Meetinghouse and Ferrell Cave Exploration Updates

The ASA Cave Diving Team continues exploration of the caves on the Ferrell property.

Meeting House:

The exploration of Meeting House Cave System on the Ferrell Property in Wakulla, County Florida continues. ASA cave diving team member Nathan Spray extended the lined passage in the downstream section approximately 200' on Monday, May 27th, 2013. In water and surface support was conducted by ASA members Brandon Cook and Dena Spray. The downstream section begins through a small restriction into a syphon at 200' in depth trending downward leveling out at 285'. Visibility in the main passage was approximately 60' while the downstream area was 100'+. The passage continues and future exploration dives are already planned.

Ferrell Cave:

ASA Cave Diving Team members, Brandon Cook and Steve Cushman placed permanent gold line in Ferrell on Sunday, May 12, 2013 with support conducted by Mandy Hammond. Along with the placement of gold line, additional survey data was collected by team member Nathan Spray.




If you are interested in joining the ASA Cave Diving Team fill out an application at:

http://aquaticscienceassociation.org...ts/DiveApp.pdf

and email the completed application to:

cavedivingteam@aquaticscienceassociation.org

Awesome! Thanks for the update! This is such a beautiful system!

I got to the EOL in Ferrell (only 600'). It was a little "milky" possibly from the Memorial weekend traffic, but still a very nice dive. I did Meeting House with some cavern divers, and sneaked in to have a look. I HAVE to get back and see more, it is huge and very nice!

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Originally Posted by FW

I got to the EOL in Ferrell (only 600'). It was a little "milky" possibly from the Memorial weekend traffic, but still a very nice dive. I did Meeting House with some cavern divers, and sneeked in to have a look. I HAVE to get back and see more, it is huge and very nice!

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Barbara (SquirrelGirl) and myself are certainly not cavern divers Mr Wilson!! :-D We dove the cavern because we are not trimix certified.

Anyway I loved the cavern at meeting house and Ferrell is beautiful, very different from what I have dove so far.

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Originally Posted by Xenia

Barbara (SquirrelGirl) and myself are certainly not cavern divers Mr Wilson!! :-D We dove the cavern because we are not trimix certified.

Anyway I loved the cavern at meeting house and Ferrell is beautiful, very different from what I have dove so far.

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Hi Xenia,

If you really liked what you saw start to consider triMix, you and Barbra will be blown away once you get into the cave....its amazing......and there's PLENTY to enjoy with a light mix with 20 or 19 no need to go to the 300'+ sections.

What you can do is dip down to about 150 or so then go up and stay shallower, the entrance is like a duck under, the ceiling is shallower and it get big, wide, tall and white.

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Originally Posted by Xenia

Barbara (SquirrelGirl) and myself are certainly not cavern divers Mr Wilson!! :-D We dove the cavern because we are not trimix certified.

Anyway I loved the cavern at meeting house and Ferrell is beautiful, very different from what I have dove so far.

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I thought everyone was a cavern diver compared to Forrest?

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Originally Posted by MichaelAngelo

I thought everyone was a cavern diver compared to Forrest?

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Of course, my mistake so Barbra and Xenia I'd love to show a few fellow cavern divers around Meeting House but just the shallow stuff, the other parts of the cave are for real cave divers.

I was able to shoot some decent video in Ferrell. I'll try and get some edited and up today....

I really hope you guys are only messing with Barbara & her friend. I have never met her, but i do know of her
overhead experiences & skills. Be nice to her & her buddys. You never know when you may need them !

You can learn a lot from Forrest too. Best to be on his good side.

"the other parts of the cave are for real cave divers" Really ? And what constitutes a 'real' cave diver ? :P

Take a chill pill... people be kiddin yo.

gulp !

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Originally Posted by JE

I really hope you guys are only messing with Barbara & her friend. I have never met her, but i do know of her
overhead experiences & skills. Be nice to her & her buddys. You never know when you may need them !

You can learn a lot from Forrest too. Best to be on his good side.
"the other parts of the cave are for real cave divers" Really ? And what constitutes a 'real' cave diver ? :P

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I was joking on everything except that compared to Forrest the rest of us really are just cavern divers.

Michael...I know you were kidding.....not to worry....et all ! One person n particular seemed off color to me...................>
"the other parts of the cave are for real cave divers" Really ? And what constitutes a 'real' cave diver?"
Not to mention any names, but this seemed slightly derogatory !
The rest of ya...i get it !
:)

Ciao !
ref: do real cave divers use snorkles or just the ones from up north ?

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Originally Posted by JE

I really hope you guys are only messing with Barbara & her friend. I have never met her, but i do know of her
overhead experiences & skills. Be nice to her & her buddys. You never know when you may need them !

You can learn a lot from Forrest too. Best to be on his good side.

"the other parts of the cave are for real cave divers" Really ? And what constitutes a 'real' cave diver ? :P

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Take a look a few posts up, you'll figure it out.