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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
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The Florida Springs and Aquifer Protection Act, which aims to reduce nutrient levels and focuses on increasing aquifer levels, passed committee yesterday. The bill allows a Protection and Management Zone around certain springs and would be funded by the existing … Continue reading
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Catfish Hotel sinkhole at Manatee Springs without Duckweed? Pics or it didn’t happen… Water level is high (easy to get into and out of water). Looks like the Suwanee River crested yesterday. So this will be prime Manatee cave diving … Continue reading
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REVISITED 24 Aug 2013 Short video of Jon at the Keyhole in Devils at Ginnie Springs.
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REVISITED: 27 JUNE 2013. Dive in the Devil’s System with Danny to visit the Insulation Room. So named because the bacteria layer on the flow, when disturbed by the slightest current, lifts off the floor and floats around, looking just … Continue reading
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Did a video shoot in Indian Springs last week. With award-winning videographer JP Bresser at the helm and Kyle, Kirill, and myself lighting/modeling/safety diving, it came out amazing. We shot in sections of both Upstream and Downstream. Here’s a screenshot … Continue reading
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Been stupid busy (but the good kind of busy) a bit of a backlog of cool dive pics to post… more soon. Thanks to Kevin and Rob and Rob’s awesome video light! Now off to DEMA in Orlando. But first, … Continue reading
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I’m teaching a GUE Fundamentals this week, so Open Water fun for me. But here’s the conditions board from Extreme Exposure dive shop showing the local cave conditions. In short, we’ve had A LOT less rain recently; therefore, everything’s improving. … Continue reading
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This past weekend was the Woodville Karst Plain Project’s (WKPP) Safety Weekend. We got together in Tallahassee to renew CPR/First Aid certifications, review site-specific emergency procedures including those for unimproved sink holes, and practice above- and below-water skills. Lots of … Continue reading
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Back to Indian Springs today, this time guiding Doug, Ken, and Kyle. We had a blast! Here’s some teaser pics of more to come. Conditions have continued to improve: vis in cavern is now ~12′ of dilute tannic and transition … Continue reading
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One just wasn’t enough… back for another day at Indian Springs. So yesterday, we grabbed some rides and headed upstream. Vis at the 20ft/6m mark might have been a bit better than the day before. Clear, but milky with slight … Continue reading
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After a summer of much rain, yesterday was my first day diving/guiding in Indian Springs since late May. Indian is my fav cave, so this was a super exciting day! I’d say conditions were 5-7′ of tannic vis down to … Continue reading
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Got a chance to dry cave and cave dive in the same day. Michael Poucher, one of the main surveyors for the Peacock Springs map current posted at the park, held a cave survey workshop this past weekend, in conjunction … Continue reading
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Have a little back-log of pics from dives in the last few weeks. Yesterday Rob and I checked out Madison. I haven’t gotten there much recently due to high river levels. While flow is lower than reported when Madison re-opened … Continue reading
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Yesterday was a Florida Underwater Explorers (FLUE) and Extreme Exposure Dive Day. GUE divers and those curious about GUE alike joined up to do some fun dives in the open water basin of Manatee Springs, followed by some food and … Continue reading
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Got in a great dive in the Dark Water Tunnel off the Pothole line of Peacock I. Lots of dusty stuff in there after these recent flood, but terribly pretty dissolution formations in there! Since my last dive there 5 … Continue reading
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Got invited to come volunteer at a SOF Wounded Warrior event at Weeki Wachee yesterday. Helped set up scooter race courses, demo scooter and cave diving equipment/techniques, and light up the basin for a night dive. I have a ton … Continue reading
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Just completed at great 5 day tour, guiding Michael in our lovely North Florida caves. Great stats: 5 systems 7 different gold lines 13 dives 13h45min bottom time Here’s an sample of the caves we visited: Safe travels home Michael.
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A few quick pics from today’s dives at Ginnie Springs, in Devil’s Ear. The mix of tannic river water and clear cave water, plus great late morning sun angle was just perfect for photo opportunities. Michael got some great pics … Continue reading
