Jackson Blue Conditions?

I am a real ninja(hold a first degree black belt) and I dive caves so I guess that makes me a ninja cave diver. However I am far from mastering the secret ninja cave diving techniques for swimming in high flow. :-)

I'm a Fluid Dynamicist by trade, passion, and training. I love everything there is to know about fluids moving. I LOVE using my nerdy obsessions in my hobbies. Therefore, I've come up with a convenient solution on how to read the flow in JB's current conditions (pun very much intended). The following is a graphic of how to make the flow bearable. You'll still need some effort to get upstream, but it really helps when it comes to reading the cave.

http://www.blackbeltdivers.eu/media/...m/a/magnus.jpg

On a more serious note, I was there yesterday. Twenty-seven minutes to the Source Nouveau jump (p3,300'), and fourteen minutes back to the chimney. SS UV-26 with new batteries on prop setting 7.

Vis was easily 80'.

So Sludge, you trade your BINFORD in for a SS, ROFLMAO

SLIM

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Originally Posted by Slüdge

On a more serious note, I was there yesterday. Twenty-seven minutes to the Source Nouveau jump (p3,300'), and fourteen minutes back to the chimney. SS UV-26 with new batteries on prop setting 7.

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That's a pretty sweet pace Russell, considering the flow!
So either you secretly switched to sidemount recently, or the flow is down by quite a bit? :-)

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Originally Posted by nakatomi

That's a pretty sweet pace Russell, considering the flow!
So either you secretly switched to sidemount recently, or the flow is down by quite a bit? :-)

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The second option is more likely. :) Sorry Russell.

Is it approaching anything like swim able yet? We are just finishing up our trip and would like to hit the mill pond on the way back north.

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Originally Posted by T. Bix

Is it approaching anything like swim able yet? We are just finishing up our trip and would like to hit the mill pond on the way back north.

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Swimmable is relative. I willingly did a swim dive there twice last week, but I didn't see anyone else around. There is strong flow and I don't expect it to diminish anytime soon. These are normal conditions.

The vis has returned to more normal conditions in all the caves on the millpond. If you don't want to swim with JB flow, you can dive Hole or Twin instead. Twin has light outflow that is hardly noticeable on the swim in and Hole has flow at the entrance restriction, but it is not noticeable anywhere else.

Anyone have a recent report for Twin or Hole?

Thanks.

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Originally Posted by sandy

Anyone have a recent report for Twin or Hole?

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From what I heard (via John Weston of CA) both are back to normal in terms of flow and visbility.