P3 - 1/26/14
We had a very nice 90 minute dive this Sunday at P3 and I figured I'd write a short condition report about it. We originally planned on diving P1 somewhere but after seeing 5 teams entering the cave right before us we decided to do a dive at P3
Visibility was about 30-35 feet on the way in, it's siphoning slightly. Looks like it's hardly visited nowadays since there was plenty of silt on the line and lot of beautiful thick black silt everywhere. The line was buried at a few places but we lifted it out. The sand hill has gotten tighter and its hard not to touch top or bottom when staying on the line (In sidemount), when contact is made even slightly expect zero vis for second person, I recommend staying right of the line on the way in for the first person (enough space). We made it to about 100 feet short of Hendleys Jump and turned the dive. On the way out vis was about 20-25 feet due to particulate falling off the ceiling. P3 really is a very nice cave, the jumps of the mainline look like they haven't been traveled in a very long time (Especially the Spring Tunnel), thick black silt everywhere including the walls, looks very pristine. The view of coming up towards the cavern and the green light shining is one of the best views I've seen, well worth the dive.
Image was stolen from google images of the cavern entrance, not my photo let me know if you'd like me to remove it:
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Originally Posted by nkavallar
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