Madison Blue: What C-Card Is Required?

Aucilla · Apr 30, 2008

I am certified by NACD as a "Cavern Diver," and stay within my training limits. I have dived at Madison Blue spring on a number of occasions; and have shown them my certification card. I recently noticed, on their website, the following:

Cavern and cave diving only, no open water diving. All cavern divers must be accompanied by a certified cave diver or instructor. All divers must show proof of certification prior to diving....

Is it true that they interpret this to accept Cavern Certification only, without a "cave diver or instructor" along? I don't want to go over there and not be able to dive.

Thanks.

SuPrBuGmAn · Apr 30, 2008

You can dive there at Cavern level without an Instructor, I've done it.

Dive-aholic · May 1, 2008

I would call first. I've heard of cavern divers being turned away by the park ranger there.

PerroneFord · May 1, 2008

Dive-aholic:
I would call first. I've heard of cavern divers being turned away by the park ranger there.

One of the rangers once tried to turn me away with an intro card. I think there has been some effort to educate the park staff there. I've been able to dive there every time I've gone though. But I don't think I ever went there with just a cavern card.

SuPrBuGmAn · May 1, 2008

PerroneFord:
I think there has been some effort to educate the park staff there.

I read the same thing on some of the forums, supposedly the rangers have everything cleared up as far as who's allowed(cavern and up).

Dive-aholic · May 1, 2008

Yeah, but do you want to trust that before you make a 3 hour drive? Especially when the usual ranger calls in sick and they send a replacement that's not used to working there and can only find the old rules in the park manual...

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