Lower Orange Grove

[J-Vo]

What is the approximate kick time and average depth for the circuit in Lower Orange Grove from the primary tie off.

 

[Manatee Diver]

I seem to remember about 15 minutes from surface to the circuit.

 

[kensuf]

I always get lost poking around down there. If I'm looking for the gold line, it'll take about 40 minutes for me to find it. Most other people find it in just a few minutes.

 

[J-Vo]

I always get lost poking around down there. If I'm looking for the gold line, it'll take about 40 minutes for me to find it. Most other people find it in just a few minutes.

How about once you find it?

 

[kensuf]

How about once you find it?

The circuit isn't that long. My last trip there, once I tied into the gold line it was 30 minutes to do the entire thing and only 12 minutes of that was to do the circuit and we were not going fast.

The red circles indicate the start of the gold line / end of the gold line, with the circuit also identified.

 

[J-Vo]

Thanks @kensuf

 

[billgraham]

It's been a long time for me but Ken or someone else who has more experience there can correct me if my memory is wrong. I think if you go right at the T-it goes to the end of the line and dead ends. The circuit involves a bedding plane with a soft ceiling and percolation is gnarly. I remember the entrance being head down, corkscrew thing through the breakdown to about 130 ish.

 

[PEDiver]

I remember the entrance being head down, corkscrew thing through the breakdown to about 130 ish.

That is spot on. The entrance is fun in and of itself.

 

[billgraham]

Another thing to consider, even though the max depth isn't more than 180 ft or so, you probably want helium in your mix or diluent for this one. The head down swim is disorienting and the circuit is an easy silt out with the soft ceiling.

 

[J-Vo]

Thanks @billgraham , I've been in there before, just couldn't remember the details for gas planning.