Heard from a buddy today that Manatee was like coffee. They didnt even dive and according to the state park site, it is closed to swimming due to a brown out water condition.
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Heard from a buddy today that Manatee was like coffee. They didnt even dive and according to the state park site, it is closed to swimming due to a brown out water condition.
BRANDON
Not good.
roadkill
Holy crap!
It's not the years in your life that matter, but the life in your years.
I know that was in my dive plan but guess not now and I guess Ginnie will start going down now.
Hmm just making plans to dive there on the 23rd.
Possibly need a rethink of that eh?
I will be watching this thread carefully.
JCG
Was your buddy talking about the headspring or Catfish? The headspring has flooded, they only allow swimming in the headspring, therefore Manatee closed to swimming, but may still be open to diving.Originally Posted by bpcfire1
I was at Manatee on Wed, river has not come up much since then and Catfish was clear.
He said the head spring was like coffee and catfish looked normal with duck weed and he couldnt really tell wat it actual looked like. The ranger told them that if the state closes one it wont be long till all is closed...now I understand its for swimmers now but it may happen soon. I hope not tho...
River was about 3 feet higher than current after TS Debby and Catfish never closed, IIRC.
cool. I hope it doesnt or Ginnie will have to hand out numbers to dive.....
Paul and I were just there today. The water is very clear, vis is excellent and flow is low. We dove Friedman's and the Chalkey Bypass circuit. Catfish Hotel is still open and clear.
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