Ox Bel Ha - Apr 21, 2007 update
Dive Team: Danny & Chris
Surface support: Sam Meacheam & Dominique Rissolo
Dive site
Name: Sistema Ox Bel Ha from base camp at Cenote Gemini
Conditions: Excellent water conditions throughout the cave and basin.
Dive Objectives:
- Double check possible leads off the South Park & Norwegian lines
Checked out leads all the way to the Arizona connection line but no success
The team found passage near beginning of South Park for 875ft of cave ending in small area.
| Line name: | Crumbs |
| Passage width (meters): | 5 |
| Passage Height (meters): | 5 |
| Passage Shape: | Canyons - Undercut floor |
| Fauna: | Shrimps |
| Speleothems: | Yes |
| Sediment: | White - Organic & Clay |
| Infill: | Swiss cheese & Breakdown |
| Water: | Excellent – Halocline at 55 ft - |
| Additional Comments: | none |
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: | 10h35 |
| Time out: | 13h30 |
| Total run time: | 175 minutes |
| Max Depth: | 69 ft |
| Av Depth: | 55 ft |
| Divers: | Danny & Chris |
Dive Team: Fred & Alex
Surface support: Sam Meacham & Dominique Rissolo
Dive site
Name: Sistema Ox Bel Ha from base camp at Cenote Gemini
Conditions: Excellent water conditions throughout the cave and basin.
Dive Objectives:
- Explore from Gemini going back towards Arizona.
- Established shorter route to Gemini 1
- No route found deep on S side of collapse.
- Shallow side of the Cenote needs to be checked as flow is present.
| Line name: | Gemstone – shortcut between the 2 Gemini - |
| Passage width (meters): | 3 |
| Passage Height (meters): | 5 |
| Passage Shape: | Canyons |
| Fauna: | Shrimps - Isopods |
| Speleothems: | Yes |
| Sediment: | White |
| Infill: | Swiss cheese |
| Water: | Excellent |
| Additional Comments: | none |
Equipment and Survey: 2 x 30/30 stages, 1 x 40cf stage w/ 100% O2
| Dive log: | |
| Dive # 2 | |
| Time in: | 10h35 |
| Time out: | 12h00 |
| Total run time: | 115 minutes |
| Max Depth: | 45 ft |
| Av Depth: | 30 ft |
| Divers: | Fred & Alex |
Dive Team: Fred & Alex
Surface support: Sam Meacham & Dominique Rissolo
Dive site
Name: Sistema Ox Bel Ha from base camp at Cenote Gemini
Conditions: Excellent water conditions throughout the cave and basin.
Dive Objectives:
- Move equipment from Gemini back to Yax Chen main entrance
- All went well. Fast ride back!
| Dive log: | |
| Dive # 3 | |
| Time in: | 14h20 |
| Time out: | 15h40 |
| Total run time: | 80 minutes |
| Max Depth: | 40 ft |
| Av Depth: | 35 ft |
| Divers: | Fred & Alex |
Dive Team: Chris & Danny
Surface support: Sam Meacham & Dominique Rissolo
Dive site
Name: Sistema Ox Bel Ha from base camp at Cenote Gemini
Conditions: Excellent water conditions throughout the cave and basin.
Dive Objectives:
- Move equipment from Gemini back to Yax Chen main entrance
- All went well. Fast ride back!
| Dive log: | |
| Dive # 4 | |
| Time in: | 14h30 |
| Time out: | 15h40 |
| Total run time: | 70 minutes |
| Max Depth: | 40 ft |
| Av Depth: | 35 ft |
| Divers: | Danny & Chris |