Andros
Ocean Blue Hole (Small Hope Bay)
- Max depth30 m (98 ft)
- CertificationOpen water / no overhead
Diving and fills
Dive here with
Fills nearby
- Small Hope Bay Lodge (Central Andros)Air and nitrox ($15 per tank); trimix and O₂ not listed — ask
The dive
An ocean blue hole off Small Hope Bay. Near the top you see soft corals and tube sponges. It is one of the few dives at the lodge where you follow the guide.
Profile and sections
An ocean blue hole off Small Hope Bay. Near the top you see soft corals and tube sponges. It is one of the few dives at the lodge where you follow the guide.
Jacques Cousteau singled the hole out.
- Depth and profile
- In the lodge's regular programme max. 30 m (100 ft; reader report 2003); the bottom of the hole lies at ~98 m (320 ft). You descend through a crevice-like entrance and a halocline into the dark.
- Configuration
- Recreational boat dive on air; the guide leads (follow-the-leader). BCD, regulator and wetsuit rental $35 a day; lights for rent.
- DPV: Not DPV-suitable (estimate)
- Guided recreational boat dive
Who can dive where
- At least Open water / no overhead
- Configurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
- Goes down to 30 m (trimix or deco may be needed)
This is how the planner decides who in your team may dive this cave. Rules your own trip adds (organizer, a mail, the AI) show with your trip.
How to get there
Boat dive with Small Hope Bay Lodge: boat at 9:00 and around 14:00 (weather permitting), dives are planned the evening before. Ask whether the Ocean Blue Hole is on the schedule.
Around Ocean Blue Hole (Small Hope Bay)
Fills1 fill station · 0 km
Small Hope Bay Lodge (Central Andros)
Small Hope Bay, Central Andros
Air and nitrox ($15 per tank); trimix and O₂ not listed — ask
Dive boat 9:00 and 14:00; fills for visiting divers: ask
Dive lodge since 1960. BCD, regulator and wetsuit rental $35 a day; courses up to Advanced. No tech or CCR support listed.
Drive times from Andros Town (Fresh Creek): we don't know this site's exact spot.
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