pull the plug on yourself.

[@TheB657]

I think it's far more complex than that 😅 😂

[@samg10018]

Me: "I'll just watch 5 minutes." *43 Minutes later* Me: "Well that was interesting."

[@robot_spider]

It's called KZbin narcosis, and it can be deadly.

[@DuckiestBoat959]

(floating dead youtube account)

[@Cryzk_]

@@robot_spider Deadly for class grades

[@ayames.3537]

Relatable 😭

[@__-to3hq]

I can't believe its over, and I still feel as if they didn't even show me anything about this dive site....

[@aylapeters3005]

recreational divers looking at the arch be like: th- this hole was made for me

[@IrishCaesar]

I get that reference

[@daedalusb9548]

So cursed...

[@MattLaVoie1]

Gggggggrrrrrrrrrrr......!

[@DickiMonster]

“Unzipped noises”

[@Julia_BH]

@@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.

[@SomeRandomName999999]

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

[@protipskiptoendofvideoandr286]

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

[@paulpaul4828]

Best comment ever ! Makes sense .

[@LG-Musique]

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

[@seventhseventhnineteen2215]

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.

[@dannahbanana11235]

@@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.

[@HoracioLanzas]

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.

[@tiatokkesdal1745]

Horacio L 😱😱😱😱

[@ianserna7267]

It’s the equivalent of taking several shots of hard liquor, diving with nitrox at 33m would mitigate getting narced

[@rschmidtschmidt6810]

I'm sure though they are using Trimix or Nitrox to prevent this. The deeper you go you substitute out oxygen to helium.

[@nicore7608]

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

[@joasveenstra2495]

@@rschmidtschmidt6810 trimix no nitrox wont work on that depth

[@mtmbunnys6748]

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”

[@adriansorin9291]

MTM Bunnys yeah, so what? You can’t figure out phrases of more than 3 words or what?

[@elmamo2000]

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.

[@vincentlamb3436]

@@elmamo2000 the other side is the ocean...

[@tiktak3559]

@@elmamo2000 The arch connects the blue hole and the ocean.

[@laxbrotba]

Bald British guys are a different breed.

[@Floodbait_117]

This should be a required vid for open water and cave diving Wow 547 likes thank you all :)

[@IreneWY]

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!

[@Makdiver]

@@IreneWY Super idea..

[@lindawenke2079]

You would think your diving instructors telling you “don’t be dumb, you can die” would be enough lol

[@nighthawkviper6791]

Won't stop it.

[@thecrabpulsar]

Absolutely, well said.

[@kwhite749]

I'm glad docos like this exist, I get to experience diving without all of the danger.

[@hariballsack8128]

Who else just got sucked into the video and the next thing you knew 43 minutes passed by

[@marconius101]

i just dove in..

[@hariballsack8128]

Brian Warner Tf you talkin about😂

[@FluffyFractalshard]

no, i got bored after 5 minutes and went to the comments to find some spoilers

[@Yannick-m]

Brock Jones im Scared but want a dive cursus now

[@fatbongripz4207]

that is me with every video

[@michaelqueck9420]

“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

[@reeneycruse7097]

Plan your dive, dive your plan, 🤔🤔🤔great quote from the movie Sanctum

[@taylorg8509]

Ya but have you dived the arch at divers cemetery in egypt ?

[@purgetheXYs]

@gargy2002 uh planning is preparation, thats what the saying is telling you to do...

[@smileygladhands]

@@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.

[@andrew_owens7680]

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.

[@trainingwood]

Basically conclusion can be : don't do dives that you are not certified/experienced/equiped to do. Never dive alone and put ego aside.

[@ibrhelmy]

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

[@carsoncantwell4495]

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

[@keffertv304]

carson cantwell sorry for your loss bro

[@jaredsama8028]

@@carsoncantwell4495 sorry for your loss 🥺❤️

[@davidk7544]

Mermaids down there.

[@JohnPiperBoots]

@@davidk7544 LOL that is indeed where the REAL temptation is arrrrggghh! The beautiful mermaids mate!~ :D

[@AJ-bi6ns]

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

[@IreneWY]

oh me too, it scared me so much!

[@brandonm1088]

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.

[@jonbonesmahomes7472]

You must have been watching The Abyss with Ed Harris

[@davidk7544]

That feeling is a life saver. So many bold divers don't use those cues.

[@monslay5624]

I agree. I felt like I was suspended in mid air when I dove in the Caribbean and it was my first dive!

[@colabpampam1607]

Me reading comments :" I can't believe people would fall to watch this for 43 minutes." 43 Minutes later Me: "Now i believe."

[@melaniebrewer8330]

And that’s me now 😂.

[@Pheebs77]

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.

[@observant6953]

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

[@rimeelyakoubi2480]

Same same saaaame😂😂

[@who_Is_faten_helmi]

I think he is Irish with a strong accent.

[@jkdunk20001988]

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

[@LuigiSimoncini]

EXACTLY! I was chasing for YT captions everytime those pros were talking

[@timsyoutube6051]

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.

[@glo85ria]

My bathtub limit of less than a meter is enough for me, thank you. Great documetary

[@theisisreincarnate]

hahahahaha

[@xslite300]

really?

[@unknownfromkashmir260]

funny. +1.

[@javi.buildz3614]

Bruh😂

[@abgamer7955]

@Gloria that’s a big bathtub

[@dimatadore]

3:03 "Now she's calling young men into the hole" wow he definitely didn't think that sentence through haha

[@mmiller8373]

LMAO 😂 😂🤦🏾‍♂️

[@wahmodijiwah4201]

are you a girl?

[@dennisbarrett9604]

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.

[@Chronx100]

@venomous this man pewdiepies

[@lavish_1717]

LOL 🤣🤣🤣

[@howa08]

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

[@howa08]

@@ReillyPerovichfair point, I've never dived more than 30 ft down and that was only once, to me it all sounds terrifying

[@paulpaul4828]

@@ReillyPerovich 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 💯

[@charlesg7926]

@@ReillyPerovich 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

[@LG-Musique]

@@charlesg7926 rescue and advanced are only recreational qualifications. Diving the arch requires tech diving qualifications if you want to do it safely.

[@scarletamazon3455]

@@ReillyPerovich 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?

[@paroramkp]

A meticulously planned, well pre-researched expedition, most interesting, factual, no undue dramatics....all in all - top class...Kudos

[@JosephMullin]

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.

[@Cyril8204]

You shouldn't go at 130 feet on Nitrox!

[@JosephMullin]

@@Cyril8204 you can with the correct amount of oxygen. You have to be very alert about depth and time

[@tonymartin4274]

130"/40m- ish = 28% nitrox for a PPO2 of 1.4, as any recreation diver would know.

[@wahmodijiwah4201]

@@Cyril8204 but 130ft is shallow , pools are usually deeper than that

[@wahmodijiwah4201]

you need to upgrade qualification to deeper depts

[@jillianhorsley5985]

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.

[@brodietaylor1873]

I don’t dive. I don’t like swimming I don’t watch documentaries *This was an exception.*

[@apdroidgeek1737]

You dont watch documentaries..?? You're missing out on the greatness of our world

[@RoRo0490]

@@apdroidgeek1737 wich one is your best doc? :)

[@Abhi6x9]

@@apdroidgeek1737 can u suggest some

[@dogebond6960]

I’m from Florida, you gotta learn to swim here

[@unschuldshascherl]

You don't watch documentaries? What next? Folding your books' corners for bookmarks? Pineapple on a pizza? You're monster!

[@glennman0922]

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!

[@nopoint30]

I remember watching the video of Yuri's death some 10-11 years ago here on KZbin, 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.

[@AlexDerange]

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

[@nopoint30]

@@AlexDerange Yeah, it's scary to say the least

[@SwevikingLol]

Im gonna tell you a secret. There is No space. Only water which is above the firmament.

[@nopoint30]

@@SwevikingLol huh?

[@fatfr0g570]

@@nopoint30 Sounds like flat-Earther nonsense to me.

[@SUBDELTA9]

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.

[@7mileTen]

That’s def a near death experience forsho it def humbled u

[@AwokenEntertainment]

so much goes in to diving.. every successful dive is honestly a modern miracle

[@homemakingwisdom]

" The dangerous substance in that hole is testosterone " 😂 Then proceeds to dive in that hole.

[@kerrinmcmillen2559]

I ran straight to the comments after he said this

[@larryvonloop]

A testosterone dive would be with one tank.

[@christophernicolson5086]

He trained, he had emergency stop divers at 10m intervals and he had the equipment. That's not the overcome with testosterone behaviour.

[@josiahhay5786]

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.

[@subterraa]

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

[@aquacleaning4994]

@@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

[@amethyst1826]

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!

[@steciaffa2227]

Actually once i was in a washing machine in brothers islands and there was such a strong drift that the bubbles went down...

[@kparsa1]

That is great advice that will keep you alive my friend...

[@happylife-ng4fp]

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.

[@chuckschillingvideos]

You're very lucky to have a boss worth missing!

[@mrsevelync6900]

So sad, seems like a lovely boss. I pray you and his family/employees/friends, get some closure one day 🙏🏾

[@wydespread8889]

This arch is perfect for the saying “Never follow the light at the of the tunnel”

[@deaman007]

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.

[@anibal624]

nice description action hero dolls. only if my future husband will come to this conclusion for himself to

[@nakakagigilkayo9849]

I'm fine with the 3ft pool, thank you.

[@yehiarizk1836]

Bro how old are you

[@callumstevenson8083]

😄

[@pjswag2118]

@@gralp nah bruh we speak in cheeseburger here in murica

[@user-fw6fe1gu4r]

Boring. Dahab is so interesting

[@a90q]

boring

[@vicycross6037]

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!

[@unknowndoda]

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

[@atbiyoucef7948]

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.

[@thedirkulator]

1:33 kid jumps into the water and it was legitimately the Minecraft water noise

[@nothinggood2696]

The game sound imitates reality not the other way round.

[@Finthefish-hr8ky]

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.

[@Apollo_Tsakiris]

I now realize that I love the shore more than anything

[@abhijitlamsoge]

"Come and dwelve with me a while and stay down here forever" - Sends chills

[@gren509]

Would have thought a TV channel paid money for this type of quality footage - loved it.

[@taylorparrish7638]

Lol this is a history channel video.

[@LAZANDCREW]

Stupid

[@coase8376]

Gren x

[@twoghostsinacornfeild]

Guys don't be mean, they might not have this show in their country

[@gamestv4875]

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.

[@drinkwater319]

When that happens you can quickly get vertigo, get discombobulated and that’s when accidents happen

[@earthequalsmissingcurvesqu9359]

@@drinkwater319 D I S C O M B O B U L A T E

[@busterc6600]

@@drinkwater319 stop and breathe,stop and breathe

[@EuanWhitehead]

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.

[@TrueDisaster-]

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!

[@Hqshim]

Fishes be like: "How do these PeoPle Die.."

[@amethyst1826]

I think they know, and that's why they stay in the water instead of trying to survive on land!!

[@theflanman420420]

No they don’t... they just start eating the meat that’s floated down

[@MrGranitealchemist]

Strap a go pro to a fish

[@electrotek2324]

I just sat the entire 44 minutes and realized I’ve never sat through an entire long KZbin video without skipping multiple times. Good video!

[@JP-rt8zt]

I’m not scared of barely anything but diving creeps me out so much

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[@JP-rt8zt]

U literally joined today

[@charlesg7926]

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

[@eileenflora]

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.

[@fredread9216]

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!

[@justussneary19]

Are you still diving?

[@fredread9216]

@@justussneary19 at 78? Yes. Ha ha. But conservatively.

[@justussneary19]

@@fredread9216 That’s awesome man. Keep it up!

[@listerineclean343]

@@fredread9216 man you’re an inspiration brother. All the best

[@sheikali2488]

Hello sir how r u ? U r an inspiration thank you ❤

[@karlwolf9805]

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.

[@TheRenegadeStarr]

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.

[@allisonthefox9900]

Deep dark water completely freaks me out but somehow I'm here so... Wish me luck I guess? The rabbit hole is deep. TwT

[@calgy84]

I spent 7 times the amount of air watching this video.

[@dukeenzo]

calgy84 thought that was just me lol

[@abirmef9510]

Hahahah

[@liamwilson7549]

Was half expecting them to find a massive alien ship at the bottom 😂

[@ryancnayr]

Went snorkelling over blue hole yesterday, truly breathtaking. Crazy how deep it is

[@loulou7963]

This was the most fascinating diving documentary I’ve ever seen. 👍👍👍

[@rameyzamora1018]

This is a really great video! So much to teach anyone who dives, or loves somebody who dives.

[@Cast1]

43:13 Those words gave me goose•bumps!!!😬💀☠️

[@NASkeywest]

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.

[@kenzielarsen1771]

I appreciated the exciting details, clear explanations, & tangible comparisons! I actually felt the panic of being trapped at -60m without air!

[@myopinion3431]

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.

[@amethyst1826]

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.

[@daneapeterson]

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 🤣

[@Julia_BH]

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.

[@busterc6600]

@@Julia_BH lets do The Blue Hole together

[@victor9]

Underwater bomb disposal.? Now that's intense

[@generalgaige2903]

A lot of the time they use controlled demolition or even robots to diffuse the bombs from a safe distance.

[@xslite300]

@@generalgaige2903 damn robots stealing our jobs

[@vandoo66]

Bomb disposal is probably the more intense aspect of it. Could be fun though.

[@luc1d356]

@@xslite300 its not like humans would like to defuse them themselves... I would not

[@percyweil6039]

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

[@zaina1648]

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

[@dukeenzo]

“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

[@kierankennedy8033]

🕺🏻🕺🏻🤘🏻

[@kalynneart3492]

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!

[@MopH3ad]

Im only learning to dive at the momment and watching this it scared me into how dangerous and how easy it is to go outside your skil set to the point of no return, it hasnt put me off but helped me realise how easily you can be caught out.... thank you so much for this video.

[@Dividedwestand0221]

I love the legend of the girl who commited suicide there and now thats the curse upon the Blue Hole because it shows how the human mind works. We are so scared of facing our fears, doubts and guilt that divers die sometimed because of faulty equipment but more than that because they didnt want to face their own limitations so...a curse is born.

[@scarletamazon3455]

I like the local legend folklore, it's fascinating and definitely says a lot about us as humans. I do notice however that whenever some place is said to be cursed, it always seems to be blamed on some woman. Men pushing their luck and risking their lives? Can't blame them, lets invent a fictional woman who is MAKING them do that and die! Rarely seem to hear about curses coming about because of a man's actions.

[@mustafankamil1973]

I did a 60m deep dive in Aqaba Jordan, we carried 3 x 15kg tanks each and went as a 6 man team all divemasters ,free falling took over eight minutes & the first tank was over in under 25 minutes and decompression took almost one and a half hours, its absolutely ridiculous to think that its possible to do it with one tank.

[@xtremedud5]

Mussy Design Can’t compare to deep air dive on one cylinder as you don’t spend that much time at the bottom. You can get to 60 meters easily under five minutes. Also decompression is much shorter than with helium mixed gases. Once did a dive below 70 meters and spent only little over half of my air from one 15L cylinder. Overall it’s much more safe with the right equipment and gas.

[@a_z_e_t]

it's ridiculous doing deco on air.

[@999racing]

@@a_z_e_t yes

[@999racing]

@@xtremedud5 why is deco on helium longer? It's shorter bc the helium substitutes nitrogen in the gas making you ongas slower and offgas faster making deco shorter. That's also why deco on a cc is shorter than on oc bc you're breathing the optimal gas mix all the time with optimal meaning with the least nitrigen possible

[@richardthomson1283]

@@999racing not necessarily, deco diving doesn't necessarily mean going deep it can mean going for long such as caves or drift diving

[@jge9985]

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

[@cortomaltese6250]

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.

[@flatearthnonsenseofficial4908]

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.

[@Brickyard4738]

I have a HUGE phobia of being underwater but I cannot stop watching this.

[@jbrittels804]

For me underwater feels like home. But never ever lose your respect.

[@MexicanBandit]

8:34 WTF Karl Marx died in the blue hole?!

[@dyvel]

Can you be sure he's dead? They just said they didn't come back.. yet..

[@lormisha]

I was like 😨😨🤔

[@noahforbes4008]

karl marx died in late 1800s, that plaque said 2007.. different guy

[@MexicanBandit]

Noah Forbes Thanks for explaining the joke, genius...

[@noahforbes4008]

Joaquín Solís 👍🏼

[@mfp4136]

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.

[@charlesg7926]

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!!

[@charlesg7926]

@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”.

[@Yggdrasil42]

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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[@Fwr942]

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[@Fiscus128]

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.

[@wahmodijiwah4201]

30m is for kids

[@HopelessSinner]

I never realised that SCUBA was an acronym! (Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus... !! )

[@BadYossa]

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!

[@Sssssssslf]

@@BadYossa wow I knew scuba was an acronym but I didn't know any of them!

[@johnboylong40]

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!

[@overlordgaming752]

SCBA (Self contained breathing apparatus) is what firemen use

[@dugongpoo]

ADIDAS - All Day I Dream About Sex

[@vamsipatil]

Glad to come across you channel and this video. Learnt so much about diving beyond safest limits and with respective better equipment. this is really so , thrilling, mysterious, as much terrifying to watch you guys enter that beautiful Blue arch that really calls esp when the divers are not in the best of their minds in that depth and abyss!! You guys are awesome, please be more careful and hope to see more of your amazing adventures along your amazing Abyss Journey!!

[@lalchharliani6904]

Quarantine got me watching a 43 min video without skipping

[@markmayfield2228]

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.

[@charlesg7926]

Bruh 39 meters is only 127 feet lol. 142 feet would be 43 meters

[@peterguirguess853]

I was at the blue hole 6 years ago and died on a rebreather

[@killerpeaches7]

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]

@@Cramblit the video literally debunks the reason why. Watch it.

[@Cramblit]

@@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]

@@1Deejay7 And that comment just proves you are a mindless tool lol.. have a nice day.

[@overlordgaming752]

@killerpeaches7 can you expand on *not having an octopus*

[@liquidsky5428]

@@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.

[@nickmaihofer1084]

Excellent documentary! Read a lot of stories about this blue hole. Incredible and well done.

[@DavidUL12]

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.

[@anirbandey303]

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.

[@Tuberuser187]

Well, thanks to this I have learned I never want to try SCUBA diving...

[@charlesg7926]

Scuba is amazing, don’t be a p - uss

[@ypure3859]

EXCELLENT PRODUCTION. WELL TOLD. had me griped! Thank you

[@maryanderson2507]

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

[@bethparker1500]

So beautiful to watch, but one of the scariest documentary I ve ever seen.

[@danscott8899]

That was the best diving video I have ever watched. I learned a lot for my own dives! Thanks!

[@jeroenjansen2709]

When I started watching it was not my intention to watch it to the end. But 5 minutes into the clip I simply could not stop watching.

[@skboog]

The comment about the your camera guy also feeling the effects and then just cutting in this out of focus close up, was hilarious.

[@king_bling7373]

Good documentary. Really informative and could quite possibly save lives. Well done Monty!!

[@callsignhotpocket7989]

“Im just going to go with normal dive equipment” WEARS A DOUBLE TANK

[@wahmodijiwah4201]

along with 3 rescue divers, surface supervisor , just in case

[@cortomaltese6250]

Yeah, he said open circuit, are you deaf, in contrast to other from his team having CCRs. Idiot.

[@websiteckron8591]

I got panic at 10m, the first time of my 200 dives. It felt so deep and I thought I couldn’t get enough air. I cannot imagine how it must feel if you panic 60m down. Still breathing strongly while watching the video.

[@parvezsohel6ahmed383]

Last of all the basics of deep sea diving proved again. Thanks for one of the best documentation on deep sea diving from where the young divers had lots to learn like plan carefully, geological analysis, basics of underwater physics, outcome analysis and above all never cross your limit just for adventure to let the ocean be your forever resting place.

[@luisfranco9394]

Very informative. Being a open water diver myself, it’s best to leave this dive to the tech divers.

[@peterguirguess853]

27:09 = Fake

[@nina_summers]

The video captured his last breath gives me chills

[@micahkiyimba8641]

I watched it and almost felt like I was struggling for breath myself

[@busterc6600]

i could dive to the arch with no gear on

[@micahkiyimba8641]

@@busterc6600 you need to watch the full video is that fatal dive to understand.I gave up on diving after watching that

[@allosaurusfragilis7782]

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.

[@dang2651]

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!