Jules Undersea Lodge 1988, Key Largo Florida

This is just a quick clip of Jules Undersea Lodge circa 1988 (I was 10 years old). I guess it is still there, check out http://www.jul.com

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Scuba
• Diving
• Snorkel
• under
• water
• deep

[aaronmgray]

SuriPlayah: At most you'd probably just stay there a day. So you don't need tons of clothes. They give you these bins to hold your personal belongings dry on the way down.

[felipenoronha2]

When they open that door on the floor, why doesn't the water go in the hotel?

[aaronmgray]

@felipenoronha2 think of the lodge like a glass you hold under water in the sink. You take an empty glass, flip it upside down and put it down under water. you can see the air up inside the glass still. If you were tiny, you could swim down and up in to the glass, right? Same idea. When you are down in the lodge, you are compressed at that depth. In a submarine, you are at surface pressure, so it must be sealed (or everyone dies - ala beginning of The Abyss movie)

[aaronmgray]

Take an empty glass, turn it upside down and put it under water. You can see how the air compresses, but you can still access it under water. The same principle applies here. You can still swim in under as it is air tight. You are only down like 20 or 30 feet so you will be at that pressure the entire time. Unlike a submarine which is at surface pressure the whole time as it is completely air tight.

[aaronmgray]

Being that the pressure inside the capsules is the same as outside, you are at that constant pressure. As you go down, you equalize and are comfortable once down there. On your way up you'll have to go through the same drill. People in a submarine never experience this as the pressure in the sub is the same as the surface and the submarine hull is strong and is able to withstand the immense pressure. Not the same as down in Jules Undersea lodge (the same idea as out of "The Abyss" movie)

[AdrenalineAddict610]

It is still there, if you're curious.

[aaronmgray]

Yeah I actually looked it up before I posted this. Damn, i'm gettin old.

[BuddaBoyz808]

it looks nasty,

i imagined something much better for an underwater hotel...

[icechris12]

you do have oxygen

[Fumples]

@IchirukiSasusaku You scuba-dive to the bottom.

[Fumples]

@LordHassi It's only 30 feet down. You don't need to do safety stops unless it's deeper.

[LordHassi]

Inside the Loge the pressure is like outside. So what about the deco-stops?

[LordHassi]

Inside these Loge you got the pressure from outside, so what about the deco-stops?

[SuriPlayah]

how do you take your clothes to the hotel without making it wet?

[ChuckerSea]

Just looked on the lodge website and it is about $500/person/night

[PFXProductions]

So..question..how do keep some clothing dry? that means when you leave you be driving home in wet clothing..unless you have water poof suitcase