If the world hides the most dangerous surface destinations, it must hide extreme underwater places too. Here’s a shortlist of scuba diving options for brave ones only.
Jacob’s Well, Texas
Did you want to see what is under water in state of Texas? You have a chance to visit Jacob’s Well and explore the space of the cave network overall covered by silt. No surprise that the water may become very cloudy that makes divers feel scared, lose the way, and even die. The real deadly cases happened 8 times within this terrifying scuba dive.
Egypt’s Blue Hole—Dahab and Sinai, Egypt
From 130 to 200 divers are approximately lost in this Mecca of scuba divers. Dahab and Sinai Blue Hole have another name “Diver’s Cemetery”, you may now guess why. Diving fans from the whole world are attracted by a passageway of an estimated depth around 180 ft. The divers’ brotherhood thinks a confident result is to reach at least 130 ft. of the hole. That means that many brave men lose consciousness or orientation due to nitrogen narcosis and not to get out the hole alive.
Cenote Esqueleto, Mexico
Temple of Doom, another name of this place, sounds a bit creepy for a scuba diving destination. Anyway, hundreds of divers come to Tulum annually to ger an adrenaline impact. You can’t descend to water via a ladder or something like that because there’s nothing, the only cliff to jump from. It may become very dark inside so divers are recommended to follow water under straight sunlight. However, those who don’t like recommendations risk to catch shortage of air or get disoriented swimming in a complicated network of tunnels.
Samaesan Hole—Samaesan Bay, Thailand
An absolutely unforgettable diving site is the Samaesan Hole. Firstly, almost 300 ft down into the planet with unpleasant currents make possible to lose the way and suffer. Secondly, old military stuff including some (or maybe many) unexploded bombs. It is an ex-military dump, so don’t surprise if noticing huge frightening metal elements, and be careful trying such a terrifying scuba dive.
Devil’s Cave System, Florida
This developed cave network deserves such a terrifying name because of the notoriety of 3 caves here: Little Devil, Devil’s Eye, and last but not least, Devil’s Ear. Serious currents and small passageways of these locations repeatedly damage equipment or cause injuries of the divers. From the first sights, waters of this system seem to be friendly warm and attractive but remember about challenges under this water.
Blue Hole—Lighthouse Reef, Belize
Looking like a huge circle Blue Hole of Belize is next must-have for scuba diving lovers. Turquoise waters surrounding the hole are being changed by dark blue. This effect creates a wonderful picture of the hole from the bird’s eye. 1000-feet length and 4007-feet depth of the divers’ attraction appears to be very perilously for beginners because of the too big dropping height.
The Shaft Sinkhole, Australia
Terrifying scuba diving is waiting for visitors to the Australian shaft sinkhole. First of all, divers get through a very little manhole making impossible to pass with diving equipment on a body. When the first challenge is complete a diver starts wandering among caves full of darkness and wind. Many divers who got into this network couldn’t float to the top because the equipment could be damaged, or they probably didn’t have enough oxygen or lost the way.
German U-869, New Jersey
Strong underwater currents and almost 250ft depth is a shelter for a token of time – German submarine of WWII times. It was found 19 years ago by one diving fan from USA. The most probable name of the submarine drowned not far from New Jersey (around 100 km) is U-869, and divers spent months finding out the truth. The long research cost three lives. Anyway, today this site is still romantically attractive for underwater adventurers.
Coco’s Island—Costa Rica
Full of diversified wildlife Coco’s Island is one of the desired sites for diving far from a high concentration of people and closer to nature. You’ll swim hand-by-hand with sharks, dolphins, and many other species of oceanic fauna. The problem is that if something is wrong with the boat that brought you from the nearest land (30 hours on the water), you’ll get in some awkward situation and need to increase your swimming skills dramatically.
Eagle’s Nest Sinkhole, Florida
Don’t let not prepared enough guys to come here. A sinister sign of danger with death on it is a notification of the deadly fame of this place. Despite that, the Eagle’s Nest sinkhole is an outstanding challenge for experienced divers. The route starts with a narrow passageway leading to the chamber known as the main ballroom that opens ways to many tiny dark and deep (up to 300ft) tunnels which took the lives of some adrenaline-seekers during a terrifying scuba dive.
