WetHoss
Contributor
Did a trip to several springs and to PCB duting the last few days and thought I would share the conditions. Vortex is actually clear during the week, no suprise though without 200 divers like the weekends. Morrison is clear around the opening, but darker river water is still backed up around the rest of the pool, and for now it is free to swim and dive during the weekdays as I saw no collection box or personnel to collect fees.
Boat trip in PCB was good and did Strength and Bridgespan #12. Visibility was 25 tops. I was rather disappointed, but they were good dives. If you dive a bridges span, take time to stop and carefully look around the beam sections and if you look closely enough you will see tiny shrimp type critter that may be a tiny spindly lobster, and tons of blenny and other really small fish you dont see if you swim around withouth taking time to reall look closely.
Also stopped at Ponce de Leon Springs which is a good swimming hole but that is about all. The water is really clear.
Did a trip over to Marriana Blue Hole off Fl 71 and stopped at Cave Ventourers and had a top of of my Nitrox. They bank Nitrox and were able to top off my tank with 32%. The spring cost $2 a head and the water was great and very clear. I only did some snorkleing as I read and was informed that you need to stop and see the Sheriff to pay to access the site for diving. I did snorkle and saw that the opening to the cavern is directly underneath the diving board that the locals use. You can dive if you are willing to do the legwork to dive the cavern. I was told by a little bird that if you carry your equipment and suit up beyond the fence around the left side where the fence keeps swimmers from going out into the river that forms, that you can dive without the hassle because it is not park property. The water here was fantastic and the flow out of the cavern was very high and created quite a current.
Well, that is about it for the report, hope to dive more soon!!
Hoss
Boat trip in PCB was good and did Strength and Bridgespan #12. Visibility was 25 tops. I was rather disappointed, but they were good dives. If you dive a bridges span, take time to stop and carefully look around the beam sections and if you look closely enough you will see tiny shrimp type critter that may be a tiny spindly lobster, and tons of blenny and other really small fish you dont see if you swim around withouth taking time to reall look closely.
Also stopped at Ponce de Leon Springs which is a good swimming hole but that is about all. The water is really clear.
Did a trip over to Marriana Blue Hole off Fl 71 and stopped at Cave Ventourers and had a top of of my Nitrox. They bank Nitrox and were able to top off my tank with 32%. The spring cost $2 a head and the water was great and very clear. I only did some snorkleing as I read and was informed that you need to stop and see the Sheriff to pay to access the site for diving. I did snorkle and saw that the opening to the cavern is directly underneath the diving board that the locals use. You can dive if you are willing to do the legwork to dive the cavern. I was told by a little bird that if you carry your equipment and suit up beyond the fence around the left side where the fence keeps swimmers from going out into the river that forms, that you can dive without the hassle because it is not park property. The water here was fantastic and the flow out of the cavern was very high and created quite a current.
Well, that is about it for the report, hope to dive more soon!!
Hoss
I'm jealous, I've still yet to get out there for that site. Unless you have atleast an Intro Cave Cert, the sherriff's station will not allow you to dive the site from the park area. A little bird also told me that you can dive it if you park a boat outside of the park area 
