Quote Originally Posted by cavman View Post

You will hear excuses about too much rain, not enough rain, poor visibility, cold water and dark water.
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Sounds like you've had a bad experience,sorry to hear. I won't make excuses but the reasons given to not dive the system are accurate. Alachua is a swallet,which is natures storm drain which drains off surface water during rains, which blows out the system. This results in cold,dark ,tannic water which makes for an unpleasant dive,and marginally safe. Frequently there are times when you have to swim in a zero viz basin,and zero viz cave for 200ft before you encounter some viz,which is not a safe dive for a first timer. It is a great dive,and unlike Ginnie where we always expect it to be clear,Alachua is very finicky ,lately has been bad versus good.