Ox Bel Ha - May 19

Ox Bel Ha - May 19

19/05/07


Dive Team: Fred, Sam & Chris

Surface support: Franco Attolini

Dive site

Name: Sistema Ox Bel Ha from base camp at Cenote Gemini

Conditions: Excellent water conditions throughout the cave and basin.

Dive Objectives:
  1. Continue exploration from “Under the Hill” line.
Summary of results:
  1. Deeper area continued NW until too small to fit through.
  2. Total line laid 586ft
Possible follow up:
  1. There are several more leads to follow in this section of cave.
Line name:Tomba
Passage width (meters):2
Passage Height (meters):5
Passage Shape:Bedding plane - Canyons
Fauna:Shrimp - Remepedia - Crayfish
Speleothems:Yes
Sediment:Brown & cream - Organic & Clay
Infill:Swiss cheese & Breakdown
Water:The silt from the previous day of exploration was ahead of the team when they started exploring. If there’s flow is the SW lense, then it is coming from the SE.
Additional Comments: /
Equipment and Survey: 3 x 30/30 stages, 1 x 40cf stage w/ 100% and 2 x 33amp scooter per diver.


Dive log:
Dive # 1
Time in:10h30
Time out:12h40
Total run time:140 minutes
Max Depth:83 ft
Av Depth:65 ft
Divers:Fred, Sam & Chris


Dive Team: Fred & Franco

Surface support: Sam Meacheam

Dive site

Name: Sistema Ox Bel Ha from base camp at Cenote Gemini

Conditions: Excellent water conditions throughout the cave and basin.

Dive Objectives:
  1. Clean up dive.
Summary of results:
  1. All equipment back to Yax Chen main entrance
Equipment: 1 x EAN 32 stage, 3 empty stages and 4 x 33amp scooter per diver.


Dive log:
Dive # 2
Time in:13h30
Time out:14h40
Total run time:70 minutes
Max Depth:50 ft
Av Depth:30 ft
Divers:Franco & Fred