Madison Blue Closed to diving 6/14/2013

[Jim Wyatt]

Madison Blue Spring is closed to diving and swimming as of today 6/14/2013 due to high water/Low vis.

Jim Wyatt
NFSA

[MacLeod]

Jim, is this anything that's heading downstream over the next few days? Or, is this a local event at Madison? Thanks.

[Jim Wyatt]

Take a look at: http://www.srwmd.org/realtimeriverle...verlevels.aspx

The river gauges will show you the trend of the rivers and I use these trends as a guess as to what may happen.

I was at Little River today and found 35 feet of vis all the way past the Florida Room. Low flow, lots of silt on the bottom & walls.

[MacLeod]

Thanks Jim. I'm headed that way on Monday, and want to see if I need to change any plans....

[JamesK]

I will be back in town Sunday and am looking at options like Little River, Telford, Peacock, and as a last resort Ginnie. Fort White is seeing a lot of rain tonight.

[Jim Wyatt]

I was at LR Friday and Saturday. In the 20 hours I was away the water level rose at least a foot. There is barely any flow. Visibility is 35 feet.

If the river rises much more it will reverse. Linda at Cave Excursions reported that Telford was not currently diveable.

[JamesK]

Thanks Jim. 35' is plenty acceptable for me, and no flow is awesome! Lol. Sucks about Telford. Glad I dove it last week.

Thanks for all the updates

[diveconjeff]

I dove Ginnie last night around 10 (That's how I like to dive it in the summer). Basically H400 > Shortcut > Mainline. There was a bit of a haze here and there. Decent vis otherwise and all to myself
Peacock today w Mark S. Peanut > Olson > Crossover> Waterhole. A very enjoyable dive, seemed to be a haze noticeable everywhere. Vis was 40ish. Did notice some river water about 2/3 of the way down Waterhole. Water got a bit cooler and a little tanic


Jeff
Diveconjeff@yahoo.com