jug hole?

[LiteHedded]

can somebody tell me about jug hole?
I've been told there is some decent cavern diving there?
I can't find much info about it

[Kelly Jessop]

can somebody tell me about jug hole?
I've been told there is some decent cavern diving there?
I can't find much info about it

An excellent cavern dive,although the walk can intimidating. The cave has two very tight areas that require sidemount. Diving is only allowed from Oct to March-so hurry. The ranger may ask to inspect your gear for nonindigenous plant species.

[LiteHedded]

we're only cavern certified.
is the walk longer than the hike at blue springs in orange city?
where is it? is it flooded like almost everything else up north?

[Serota]

The walk is about .25 mi on a level hard-packed trail. Many people use some sort of wagon or cart to wheel there gear in on. There is a very nice platform with steps into the water where you can easily gear up. It is a beautiful, large, typically high flow cavern. BTW, you use the north park entrance to get there.

[FW]

we're only cavern certified.
is the walk longer than the hike at blue springs in orange city?
where is it? is it flooded like almost everything else up north?

It isn't flooded, and it is a nice cavern dive.

[Kelly Jessop]

It isn't flooded, and it is a nice cavern dive.

If Rose "upstream" is flooded then you can get some tannic instrusion,but I have never seen it blown.

[Kelly Jessop]

we're only cavern certified.
is the walk longer than the hike at blue springs in orange city?
where is it? is it flooded like almost everything else up north?

This is a perfect cavern dive. The opening is about 8' in diameter in the basin. Once you drop down you'll enter into a large room,making the opening to bottom jug shaped. You'll see an opening into what is known as the blue room,in there you still retain some ambient day light.

[Kelly Jessop]

The walk is about .25 mi on a level hard-packed trail. Many people use some sort of wagon or cart to wheel there gear in on. There is a very nice platform with steps into the water where you can easily gear up. It is a beautiful, large, typically high flow cavern. BTW, you use the north park entrance to get there.

Ken Hill always said 919 steps.

[LiteHedded]

i'm stoked. I think we'll do it saturday.
trying to figure out how to best manage the hike...

[EGIB]

Just did this dive for the first time last Thursday...

It was QUITE the hike... we were diving a set of SM 95s and SM 45s...we stacked them on a dolly and strapped them in with our fins and other gear. I had the pleasure of pushing it to the water (better than pushing it back was my reasoning).

Just be careful getting all your stuff back to the car...don't want to take a hit on that walk. Make sure you bring a wagon or a hand truck, take breaks and lots of water. The dive was excellent by the way, we went to the end of the system. We did spend most of the time taking pics in the ambient light zone, so you should have a good time.