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Hawaii Underwater Explorers (HUE) is having a little reunion on Big Island this holiday weekend. Check out a few pics from yesterday’s dive at Two Step at Honaunau. Check out the full report on Day 2, with video.
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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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Congratulations to Kaitlin for successfully completing GUE’s Learn-to-Dive program, Recreational Diver Level 1! Although the wind/ocean didn’t co-operate with our grand plan to pool, spring, shore, and boat dive during the program, three out of four ain’t bad. We still … 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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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
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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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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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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!
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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