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:
- Continue exploration from “Under the Hill” line.
- Deeper area continued NW until too small to fit through.
- Total line laid 586ft
- 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: | / |
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:
- Clean up dive.
- All equipment back to Yax Chen main entrance
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 |