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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 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
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Dove Hole in the Wall at Mill Pond in Marianna this morning. Downstream to 900′: 60′ vis, nearly blue, milkiness. Upstream to 400′: 40′ vis, milkiness. Upstream 400′-700′: 70′ vis, colder, nearly blue, some milkiness. Healthy outflow in the cavern … Continue reading
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Flow: Up, but enjoyable, enough to reward reading the cave and diving “flow smart” Water Level: High Vis: 40′, yellow tint, with some particulate, cave will be easy to silt if not “well behaved” or many teams Skeeters: Swarming Dove … Continue reading
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Yesterday morning we got in a great dive to the Ice Room. Check out a short video taken on the way to the Ice Room, followed by a short video of scootering home up the cool, clear blue wateres of … Continue reading
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Great dive in Devil’s today, at Ginnie Springs. Here’s some pics from the basin afterwards. Beautiful weather!
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Little River re-opens, since the last confirmed report of it siphoning on 10 July 2013. Well it’s kinda open. The county-controlled gate to the parking lot is open. But the spring water is flowing underneath the tannic water on top, … Continue reading
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Took a little tour yesterday on my way from Marianna to Pensacola. Morrison Springs is browned out and the bacteria warning is still up. Vortex Springs looks super clear.
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Bathing suit + climbing harness + scooter = Winning! Yet another day of post-dive fun.
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After Manatee, went over to Ginnie Springs to meet up with some other friends who were diving. Ended up doing the cave-diver equivalent to tubing… playing with the scooters in the basin! Little Devil “Gator” Attack!
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Got in a fun basin and cavern dive with CarreeO at Manatee Springs. Had the basin to ourselves, water level super high (two steps showing below middle landing), flow seemed down a bit but not lowest I’ve seen. Suwannee River … Continue reading