Ginnie vis + Peacock flow. I couldn't figure out where I was diving! I really don't think you'll ever see it nicer than right now. I was really able to look around and see things I'd never noticed before.
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Ginnie vis + Peacock flow. I couldn't figure out where I was diving! I really don't think you'll ever see it nicer than right now. I was really able to look around and see things I'd never noticed before.
Sounds perfect. Hold it please in this condition till February :D
any updates? We're hoping it will hold til saturday...
River is dropping. You will be fine.
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The flow was still pretty low this past Monday and vis was better than I've ever seen. I'm not sure I'd call it Ginnie clear but definitely better than Peacock last week.
Is peacock not clear? I have been there in september and the viz was good, not as good as ginnie, but still good. Little River had then around 10m.
Sometimes I think you call 10m viz bad there in Florida :D
Where I usually dive at home, 10m is pretty good. I would have called the vis at Peacock last week 15 - 20m+ in spots.Quote:
Originally Posted by Germie
peacock is dependent on classes these days. I've entered P1 to a blown entrance. Clears up once in peanut tunnel. Get there early to avoid the crowds
If anybody dives today please post a report... I'm very curious to know about the flow if the river is dropping. Typically the wife and I don't dive this cave because the flow is not enjoyable. If it is still low this weekend I'd like to give it a go
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Go for it ! 2.5 weeks ago it was very nice to swim (less than Ginnie). With river higher, you cant get any better. Just Do ItQuote:
Originally Posted by IowaCaveDiver
we are going to hit it tomorrow... we'll post an updated report
I was there yesterday and it was bsautiful...crackling clear, virtually no flow, 98ffw, etc.
How was it?Quote:
Originally Posted by IowaCaveDiver
Just got home. Was wonderful, I would say flow is about 25% of what it normally is. So let's call it mild. We also dove jug hole and conditions were fantastic as always! Definitely time to get out and dive Little River while the conditions are holding. Visibility was in the 70-foot range.
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So happy to hear this...planning to dive there Tuesday!
Please hold this viz and current for 2-3 weeks :D
Spool found 1/20 on table, no double ender or markings, left it with Thomas at CE.
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Dove it this morning. The flow was up just a hair from last week and the vis was down just a hair, but it's still a beautiful dive.
Did a swim dive out to about 1600 maybe 1700, turned it just a little past the dome room. There's a sizeable jump on the right just a little before the dome room, Is it worth bringing a couple of stages to have more time to explore that tunnel or does it pinch off quick?
There was a storm brewing so I expect the conditions won't last too much longer.
short vid from 1/20
https://youtu.be/CfoYmVzQ9f4
Nice video .Quote:
Originally Posted by LMN
- Jeff
Anybody know how little river is doing after yesterday's storms?
yes, the cave is now wetter than it was before. hehehehehe...Quote:
Originally Posted by swflcaver
The river is going up fast. The spring will be great for a couple days, but may go under soon.
Time to place bets at what river levels, at the Branford gage/gauge, will LR go under.....Quote:
Originally Posted by FW
Considering the rapid water rise and depleted aquifer, I put my bet at 14.5-15' (previous years it went under at 16.5-17.5 )
Dove little river today... Amazing conditions. Gin clear water, very minimal flow....like zero need for pull and glide while wearing rebreather and a stage kind of minimal flow. Water level was just below the level of the path around the water when we started... 4 hours later, it was over the walkway and touching the retaining wall. River is rising quickly...
I know in the past I've dove it when the water was about 8 inches over the retaining wall. Much over that and it blows. If the water is rising at that rate it's not going to be long before it starts reversing.
That'll make for an easy ride in, might need help getting out though.
I dove it in February or March 2006 when the river water was 3 or 4 feet over the top of the retaining wall - up to just below the second landing on the stairs, and it was still clear and outflowing. But with the low flow state at the moment, I bet you're right - it'll reverse if the river goes up much more.
Well, shoot... I wanted to check it out while the flow was down this much.
I'm curious, how deep does it get at those water levels? I dove it last week when the water was low, and pretty much the whole Florida room was 100ffw and more. With area shops banking 32%, that might put one over 1.4 PPO2 if on OC, 114ffw.Quote:
Originally Posted by MORGAN
When the spring had strong flow back in the 90s, it would hold back the river, and you are right you would get that kind of depth,but we were on air. Now, the place will easily reverse, and blow out when approaching these levels.Quote:
Originally Posted by LMN
Just heard from some divers that Little River is browned out and Peacock will be undiveable by Saturday. Damn, conditions were perfect.
i was too optimistic. browned out today at ~13.5-13.7' on Branford gageQuote:
Originally Posted by patpicos
that sucks i was really looking forward to getting in there tomorrow
Can someone explain why the Suwannee is rising at most stations, but falling at Troy Spring?
http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=tae
http://water.weather.gov/resources/h...s/tryf1_hg.png
Quote:
Originally Posted by FW
The level of the Santa Fe by my house is also dropping. I was having this discussion with a friend earlier this week. I am sure there are a lot of factors, but for the Santa Fe, its just a factor of the input Volume - the output Volume.. Right? I was wondering if the increased flow of the Suwannee might actually be pulling water out of the SF at a higher rate kind of like a venturi.
The Santa Fe is backing up, near the Suwannee, so it may do so by your house soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Adler
My guess for Troy Spring is a broken river gauge.
Just checked the NOAA website and it does indeed say "Gauge currently out of service" for TroyQuote:
Originally Posted by FW
So it does. They left it up there broken most of the day.Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeT
It's not actually broken. They just had the wrong feed going to the webpage. It should be fixed later today for them.Quote:
Originally Posted by FW
However you can see the correct Troy data here: http://www.mysuwanneeriver.org/portal/springs.htm
That sure is a hard page to interpret. Don't they have just the river level?Quote:
Originally Posted by TaraR
Once you click on the spring it comes up with a few graphs and links for getting the actual numbers. The first graph is the period of record for water level. The second is just the last 30 days.Quote:
Originally Posted by FW
ThanksQuote:
Originally Posted by TaraR