GLENFWB
Contributor
Headed to Marianna, Florida yesterday to do some cave diving with Denise. Conditions in Marianna were colder then the forecast called for. The sun hid behind some thick clouds, and the wind made things pretty chilly at times...especially for those who were crazy enough to be diving wet.
I met Denise at Cave Adventurers. Ed helped me get my Nomad side mount rig fixed. My wing had become twisted and I was having trouble getting the air to dump out of it. After taking all the stuff off my belt...TWICE...I finally got it all put back together. it worked MUCH better on my dives that day.
The wind has pushed the grass up against the diving platform over the JB cavern. The area where we usually gear up was covered with grass. We had to gear up and enter from the other side that was protected from the wind. It was an overcast day which made for some dull pictures.
Since most caves are blown out right now across the state....Jackson Blue was pretty busy this Saturday.
Ed told us that morning, that Friday evening Jackson Blue was also blown out. While gearing up, Denise and I spoke with divers who were in the cave when the viz went to zero. It is assumed that the heavy rains penetrated the cave somewhere upstream. The divers told us they had to exit on the line yesterday. Denise and I were relieved to see that the flowing coming out of JB on Saturday was hazy and had some particulate, but was almost back to normal.
Denise and I made two dives. Both dives were fairly typical. On the first dive, I ran the reel in the cavern with Denise following. The flow is getting stronger then it has been for the last couple of months. We made our way to the gold line where I tied the reel in. We made our way back to the big rock and air pocket just before the chimney. After Denise gave me the okay, we headed down the chimney. On both dives we took our time and made it back to the first breakdown around 400p. We turned the dive and enjoyed a nice ride back out of the cave. I think I only kicked a few times on our way back out of the cave and cavern. We left the reel in for our second dive.
On the second dive I brought my camera and snapped a few pictures:
There is just something I like about black and white photos....looks like Denise is floating on the moon.
Rob Diveaholic had a cavern class at JB Saturday. I will post some pictures from his class in the next message.
I met Denise at Cave Adventurers. Ed helped me get my Nomad side mount rig fixed. My wing had become twisted and I was having trouble getting the air to dump out of it. After taking all the stuff off my belt...TWICE...I finally got it all put back together. it worked MUCH better on my dives that day.
The wind has pushed the grass up against the diving platform over the JB cavern. The area where we usually gear up was covered with grass. We had to gear up and enter from the other side that was protected from the wind. It was an overcast day which made for some dull pictures.
Since most caves are blown out right now across the state....Jackson Blue was pretty busy this Saturday.
Ed told us that morning, that Friday evening Jackson Blue was also blown out. While gearing up, Denise and I spoke with divers who were in the cave when the viz went to zero. It is assumed that the heavy rains penetrated the cave somewhere upstream. The divers told us they had to exit on the line yesterday. Denise and I were relieved to see that the flowing coming out of JB on Saturday was hazy and had some particulate, but was almost back to normal.
Denise and I made two dives. Both dives were fairly typical. On the first dive, I ran the reel in the cavern with Denise following. The flow is getting stronger then it has been for the last couple of months. We made our way to the gold line where I tied the reel in. We made our way back to the big rock and air pocket just before the chimney. After Denise gave me the okay, we headed down the chimney. On both dives we took our time and made it back to the first breakdown around 400p. We turned the dive and enjoyed a nice ride back out of the cave. I think I only kicked a few times on our way back out of the cave and cavern. We left the reel in for our second dive.
On the second dive I brought my camera and snapped a few pictures:
There is just something I like about black and white photos....looks like Denise is floating on the moon.
Rob Diveaholic had a cavern class at JB Saturday. I will post some pictures from his class in the next message.
