If
you walked 10 ft out of this point on the island, you would be in 2,000 ft worth of water
- hence the name. This is a great spot for deep dives and night dives. I saw two
hammerheads up close during a dusk dive here in 1996 - it is still the single most amazing
dive experience I have to date. It is a little unnerving to dive here for the first time
as you really never see the bottom - just darkness.
You can dive towards the
turtle cavern from here. The jetty at the drop off has a really cool bar. With sordid
concoctions of cocktails, it's pretty easy to spend the whole evening here watching other
divers doing night dives while getting high on alcohol. A great place to watch the sun set
too.
Dive log excerpt :
Date
Time
In
Time
Out
Bottom
Time (mins)
Max
Depth (m)
Visibility
(m)
Fishies
Seen
09 May 98
1845
1935
50
10
night dive
Moray eel;
firefish; stone fish; baby lobsters; sleeping bumpheads; shrimps & turtles attracted
by torch lights.
09 May 98
1140
1230
50
20
20
school of jacks;
jacks chasing off a white tip; tuna! Frisky turtles trying to bonk; harlequin sweetlips.
08 May 98
1900
2000
60
10
night dive
Fire fish; lion
fish; moray eel looking for a home; school of humphead parrot fish; cleaner shrimps;
turtles, whitetip sharks; spotted green nudibranch.
If
you walked 10 ft out of this point on the island, you would be in 2,000 ft worth of water
- hence the name. This is a great spot for deep dives and night dives. I saw two
hammerheads up close during a dusk dive here in 1996 - it is still the single most amazing
dive experience I have to date. It is a little unnerving to dive here for the first time
as you really never see the bottom - just darkness.