Conditions at the Springs and Events this weekend!

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Cave Chick

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High Springs, Florida
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Troy Springs 40 - 50 feet of visibility high flow
Ginnie Springs - 60 - 70 feet of visibility flow is up
Peacock Springs - 60 - 70 feet no flow
Madison Springs - 100+ feet visibility past courtyard, visibility improves past half hitch, as well. Cave is pumping!
Little River - 40 - 50 feet of visibility, cave is also pumping! Flow is definitely up.

Also this weekend is REACT and Cave Excursions in Luraville! This is a great chance to get to go dive Telford via boat ride! The river is up and flowing so having the opportunity to go by boat is great. If you dive Telford this weekend let us know how conditions are looking in there.
 
Some Updates on Springs:

Noticed some tannic water intrusion in the insulation rooms at Ginnie this week! Visibility reduces towards the back of cave... maybe someone is back there, trying to push it? Saw some stage bottles at stage bottle rock.
Cow Springs is spectacular right now! If you have the opportunity to dive there be sure to do it. Remember to stop by Dive Outpost, become an NSS-CDS member if you aren't one, and pick up a key!
Madison Blue Springs is spectacular right now, as well. Flow is up but the cave is beautiful.
 
On the end of our trip we did 4 dives at Orange Grove.
There are some cool pockets of tannic water laying on the mainline towards Challenge Sink.
Vis stellar on mainline.
The deep section of OG we did not go far but cavern is still pretty puffy with light silt from the last flood but very beautiful.
I love OG it has been over a year since I had dove there.
The pool basin is up and entry / exit is quite easy "normal".

One word of caution the deep cavern area of OG can be dangerous if you are not cave / tech trained.
This statement is due to the fact OW divers routinely dive at this site.
Depth with overhead is not to be taken lightly!
To the trained bear with the warning just trying to be over safe! Is there such a thing?

CamG
 
Conditions update!

The springs are really starting to look the way they looked before Tropical Storm Debbie flooded us out!!

Madison Blue - The flow has dropped some and is now lower then it was and the visibility is spectacular
Cow Springs - Still moderate flow and great visibility
Ginnie Springs - Visibility is getting spectacular again 100+ in some areas flow is about average for Ginnie
Peacock - Low Flow, great visibility, still a very easy entry and exit because of higher water levels.
Orange Grove - No more nasty water in the basin! Basin is looking beautiful again!


Have you dove any of these places recently? Let me know what you think!
 
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