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17th July 2008, 05:37 PM

El Stroko Guapo wrote:
> chilly wrote:
>> "harvey" <chandler7600m> wrote in message
>> news:58f8d4b8-5705-4d9e-93b6-7353f3823bd8@s50g2000hsb..com...
>>
>>> Roatan can be pretty advanced diving.
>>
>>
>> Really? Where were you doing all this "pretty advanced diving" off of
>> Roatan?
>
> The best Roatan diving is from about 150' to about 220'. It's been a
> long time since I was there, and maybe access to trimix is better now.
> My hundred or so dives there were all on air.
>
> On the CocoView side, there is a shelf at about 200' that is really
> spectacular. On the Anthony's side there are fantastic lava flows that
> swoop down from about 100' to beyond 240', which is where we always
> turned around. It would be fun to follow them down another hundred feet
> or so, but that would be considered pretty advanced diving.
>
> esg

You turned at 240' ??
The lava flows were so incredible at 400' that I thought i was
hallucinating.

17th July 2008, 05:37 PM	#11 (permalink)
RTB Guest Posts: n/a Classified Rating: % ()	Diving for first time in Roatan El Stroko Guapo wrote: > chilly wrote: >> "harvey" <chandler7600m> wrote in message >> news:58f8d4b8-5705-4d9e-93b6-7353f3823bd8@s50g2000hsb..com... >> >>> Roatan can be pretty advanced diving. >> >> >> Really? Where were you doing all this "pretty advanced diving" off of >> Roatan? > > The best Roatan diving is from about 150' to about 220'. It's been a > long time since I was there, and maybe access to trimix is better now. > My hundred or so dives there were all on air. > > On the CocoView side, there is a shelf at about 200' that is really > spectacular. On the Anthony's side there are fantastic lava flows that > swoop down from about 100' to beyond 240', which is where we always > turned around. It would be fun to follow them down another hundred feet > or so, but that would be considered pretty advanced diving. > > esg You turned at 240' ?? The lava flows were so incredible at 400' that I thought i was hallucinating.