Why do you cave dive?

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Originally Posted by aainslie

What do you think it would take to waterproof it? You could do Manatee to 10000 ft and back without going into deco.

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hmmm..... redundant jet packs. I wonder if we can side-mount them. I know I wouldn't want to have to swim one out. I see a handful of new cards to earn. This might be grounds of divorce.

Hans

I got basic cave almost a month ago.. I grew up in Greece, I was skin diving since I was very little. We have lots of wet, salty rocks over there. I never thought I would scuba dive in these!

Almost exactly a year ago, on my bday, my boyfriend who is a cavern instructor and has done his share on cave exploration wanted to get me to High Springs. I was just 1 year OW certified and couldn't believe theres something interesting to look, wet rocks. I loved my NC wrecks back then. After I these cavern tours... I got enchanted. I spent a year practicing for the class and diving caverns.

I don't know what it is. My last two dives for cert were in Little River... just pretty. My fingers were badly bleeding (all our previous class dives were in Devil's system, my skin is still there), but I so wanted to do the last dive, get in Little River again.

I try to tell the people I love what I see in there, get them to understand about the sculpture and the art but it's so hard to describe. It's a beauty beyond words.

Thank you to those that credited my input for loving the caves. I as well could not vote since the choices did not match for me.

Regardless of diving a cavern or laying new line in a virgin cave there is, for me, always one thing that catches my attention.

For me it is what is not there. The water under ground takes away the pieces that do not belong and leaves the sculpture of what should be.

Bobby

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Originally Posted by Xenia

I don't know what it is.
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I try to tell the people I love what I see in there, get them to understand about the sculpture and the art but it's so hard to describe. It's a beauty beyond words.

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Hi Xenia,

I think you said it quite well. It's hard to describe, but if you are not a cave diver you cannot understand.

Cheers

Cris

To me its more freedom.No boat or grumpy captains to deal with.Currents are always predictable.Seas are always flat.Gear is much easyer to wash out.We go in when were ready and arent rushed.I like the 70ish water temps.And if on dry land,Id rather trudge through a cave with a few lights rather than crawl around on some rusting old ship in a boneyard.I do a saltwater boat dive or two each year,but the spring,caverns and caves is where I like to be.Caves first and formost.Randy...

Where's the option to hang out with friends and meet new ones?

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Originally Posted by jj1987

Where's the option to hang out with friends and meet new ones?

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well you can do that on a boat too.

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Originally Posted by stairman

well you can do that on a boat too.

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True, just one of the major "contributing factors" as to why I enjoy diving in general. :)

A key advantage to cave diving is the easy availability of post-dive barbecue!

Where to eat afterwards is always part of our dive plan.:)

Mike

I got tired of my dive buddies yaking up their breakfast on my head while they hung over the rail and I swam to the mooring line.

Which BTW is a good reason to loose the snorkel.