Blue Hole (New Mexico)
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| Blue Hole New Mexico | |
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| Location | Guadalupe County, near Santa Rosa, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Max. width | 80 ft (24 m) |
| Max. depth | >80 ft (24 m) |
| Surface elevation | 4,600 ft (1,400 m) |
| Frozen | never |
| Islands | none |
The Blue Hole of Santa Rosa is a circular, bell-shaped pool east of Santa Rosa, New Mexico that is one of the most popular dive destinations in the US[1] for SCUBA diving and training. The Blue Hole is an artesian well that was once used as a fish hatchery.[2] It is a clear blue body of water with a constant 64 °F (18 °C) temperature and constant inflow of 3000 gallons per minute. While the surface is only 80 feet (24 m) in diameter, it expands to a diameter of 130 feet (40 m) at the bottom.[3]
Since Santa Rosa, New Mexico is at an elevation of 4,616 feet, it is necessary for divers to use high-altitude dive tables to compute the dive profile and decompression stops when diving in the Blue Hole.
The pool is open for public use with On-Duty Lifeguards.
Tanks may be filled or rented as well as some equipment at a private dive shop located at the site.
On March 26, 2016 43 year old California diver Shane Thompson a Navy veteran from the ADM Exploration Foundation was exploring passageways and became trapped and accidentally drowned.
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