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orth Pole Cave - The depth under the boat is 35 feet on cor- to the outer wall. It is shaped like a keyhole with the top at 95 feet
and the sandy bottom going from 110 to 150 feet on a slope. Going
N al and hardpan bottom. The wall is just behind the boat and north the ridge ends in a vertical cliff and to the south it reconnects
with the wall in a rolling slope from 40 to 80 feet. There are several
drops sharply from 40 feet to over 150 feet. To the north slightly the schools of grunts on the top of the ridge and huge elephant ear
reef slopes gently to 65 feet and in the middle of the slope is a verti- sponges on the north end of the ridge. The face of the shallow wall
cal cave leading down to a crevice that runs out over the wall at 110 section has several big coral outcroppings hanging over the big cut.
to 150 feet. The cave looks like the kind of chimney that Santa Claus How to dive it: Swim across the top of the wall and drop down into
might drop through, hence the name. The vertical cave is half moon the great cut. Look for several hanging rope sponges at 85 feet, they
shaped and big enough for a diver to go down horizontally in free mark the entrance to the tunnel. You will see blue water through
fall position. There are big schools of grunts, schoolmaster snapper the tunnel. Pass through the tunnel and bear right around the ridge
and bermuda chubs. at 120 to 100 feet. Follow around the ridge until it brings you back
to the tunnel. Ascend to the top of the ridge and follow it south
G reat Cut - The depth under the boat is 40 feet on a hardpan about 200 feet and back up to the edge of the wall. Follow the 40
and coral bottom. The wall is behind the boat and drops from foot wall edge north back to the boat.
40 feet to 110 feet into a huge crack in the reef. A ridge is formed
by a section of the wall that has split off and runs parallel to the
wall about 50 feet away. This ridge is about 60 feet at the top and is
about 250 long. In the middle of the ridge a tunnel passes through