Peacock Closed

[Kelly Jessop]

South Georgia got heavy rains Friday that went into Saturday,plus there were some local rains. I suspect we will see the Withlacoochee going back up,and the Suwannee sustaining its level. Clearing may be a little longer than previously thought.

[Jon Nellis]

Thanks, we're going to stay and extra day or two up here then.

Does anyone know if Manatee has been filling the quota every day or can we get in without showing up an hour early and waiting for them to open.

It's pretty empty on the mill pond. All the boats are at the dock and we only saw one other team at JB yesterday. Flow is stong at JB and vis at HITW is only about 30' upstream.

[nakatomi]

Flow is stong at JB and vis at HITW is only about 30' upstream.

HITW should get much better once you jump off into the Century Tunnel and travel another 1000' or so.
With one of your scooters that would be like 5 minutes into the dive

[Jon Nellis]

HITW should get much better once you jump off into the Century Tunnel and travel another 1000' or so.
With one of your scooters that would be like 5 minutes into the dive

It did clear up about 500ft off century, but then we kept hitting pockets of really frigging cold water before I clipped the silt with the nozzle in a low section about 2200' back. At that point, the novelty had worn off and it was time to go.

Note to self, don't do that.

After getting back into clear water, the most notable thing was the lack of line arrows for about 400ft, but there was a pink mechanical pencil tied to the line pointing the way out that I missed on the way in. Some new type of direction marker?

[nakatomi]

After getting back into clear water, the most notable thing was the lack of line arrows for about 400ft, but there was a pink mechanical pencil tied to the line pointing the way out that I missed on the way in. Some new type of direction marker?

The way I remember it, the line arrows are space at 100' in the deep section. At some point, I think there might have been a T there, it gets shallow for the first time (around 40') and the arrows stop. I don't remember seeing any more arrows until the end of the line. The shallow parts were very pretty in February with great visibility. I'll post a little video from one of the dives we made in the photos and video forum.