Volusia Blue spring

[curtschu]

PM Sent

[stairman]

Got your PM. Ill be there sat and sun. Im thinking I can float my SM RIG, tanks attached up the run, instead of carrying it, maybe my wetsuit too. Worth a try anyway. So far I have 3 cavers that might show up so looks like Im not dragging gear down for nothin. Kayaks, bikes and grill will complete the weekend. Wifes choice but not a bad one since most other sites are blown.

[curtschu]

Going to be there at 8:00 am Saturday
hope to hook up with a couple of buddies that are new to Blue Springs I think this will b lots of fun

[stairman]

Well be there close to 8. I have been there once probably 15 years ago but didnt dive it. I got PM'S from Metaldector and Herbie and had 2 other maybes or pretty sures. I hated to go down and no one lined up to dive with, that wont be the case now cool.

[curtschu]

Sounds like we are having a Central Florida CDF mini social. Woo hoo.

[curtschu]

Nice diving with Stairman and Chris once we got all the logistics worked out. Blue springs was what it normally is. Water level is up a lot since the last time I was there.

[stairman]

Yea nice divin with you Curt. Im usually pretty organized but not ever being there and the parking problems I had because of the trailor got things off to a slow start. Definetely not worth dragging 2 tanks down there but glad I got to dive it at least once. That damn train whistle woke me up twice camping there and then a possum in the trash but nice float and frollic in the run on Sunday. I think today was latinio day with all the salsa music blarein I had to get outta there and the brattiest kids Ive ever saw, I thnk dealin with drunks at Ginnie is easier.

[curtschu]

It is an experience! That is the whys and the what for that has us locals getting there at 7:50 AM to be in a gone by 10:00am. I hope the north Florida springs open soon I really need to get up there. Looks like the first weekend in Aug so maybe at least Ginnie will be open and we can get a real cave dive in.

[cmalinowski]

The wife made reservations to camp there next weekend. Gonna take my dive gear just in case. Anybody wanna hookup and dive it give me a shout. Randy 904 545 6109. I hear it isnt much of a cave but I gotta see it at least once.

Is that the one that is basically a shaft that ends in a grate with a large flow blowing you out? If it is, I remember back in 2006 (before I even knew what cave diving was), some friends and I were moving some stuff from FL to MD. We packed some dive gear and decided to hit some springs along the way. We hit that one. It was July and I remember the walk along the boardwalk up to the put-in spot. It was miserably hot. But the ride back after the dive down the run was really nice and relaxing I hadn't been back since, but remember it was kinda fun. I also remember the locals free diving down to 30+ feet. Was comical.

Chris

[curtschu]

There is no grate but there was a large rock that plugged the vent for years. There is plenty of room to get through the vent now but the flow is still tremendous. As far as I know no one has been successful passing the vent, but TJ would know better than I.