Andros
Stargate Blue Hole
- Max depth104 m (341 ft)
- CertificationFull cave
- SpecialRopework
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- Fill stationAndros Diving – Andros Beach Club (Kemp's Bay)Not listed — askRoute ↗
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The dive
You dive through a freshwater lens on salt water with sharp layering; the H₂S layer shows as a pale, fibrous haze.
Profile and sections
You dive through a freshwater lens on salt water with sharp layering; the H₂S layer shows as a pale, fibrous haze. Below it the cave is richly decorated with draperies, straws, stalactites and stalagmites, and home to blind fish (Lucifuga) and Barbouria shrimp.
Stargate is one of the best-known blue holes in the Bahamas. Lucayan human remains were found here: touch nothing.
Practical: Andros Diving sells 'inland blue hole' dives including Stargate; requirements, depth and route of that dive are not published.
- Depth and profile
- Central shaft to ~-104 m · large crack at ~-18 m · H₂S layer at ~-15 m · North Passage ~400 m explored, South Passage ~760 m
- Configuration
- All gear has to go ~6 m down and back up; sidemount makes that easier (estimate). The shaft goes to ~-104 m: plan your gas for that depth.
- DPV: unknown
- Long passages (400–760 m), but the entrance lies ~6 m below the rim; no source mentions scooters
Who can dive where
- At least Full cave
- Configurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
- Goes down to 104 m (trimix or deco may be needed)
- Ropework (SRT) needed
- Experienced divers only
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
Inland blue hole in South Andros. The water lies ~6 m below the rim: in 2010 the team jumped in and got out via a wooden pallet hung on ropes. Guided dives: Andros Diving (Andros Beach Club, Kemp's Bay), $200. Availability is limited, as the owner has to be on the island; book well ahead.
Around Stargate Blue Hole
Fills1 fill station · 80 km
Andros Diving – Andros Beach Club (Kemp's Bay)
1 Way of Life, Kemp's Bay, South Andros
Not listed — ask
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Dive centre at the resort: reef, wall and wreck dives, ocean and inland blue holes (incl. Stargate, $200). 25 ft catamaran for max. 6 divers, most sites <10 min away. BCD/regulator rental $40 a day. No tech or CCR support listed. Availability is limited, as the owner has to be on the island; book well ahead.
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