Blue Hole — Attraction in Santa Rosa

The town hates divers. "The scuba diving Capitol of the west" as I laugh writing this. They sure dont treat it as such. There definitely biased. There rude and condescending when we come to bring $. I will not ever support a local company here besides blue hole. I'll try and get my gas before I come. I'll pack my own foods ( the restaurants are few and suck and are rude to divers) the town is so crazy rundown, it looks like I'm going to be attacked by hillbillies and dragged into the desert never to be seen again.

Don't wear anything that shows you dive. Dress like a hillbilly and dress down. And maybe people will be kind or even just human.

This town has 2k locals with 40.8 million visitors annually. 3 thousand diving students annually, they sell 8- 10k dive permits a year. So Thousands of rec Divers annually and they don't cater to tourists or divers AT ALL if anything they hate you. And let you know.

For having money enough to come dive when they can... get this.... easily take a cheap course and rent their gear for cheap! The suit rental was 10$ a day. If any local cant go dive, it's because of their work ethic.

Blue hole itself is worth it, just come prepared like you'll be in the middle of nowhere with no accommodations besides your hotel. Otherwise blue hole,...

We stopped by here after exiting the highway looking for a grocery store. Several signs saying 'Blue Hole' piqued our curiosity and we decided to see what all the signs were about. We paid $10 to park and no admission fee. There were bathrooms/changing rooms on-site that were clean and well maintained. We spent about 3 hours here and enjoyed jumping in the VERY COLD water. With a temperature of about 110°F the day we were there it felt great to jump in there. There is also a small stream running out of the 'hole' that small children were playing in that was also very cold. There were some there diving that day, but we were not prepared to dive. There were several life guards on duty. If we're in the area of Santa Rosa again we will most likely end up spending a few hours at...

Back open for business, there is now a chain link fence surrounding the hole. Also, you cannot jump from the cliff. The lower concrete diving platform is open but otherwise you're either doing that or taking the stairs into the freezing water. And freezing it feels! The sign says 61 degrees but your body will say otherwise. We were there on a Saturday and divers were given the morning then swimmers were admitted around noon. It got crowded fast once us mortals were admitted to swim. There is a picnic area but no food for sale on site. We had been told about alleged food trucks but none were parked there while we were there so I suggest packing food. Also, the restaurant options in Santa Rosa were slim to none on Saturday afternoon. Thankfully, Dairy...