Dive Trip: Blue Hole, New Mexico
Please join DiveTulsa on the weekend of March
27th & 28th.
Fun weekend of Diving:
Join DiveTulsa staff & friends on a new adventure. We are going to New Mexico
for the weekend. A former fish hatchery, the Blue Hole is now the Southwest's
most popular dive training site according to scubadiving.com. Check out this
site for more info: http://www.santarosanm.org
Diving Specifics: BLUE HOLE FAST FACTS
• Diameter-80' at surface, 130' at bottom
• Depth-over 80'
• Temperature-constant 64° ALL YEAR ROUND
• Visibility-80' when undisturbed
• Flow-3,000 gallons per minute; water recycles every six hours
• Altitude-4,600' above sea level making the bottom equivalent of over
100' of depth in the ocean
Costs:
$8 permit fee per person for the weekend. Travel & hotel accommodations
will be your responsibility
Equipment:
• Divers need to bring all gear including (but not limited to) thick wetsuit
(suggested 7ml), hood, gloves. You are welcome to bring your own tanks, rent
them in Tulsa and bring them, or rent them at the dive location. Please note
that tanks must be reserved in advance if you want to rent them at the location.
Reserve tanks through trip leader - info at bottom.
Logistics:
It is approximately an 8 hour drive. We plan to leave at mid-day on Friday and
leave the site mid-day on Sunday. Details and maps will be provided when you
reserve your spot.
Hotel (each makes their own hotel reservations):
SUPER 8 MOTEL - SANTA ROSA
(right off I-40 & @ the exit to the blue hole)
$40 a night
1201 Will Rogers Drive
Santa Rosa , New Mexico 88435
505-472-5388
1-800-800-8000 Reservations line
Questions and Signing Up
Contact the trip leader, Tim Culp:
Call 405-919-8521 after 7:00pm or weekends for reservations or questions
or e-mail – Tim@DiveTulsa.com