I have two students looking to find replacements for their seat in GUE Fundamentals due to unexpected conflicts. There is one last minute opening in each of these classes: – 6/30 – 7/4/2015 High Springs, FL – 7/10,11,12,18,19 Raleigh area, … Continue reading
Category Archives: Updates
Duckweed Happens
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Little River Spring
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This past weekend got in some cave diving in Little River Spring, outside Branford, in North Florida. This was the place to be on Saturday, as the parking lot was half full of cave divers. Conditions report: river and water level … Continue reading
JB Dreamin’
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A couple of shots from the cavern at Jackson Blue. With great light and lots of fish, it’s one of my favorite caverns. Makes for much entertainment on deco. Where did your weekend dives take you? Leave a comment or … Continue reading
Throwback Thursday
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I found a journal for an elementary school project and this entry was hilarious… Who woulda expected where things ended up?
Zen Under Limestone
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After those long days in the office, you just need the right dive. No scooters, no stages, no cameras; just grab the backgas, a small bottle of 02, the reel, and go. Nothing epic, no new line, but taking the … Continue reading
International News
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GUE’s Project Baseline efforts off Sicily made international news this week. Check out Jarrod’s interview with Fox News: Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Alternate link here. More about Project Baseline here.
Underground!
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Conditions have been great in Florida recently! Check out this video and get a glimpse at some of what Florida cave diving has to offer. Indian Springs, a Florida gem, is featured in both the opening and closing sequences. Mer … Continue reading
Out Diving…
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We’ve been busy at Wet Rocks Diving and it’s been the “diving-busy” not the “blogging-busy.” But stay tuned for more wet rock content. Also getting a lot of requests for fall GUE classes and cave guiding, so speak up if … Continue reading
GUE Fundies – Team Jeff
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Just finished a GUE Fundamentals class with Team Jeff. Congratulations to Jeff “the captain” G. and Jeff “Scottie” S. on much productive hard work, great improvements, and personal successes. Here’s some screenshots they selected to share:
Sunshine and Sinkholes
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All’s Not a “Lost Hope”
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Mer spent 3 days last weekend supporting the cave research and exploration team Woodville Karst Plain Project (WKPP) in North Florida with some cave exploration in a sink called Chip’s Hole, located a few miles from Wakulla Springs. We had … Continue reading
Springs along the Suwannee
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Before a dive last weekend, we checked out some springs on the Suwannee River near Luraville, in North Florida. Here’s some pics. 13 Jul 2014
Ahhh, those dulcet mooing sounds…
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Tara and I, as a subset of Team Slow, got a chance to dive Cow last weekend. This site is open only to NSS-CDS members; one must have Cave 2 or Full Cave to dive upstream. Cow Spring is just outside … Continue reading
Virgil Photobombs GUE Primer Class
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Mer taught a GUE Primer in North Florida the past few days. One of the sites we use, Blue Grotto, has a friendly hungry turtle, Virgil, who likes to photobomb the video camera. Nothing like some additional turtle task loading … Continue reading
Return to Wakulla
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Research returns to the Wakulla Springs in North Florida now that high water has subsided and good conditions return. Stay tuned for more updates. Post by Woodville Karst Plain Project – WKPP.
Top 10 Coolest Caves
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Huffington Post reports on the top 10 coolest caves around the world. Personally, I think they have missed the underwater gems. Guess it’ll have to be us cave divers’ little secret… What’s your favorite wet or dry cave? Let us … Continue reading
Team Aquaman: The Places They Went
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Team Aquaman had some adventures before, during, and after their Fundamentals class. Here’s just some of them: There were also stories of round-island trips, Volcano National Park adventures, river fording, waterfall finding, WHOA fast-boat craziness, and Mauna Kea sledding. Mikey … Continue reading
Team Aquaman: The Things That They Saw
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Here’s some of the underwater life Team Aquaman saw during their GUE Fundamentals class in Kona, Hawaii. We totally saw this little guy (he’s about 3′ long when not buried in sand) while doing buoyancy practice. Plus a Spotted Eagle … Continue reading
Virgin Cave at Kahuku 22I
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Check out yesterday’s post for part one of this caving research trip. After 22J, we headed up to 22I. Previous scouting trips noted only 5m of cave in one direction and 15m in the other; however, after staring at a … Continue reading