Cow Springs Access Restrictions for Conservation, Safety, Accessibility

[SuPrBuGmAn]

That is how I understood it to be diving upstream Cow. I have always thought it was like diving Bonnet as in had to have 100 cave dives after full and have someone that was already experienced there evaluate and take you before diving it. Unfortunately unlike Bonnet there has never been a list kept. Even with Bonnet that system was not kept properly and a good number of people got in there that were not qualified to dive it.

Also, the 100-dive requirement is in place at Bonnet, too, and enforced by the Park Service, but the area between the Z-Bend & the Debtor's Payment has been trashed, so what's the answer?

Am I missing something? I thought Bonett has been closed for ages due to a friggin aligator in the basin.... which is weird cause there are aligators everywhere in Florida that don't affect site closures?...

[w ripley]

Am I missing something? I thought Bonett has been closed for ages due to a friggin aligator in the basin.... which is weird cause there are aligators everywhere in Florida that don't affect site closures?...

Yes, but I was just using Bonnet as an example, since it has a 100-dive requisite + it's just down the road from Cow.