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Woman dives through famous Great Blue Hole and makes terrifying discovery which will put tourists off

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Updated 17:47 2 Feb 2024 GMTPublished 17:23 2 Feb 2024 GMT

Woman dives through famous Great Blue Hole and makes terrifying discovery which will put tourists off

What she found wasn't what she was expecting

Niamh Spence

Niamh Spence

While diving through an endless blue ocean may sound pretty idyllic for some, one diver has revealed the scary reality of doing so after she went through the 'Great Blue Hole'.

The diving hotspot is 60 miles off the coast of Belize and in the warm waters of the Caribbean Sea, but a staggering 400ft deep below.

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It's become a hotspot for divers wanting to explore but as one diver, shows it's not necessarily all it's cracked up to be and has some quite scary things to find.

Posting a video to TikTok, a diver who goes by the handle @fueled.by.donuts took her followers with her as she sunk into the sea and headed into the Great Blue Hole.

In the video, she dives down as far as 130 feet deep, and points out the different sites including stalactites as well as some gigantic examples of marine life that create a very dangerous reality for hopeful divers.

The diver showed giant sharks swimming overhead.
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Huge sharks are seen swimming by as she explores, and while it isn't certain what type of shark they are, tiger sharks - which are responsible for many deaths - are native to Caribbean waters.

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Yet it's not necessarily off putting as some are still keen to explore the Great Blue Hole for themselves one day, as many commented: "Wow I need to go try" and: "Oh I have to dive this sight".

The diver is not alone in being amazed by the Great Blue Hole and what she found down there, as many others have also headed into the huge space to explore.

However for some, they were met with rubbish such as plastic bottles, old forgotten cameras and much more sinister discoveries.

A crew diving once discovered two bodies in the hole, believed to be divers who had gone missing in the great cavern.

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Virgin founder Richard Branson has also explored the Great Blue Hole, and been left shocked at the effects of climate change on the planet and seas.

Alongside his crew, they found a large series of caves which were home to hanging stalactites - but scientists didn't think it was possible for stalactites to form beneath the surface of the water.

The discovery points to the theory that the caves were once on dry land and in fact have been sunk as sea levels rise.

The Great Blue Hole certainly earns its name by appearance alone.
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Branson highlighted how disturbing this discovery is for the state of the planet in a post on Virgin.com, as he wrote: "The Blue Hole is made of a complex system of caves that once formed on dry land. It is proof of how oceans can rise quickly and catastrophically.

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"Sea levels were once hundreds of feet lower. 10,000 years ago the sea level rose by about 300 feet when a lot of ice melted around the world.

"At 300 feet down you could see the change in the rock where it used to be land and turned into sea."

Branson also described the scene as 'one of the starkest reminders of the danger of climate change [he's] ever seen'.

Featured Image Credit: TikTok/@fueled.by.donuts

Topics: World News, Travel

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