I am thinking Ginnie and Peacock get pretty busy on weekends. Would Little River and Madison Blue be a good weekend option, or are they busy with swimmers too?
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I am thinking Ginnie and Peacock get pretty busy on weekends. Would Little River and Madison Blue be a good weekend option, or are they busy with swimmers too?
Little River and Madison are both really busy on the weekends with swimmers. Better to go to a non-swimmer cave. At least that way it will be busy with people you don't mind hanging out with :)
If you get there really early in the morning (or also really late night for the Devil's), you can dive any place with little people around.
So the little people are there between dusk and dawn? Are they friendly?
Been able to do some good diving during the weekend at PSSP though, if you don't mind a few other cave divers.
Find something with a long walk(or requires a boat ride) and a lack of park benches, they tend to have less crowds.
I only seen Peacock bad once on weekend. To the point where the parking lot was full.... doesn't happen very often.Quote:
Originally Posted by deepdiverbob
Madison is good early morning during "swimming season". I would think it wouldn't be busy on cold winter days.
I dive Ginnie a lot on weekends. Friday night is dead quiet. I was the only one there last Friday.... Kind of cool to know you have got the cave to yourself :) Sat/Sunday really depends on weather/holiday.
I thought that Madison would be bad on busy weekends - aren't they one of the only ones that actually enforce the "only x number of teams in the system at a time"?
One might go early but if there is a group of several teams just before you, you'd be so out of luck?
We got to Madison about 0915 Sunday before last, and were still the only cave divers there when we left around noon. There were some swimmers there, but not stair-crowdingly bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by alias
I did see a first (for me) at Peacock that Saturday....swimmers in P1. I'd have preferred they not spread their beach towels, books, shoes, etc ALL the way across the bench while they were swimming, LOL, but I'm sure they just didn't realize, or think about, divers coming out and needing to use the benches. The park wasn't at all crowded, though, and there was plenty of parking and cave space to go around. :)
Little River is great on weekends if you hit it right as they open the gates. I've dived there after lunch, but had to park in the grass.
Jeff...the little people only appear to those special few, and are impossible to capture on film. I've taken lots of pictures when I see them, but they're never in the resulting image :( Be sure to let us know when you see them.
Sunday, after 2pm, I was the only cave diver left at Jackson Blue.Quote:
Originally Posted by chimie007
As many swimmers as there are there on weekends it's still a VERY convenient dive.
It usually seems to me that no matter how crowded the parking lot and the surface looks, it's a lot less crowded in the caves, especially once you're out of the cavern zone.
Mike
Well, the divers have their own parking lot no ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Slüdge
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Originally Posted by SuPrBuGmAn
We are hitting Jackson Blue the following weekend. My first time. I'm looking forward to it.
Me and my buddy had Peacock to ourselves last year for the New Years eve dive...that was kind of creepy, and exciting all at the same time.Quote:
Originally Posted by chimie007
And cold. Yes, Bill and Slim, I was freaking cold.
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Originally Posted by deepdiverbob
Jackson Blue gets BIG crowds of swimmers
Ginnie is such a big system that once you're 1500 ft in you're unlikely to see anyone else again. In fact you dont need to go that far - the passages between the gold line and the bone room don't get much traffic. Teh Lips Bypass areas don't get much traffic either. If you REALLY want some alone time go play in the fuzzy bunny tunnels. There are just so many options.
I should correct myself, and say he have a boat reserved for 2 days at the pond. Plan to hit Twin, Hole in the wall and JB.Quote:
Originally Posted by rox@ucf11
No the divers don't have their own parking lot. Actually during park hours they ask for us to park up on the hillside on the far side of the park. It isn't too bad if you are there early because you can park near some tables under the shade of some trees. If you are just about 20 minutes after opening time on the weekend though it will be crowded. The swimmers aren't a problem though as long as you don't mind a short walk up a small hill.Quote:
Originally Posted by chimie007
After Labor Day the park is closed for the season and divers are the only business in town and parking is wide open and we get the use of the benches and pavilion.
If you are planning on using one of Edd's boats to do JB then you will have to wade through the crowds to get to the cave. Don't go down the middle of the entrance because the diving board is right over top :)
Its all about timing. Last Sunday at noon we had P1 all to ourselves. Now when we got out there were divers suiting up. And we did pass a team as we were coming from Olsen but as a rule I dont think weekends are much more crowded with divers than weekdays.
Thats an understatementQuote:
Originally Posted by rox@ucf11
Dont you just hate it when a swimmer dives in from the diving board and nails your heavy STEEL 95's
I just hate it when that happens:rollguy
It's fifteen feet deep directly under the diving board. The standard depth of a competition pool with a three-meter board (a lot higher than the one at JB) is twelve feet. I scooter in and out of the cave directly under the board. I just stay within a few feet of the bottom. I've never had anyone come even remotely near me.
I had a drunk Mexican dive about 1 ft in front of me coming out of Telford. That was close!
did you grab him and say hello?