Pictures from Peacock and Cow

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02-04-2019 11:01 AM
Confuted

Pictures from Peacock and Cow

I visited Cow and Peacock yesterday (3 Feb), and took some pictures at each. For reference, the Luraville Suwannee river gauge read 30.58 feet.

First, Cow. We actually dove here, but visibility was only 15-20 feet, with tannic water throughout. The water temperature was 68 degrees in the cave, which confirms the river intrusion.

https://i.ibb.co/5KdMvrK/20190203-102837.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/XWBWBhm/20190203-102933.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/JrF3GNS/20190203-103111.jpg

Next, we headed over to Peacock to take a look at conditions. The park is still closed to diving, but we were able to drive back and look at the water.

Orange grove:
https://i.ibb.co/jZvv8qQ/20190203-133841.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/qdVP5XW/20190203-134201.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/dmKgPtK/20190203-134023.jpg

P1:
https://i.ibb.co/TKncSpV/20190203-134847.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/CWnY2NV/20190203-134753.jpg

P2:
https://i.ibb.co/dk1fJs3/20190203-135253.jpg

P3:
https://i.ibb.co/cDmQCQD/20190203-135404.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/ys6vjKV/20190203-135505.jpg

The ground was still very soft walking around P1, so it will be a bit longer before it's open. A faint boil was visible on the surface though.
02-04-2019 12:12 PM
diveconjeff

Thanks for the pictures and the updates.
02-04-2019 01:29 PM
Victoria

What is a boil? The water was rumbly?
02-04-2019 01:40 PM
Confuted

Quote:

Originally Posted by Victoria

What is a boil? The water was rumbly?

It means that water is flowing out of the cave, resulting in a small disturbance on the surface of the water above the entrance. The opposite is a siphon, when the water direction reverses and flows into the cave. That happens when the river levels are high and overwhelm the pressure from the cave, filling it with dark brown river water.
02-04-2019 01:42 PM
Victoria

Quote:

Originally Posted by Confuted

It means that water is flowing out of the cave, resulting in a small disturbance on the surface of the water above the entrance. The opposite is a siphon, when the water direction reverses and flows into the cave. That happens when the river levels are high and overwhelm the pressure from the cave, filling it with dark brown river water.

Thank you! :)
02-04-2019 01:45 PM
Confuted

Here's a short video of the conditions inside Cow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vDes40Af3k
02-04-2019 04:28 PM
IowaCaveDiver

How was the flow?

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02-04-2019 06:13 PM
Diverlee

Looking promising!

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02-04-2019 06:15 PM
Diverlee

Wow! Thanks for posting!

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02-04-2019 06:24 PM
Confuted

Quote:

Originally Posted by IowaCaveDiver

How was the flow?

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The flow at Cow was very low, but enough to be noticeable once we turned. There was no need for pull and glide or the tow rope.
02-04-2019 08:42 PM
helodriver87

Awesome, that's a significant improvement from the last set of pictures I saw. Thanks for posting!
02-15-2019 01:53 AM
twaldo

WOW, almost two weeks and it is STILL holding at 30.54'
02-15-2019 04:32 AM
FW

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Originally Posted by twaldo

WOW, almost two weeks and it is STILL holding at 30.54'

Yes, and Georgia is getting several more inches of rain in the next week, so I suspect the river won't go down anytime soon.
02-16-2019 10:16 PM
bullfrog

Love those fins