Caves in North Central US?

[JCGoodwin]

Hello from the middle of the US. Does any one have an information on wet caves in the central US? I have asked several groups of dry cavers to no avail.
I am thinking that there are some in southern Ohio but I am not sure about if they allow diving.
I am growing very weary of OW and getting very tired of night diving just to try to feel like I am in a cave. It is easier to just dream about being in N Florida.
I need to move sorry for the whining!
JCG

[FW]

I have dived caves in IN, MO, AR, KY, TN, AL, GA, VA, and WV. There are lots I haven't dived. The main difference between FL, and the rest of the country is there are books with cave locations, and descriptions in FL. The rest of the country requires you to do a little research

Just quickly off the top of my head, there are UW caves in UT, CO, NM, NV, TX, MS*, PA, and NY. I suspect I have missed some.

FWIW, most of the caves I have done outside of FL had never been dived before I got to them.

* well one there anyway.

[fire diver]

Were any of them worth diving again or were they mostly mud sumps?

I know there are some wet caves in OK, but those with the locations are very hush hush.

[Sludge]

You forget who you're asking. To Forrest, a mud sump is worth diving.

[fire diver]

LOL

[sskasser]

I have dived caves in IN, MO, AR, KY, TN, AL, GA, VA, and WV. There are lots I haven't dived. The main difference between FL, and the rest of the country is there are books with cave locations, and descriptions in FL. The rest of the country requires you to do a little research

Just quickly off the top of my head, there are UW caves in UT, CO, NM, NV, TX, MS*, PA, and NY. I suspect I have missed some.

FWIW, most of the caves I have done outside of FL had never been dived before I got to them.

* well one there anyway.

Having a very elastic sense of "diveable" helps

[Rubis]

Hello from the middle of the US. Does any one have an information on wet caves in the central US? I have asked several groups of dry cavers to no avail.
I am thinking that there are some in southern Ohio but I am not sure about if they allow diving.
I am growing very weary of OW and getting very tired of night diving just to try to feel like I am in a cave. It is easier to just dream about being in N Florida.
I need to move sorry for the whining!
JCG

Hi
There are some glacial sinkholes in Northern Michigan too

Cheers

(Cris moving to Florida next month after 7 years of whining)

[Webmaster]

I would hardly call southern Ohio the central US, that would be something like Kansas. If you're looking for specific recommendations, you need to be more specific in where you're at and willing to drive to for a weekend.

[FW]

Were any of them worth diving again or were they mostly mud sumps?

I know there are some wet caves in OK, but those with the locations are very hush hush.

While Russell is somewhat right about me, there are many divable caves all over the US worth going back to, and diving. Most people don't want to dive anything that isn't clear, and reasonably warm, especially if it takes work to find it.

[fire diver]

While Russell is somewhat right about me, there are many divable caves all over the US worth going back to, and diving. Most people don't want to dive anything that isn't clear, and reasonably warm, especially if it takes work to find it.

Well, that may be true. My personal "average" dive has 10-15 foot of vis, with temps down to the 50s (in the summer). I'm happy just to be able to dive, even if it's a farm pond.

Maybe after I finish full cave, I would put work into finding some of those caves. Right now, it would be a whole lot of work for a VERY short penetration. But we all have our goals.