P3 Conditions?

[sandy]

For anyone who has dove (or seen) P3 lately, what are current conditions?

Thanks for your help.

[Kberg]

Not sure of the cave's condition, but myself and 2 others did a cavern dive there on Sunday. The basin was covered in duckweed, and the cavern was pretty silty.

[LiteHedded]

vis is about 20-30. pretty noticeable siphon
you can see a really strong flow in the run into p3. enough to push you down the run when you're floating there on the surface.
this is as of 2 weeks ago. might be different now

[sandy]

Thanks for the info. Can P3 be done in backmount?


Thanks.

[Gary]

yes

It actually tends more to a "big creepy rooms with low vis." don't get off the line farther than you can see it - motif. (at least in the beginning)

[LiteHedded]

more like big AWESOME rooms with low vis

I'm on a big p3 kick at the moment :P

[scblade27]

We were there on Sunday but had a hard time locating the mainline. We went down past the sign and ran a line until it started getting fairly tight. We still did not see the gold line. Did we completely miss something?

[LiteHedded]

We were there on Sunday but had a hard time locating the mainline. We went down past the sign and ran a line until it started getting fairly tight. We still did not see the gold line. Did we completely miss something?

make a right at the sign

[sskasser]

Did we completely miss something?

Yep, the mainline

When you get to the sign, go right, way right. I know the first time I went in, straightish seemed to the correct route. It's not. Once you go right, the cave will turn a bit to the left, and you'll find the gold line tucked in a little niche on your left.

[Sludge]

ran a line until it started getting fairly tight.

You went the wrong way. Look at this map.

http://www.floridacaves.com/peacockIIImap.pdf

At the entrance you probably went straight instead of right.

Edit: Dang you, Shirley!