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08-11-2013 12:18 PM
Arctic Mike

Water Hole

We don't have Peacock all to ourselves today but it is far from a capacity crowd. Come on down folks, the pool is open!

We headed up the Peanut Tunnel this morning and went over to Water Hole. The Peanut Line has quite a bit more particulate in the water column than Main Line did yesterday. The flow is also quite a bit stronger.

We took the last jump to Water Hole, just shy of the 1000' mark. The whole passage was extremely silty with quite a bit of percolation the whole way. It was a fun ride in and out though. Total run time was about 90 minutes with an average depth of about 47'.

Happy to have it open this weekend. Two great dives so far. :clapper Still planning the next one. Tony, are you on the road yet? We can't wait all day man!
08-11-2013 12:25 PM
cavediver256

NICE !!!!!
08-11-2013 02:28 PM
TONY CHANEY

There is only one jump to Water Hole. Also I told you that you would like it considering that it is your first time there. LOL Glad you guys had a good time and checked out the brick.
08-11-2013 02:55 PM
JamesK

Tony there are actually two jumps over to the waterhole.

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08-11-2013 03:45 PM
Herbie

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Originally Posted by JamesK

Tony there are actually two jumps over to the waterhole.

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to be specific ...two different locations to make one jump to the Waterhole Tunnel....
08-11-2013 05:37 PM
aquadog196

I think what we're getting at here is that there are two lines off Peanut Line to the Waterhole Line...one is a double arrow marked jump and the other is an unmarked jump to a side-mount line.
08-11-2013 05:48 PM
JamesK

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Originally Posted by aquadog196

I think what we're getting at here is that there are two lines off Peanut Line to the Waterhole Line...one is a double arrow marked jump and the other is an unmarked jump to a side-mount line.

Si

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08-11-2013 07:22 PM
Arctic Mike

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Attachment 9309It was a great dive Tony. Thanks for recommending it.

I know it's tough to keep up with the layout of all these passages from there in NC but we took the marked jump just prior to 1000' in. The unmarked jump is just over 600' in.
08-11-2013 08:22 PM
TONY CHANEY

Oh I see...we took the marked jump. I guess that the unmarked jump requires two jumps. I you took the unmarked jump you might have missed a lot of the cave but all of it is great.
08-12-2013 09:18 AM
Greenwood_60

Waterhole is a beautiful dive. One of my favorites.

I've been told the unmarked jump is tight and very silty. Like "not a dive to do with a buddy" tight and silty. Anyone with personal experience have an opinion?
08-12-2013 11:39 AM
victorzamora

I'm interested as it's on my list for 2013

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08-12-2013 12:18 PM
Trey R

It's a nice dive but I was amazed at how many hand prints and drag marks there are. I'll take the Well over it any day.
08-12-2013 12:41 PM
Greenwood_60

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Originally Posted by Trey R

It's a nice dive but I was amazed at how many hand prints and drag marks there are. I'll take the Well over it any day.

It's easy enough to hit both in the same dive. Do Waterhole, recalculate thirds in the P1 cavern, then hit the well. You'll incur some deco on 32%. Don't bother on air.
08-12-2013 01:00 PM
Herbie

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Originally Posted by Trey R

It's a nice dive but I was amazed at how many hand prints and drag marks there are. I'll take the Well over it any day.

Thats interesting to note since most marks from other divers should have been erased/covered by silt... huh?
08-12-2013 01:31 PM
nakatomi

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Originally Posted by Trey R

It's a nice dive but I was amazed at how many hand prints and drag marks there are. I'll take the Well over it any day.

How tight and silty is that passage exactly?
Also is there a way to tell where the jump is located on the waterhole line or would it be too difficult to find, say if one would like to do the jump on the way back?
08-12-2013 01:58 PM
hunabku

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Originally Posted by nakatomi

How tight and silty is that passage exactly?
Also is there a way to tell where the jump is located on the waterhole line or would it be too difficult to find, say if one would like to do the jump on the way back?

Its backmountable yet fairly tight and fairly silty. If you don't have you act together you will cause damage.
08-12-2013 02:04 PM
Greenwood_60

I think nakatomi is talking about the alternate jump to Waterhole.
08-12-2013 02:08 PM
hunabku

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Originally Posted by Greenwood_60

I think nakatomi is talking about the alternate jump to Waterhole.

Ahh. Makes sense now that I read it again.
08-12-2013 02:10 PM
BUNIT

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Originally Posted by Herbie

Thats interesting to note since most marks from other divers should have been erased/covered by silt... huh?

A lot were but not all, at least where I went. Was still pretty cool to see most of it "repaired"
08-12-2013 02:23 PM
nakatomi

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Originally Posted by hunabku

Its backmountable yet fairly tight and fairly silty. If you don't have you act together you will cause damage.

Oh yes, you're right about that. The waterhole passage is certainly backmounteable but low in some places and silty, it requires good technique. I dove it several times, first in backmount and now more recently in sidemount.
I was indeed wondering about the alternate shortcut to the waterhole line that is supposedly a sidemount passage.
08-12-2013 02:23 PM
TONY CHANEY

Sorry to hear about the marks. Ryan and I got it at it's best. The cave was great and not too tight and the walls contained more iron ore? than I have seen to date. Oliver gave us a great briefing that was spot on. So is the brick still there and why is there?
08-12-2013 04:27 PM
Trey R

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Originally Posted by Herbie

Thats interesting to note since most marks from other divers should have been erased/covered by silt... huh?

For whatever reason the Waterhole didn't seem to have nearly as much sediment in it as the other passages we dove this weekend. There was definitely more damage than could have been caused in just a day of it being open.
08-12-2013 04:31 PM
Trey R

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Originally Posted by nakatomi

Oh yes, you're right about that. The waterhole passage is certainly backmounteable but low in some places and silty, it requires good technique. I dove it several times, first in backmount and now more recently in sidemount.
I was indeed wondering about the alternate shortcut to the waterhole line that is supposedly a sidemount passage.

The short cut isn't marked if you look for it you can see the line from the goldline but just barely. I poked my head in it this weekend on the way out and it looks rather nasty.
08-12-2013 06:56 PM
TONY CHANEY

I had it wrong. I talked to Mike this evening and you guys did take the marked jump. Sorry for the mistake.