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Dove Twin Cave at Mill Pond in Marianna, FL yesterday. Cave was clear and blue,100′ vis, no noticeable flow. Check out this brief video of Michael enjoying the cavern zone.
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Teaser: Hole in the Wall Outflowing
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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
Peacock in the Flow
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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
Teaser: Devil’s Fire
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Teaser from today’s dives at Ginnie Springs. Tarp is down since my last dive here 3 days ago and the mix of clear spring water and tannic river water is just right for some pretty colors over Devil’s Ear!
Mill Pond Conditions
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So let’s complete a trilogy of condition posts with some news from our friends at Cave Adventurers on the Mill Pond in Marianna. Report dates to 7 Sept 2013: “Twin yesterday and it was about 80′ had a very slight … Continue reading
Peacock Re-Opens with Challenge More Challenging
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A day after Madison Blue re-opens, Peacock Springs re-opens as rivers drop after heavy rains a month ago increased water levels and flooded many of the popular Suwannee River Basin caves. Nearby river gauge at just above 27 ft. First … Continue reading
Madison Blue Springs Re-Opens
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It’s been a rather dry (for this summer’s weather patter) 2 weeks, with almost a month from the weekend-of-rain in mid-August, Withlacoochee and Suwannee Rivers have seen their pulse, and we’re starting to see caves along these rivers re-open. Word … Continue reading
Video: Fire Water
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REVISITED: 24 AUGUST 2013. When the summer-warmed dark, tannin-stained waters of the Santa Fe River meet the cool, clear spring waters emanating from Devil’s Ear, this interesting visual affect happens. Watch this short video where it appears as though the … Continue reading
Video: Peacock Pillar
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REVISITED: 25 AUGUST 2013 Jon and I got in a couple of great dives at Peacock (before the Suwannee River flooded it again) so conditions were not wonderful. Here’s a short video of Jon swimming through the pillar that is … Continue reading
Hang a Right at the Train Tracks
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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
It’s a Beautiful Day at the Ginnie
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Great dive in Devil’s today, at Ginnie Springs. Here’s some pics from the basin afterwards. Beautiful weather!
Peacock Springs Flooded
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31 feet… and we’re done. Despite great dives there two days ago, Peacock Springs is yet again closed due to flooding after recently re-opening on 11 Aug. High Suwannee River for much rain is the reason. Peacock usually floods when … Continue reading
Peacock Conditions
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Dove Peacock yesterday from P1, both lines. Basin level is very high, still outflowing, no boil. Yellow to slight brown tint to water, 40-50′ vis with particulate, especially on Pothole line. Suwannee River is still rising however, ~1 foot/day at … Continue reading
Tannic Funness
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Jon and I had a great day yesterday at Ginnie. Light tuber load, almost no cave divers. Awesome dives and some great shots of tannic water over Devil’s Ear. Enjoy the pics!
Ginnie Noob
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One of the most awesome parts of being a local is getting to show divers new-to-them cave. Yesterday, Jon and I were playing, in the rain, at my “backyard” cave and had a blast. Welcome to High Springs, Jon! Tarp … Continue reading
Madison Blue Spring Floods
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Madison Blue is now closed due to rising Withlacoochee River due to 3-5 inches of rain in the area and in Georgia on Aug 16-18, upon an already saturated ground due to unusually heavy summer rains this year. These rising … Continue reading
Strange Things in Caves
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Home Depot bucket about 3500’+ into Jackson Blue up Source Nouveau. Quiz time: do you know why this is here?
Jackson Blue
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Just had a couple of fun dives in Jackson Blue with JamesSr. Flow is up to what I remember from 6ish years ago. Yesterday we checked out Source Nouveau. More pics to come at a later date.
Little River Spring Re-opens
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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
Grand Cenote
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REVISITED: 22 APRIL 2013 Danny and I got in a good fun dive at Grand Cenote today. So many decorations, so little time!