Dyke Spring Cave on the Chipola River

[Nondem]

I've been visiting this site for over 10 years and finally got there with a minimal set of cave gear last weekend.

I descended the basin and entered the small cavern that corkscrews to the right down to a restriction. At the restriction there were two garden trowels/shovels that I can only assume were used to open the restriction up enough for a diver to enter. They were blackened from being there a while.
I went through the restriction and entered a big tunnel heading off to the left - it reminded me of hole in the wall cave on the mill pond at that point...BIG. I only went a short distance after that - the wife was awaiting me at the surface and I didn't want her to worry as I had told her I would be back in 10-15 minutes.

Do any of you guys have a map of this cave or any info on what I should expect to find on my next trip? For example: Is 32% EAN a good mix or does it get deep?

I'd also appreciate any info on the history of this site and any of the sites nearby? If you want to keep this offline - My personal email is cdf@linearrow.com

[Gene Powell]

I've been visiting this site for over 10 years and finally got there with a minimal set of cave gear last weekend.

I descended the basin and entered the small cavern that corkscrews to the right down to a restriction. At the restriction there were two garden trowels/shovels that I can only assume were used to open the restriction up enough for a diver to enter. They were blackened from being there a while.
I went through the restriction and entered a big tunnel heading off to the left - it reminded me of hole in the wall cave on the mill pond at that point...BIG. I only went a short distance after that - the wife was awaiting me at the surface and I didn't want her to worry as I had told her I would be back in 10-15 minutes.

Do any of you guys have a map of this cave or any info on what I should expect to find on my next trip? For example: Is 32% EAN a good mix or does it get deep?

I'd also appreciate any info on the history of this site and any of the sites nearby? If you want to keep this offline - My personal email is cdf@linearrow.com

From the discription, you gave, it sounds like Maunds. If so, Talk to Ed.

[Tegg]

Do any of you guys have a map of this cave or any info on what I should expect to find on my next trip? For example: Is 32% EAN a good mix or does it get deep?

Dive God's Gas if you don't know the profile. Sometimes _not_ having all the details for a cave when diving it is better then having all the details. One thing it does is allow you to be more observant of the cave itself possibly lending to further exploration of something that others have "missed" because they "knew where the line went".

Other then that, have fun on the quest for information... sometimes you find that there can be very little information on a cave that is dove "less often" on a river...

[SuPrBuGmAn]

Doesn't go far and its got some crazy orange goo that floats midwater everywhere, gets silty and low quick, nasty place :P

[Sludge]

Dive God's Gas if you don't know the profile.

You mean normoxic nitrox?

[Tegg]

Doesn't go far and its got some crazy orange goo that floats midwater everywhere, gets silty and low quick, nasty place :P

That would entice some of us to head there ASAP...

[SuPrBuGmAn]

*shrugs* Meh, I'd rather see stuff :P

[MORGAN]

You mean normoxic nitrox?

Do you need a normoxic nitrox c-card to get fills?

Mike

[LiteHedded]

Do you need a normoxic nitrox c-card to get fills?

Mike

i've never been asked for one

[RN]

32% will be fine. No published maps exist. It can get nasty in there.