give me a call this week, were going to plan a night dive soon.
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give me a call this week, were going to plan a night dive soon.
My first thought would be gravel or sand dredging ponds. I wouldn't think they would be spring fed (at least nothing you could physically get into) out in the coastal plain like that, but cover the bottom. If nothing else you get some diving in right?
That would probably work out a lot better for me since I'm so busy during the day. When are you planning on going?Originally Posted by Capt. Tyler
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FWIW, most FL springs don't have thermoclines. There are some sinkholes that do, so you still might be in luck.
Spring or not, it looks like a nice place to dive!
There are some carbonate deposits in the coastal plain of sc, but they are mainly unconsolidated and consist of marls, shell hash, etc.
That being said, I don't think the geology is conducive for cave/spring formation. I would think most of the groundwater movement occurs in pore spaces/matrix. I think there is substantial surface water chanels in that area as well.
Cool dive sites, nonetheless, and maybe you'll prove otherwise.
I agree. Depending on the location of these, they could be fill dirt pits, aggregate mines, or possibly quarries for cement plants. The busted up concrete on the bottom makes me think these ponds were for fill dirt, and the contractor had some waste material that they dumped there.
Those last two ponds in the 3rd picture are tell-tale retention/detention ponds (purpose tbd). The shapes of the other ponds- along with their locations being next to roads/berms, their nice straight lines followed by perfectly curvilinear sides, and that they are so close to an industrial site/school indicates to me an almost guaranteed man-made origin. Can you send some lat/lons (PM if you don't want to advertise it to everyone", Capt. Tyler? I will never be up in that area to dive them, but those excellent pictures you attached are intriguing enough that I now want to find out more about them, just to satisfy my curiosity. For an inland dive where you don't have to worry about having a boat, those look to be ideal.
Last edited by Unregistered User; 07-12-2010 at 02:51 PM. Reason: changed photo number to third from 2nd
Yea I definitely think they are all man made, The main thing that caught my attention was the thermocline in the biggest pond. My thinking was that they dug deep enough to hit a spring.
Lat. Longs.
32 19 37.74n 81 02 47.31w
31 20 15.48n 81 01 31.55w
I dont mind giving out the lat longs just as long as if anyone wants to dive it they call me to come too!
Look at them on bing maps, it is by far the best
I would guess, without anything to back it up, that a spring up there would be significantly colder than your thermocline - likely in the 50sF eh?
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