Little River Conditions

[Troglodyver]

any updates over past month. the low river conditions must make it better....

Dove Little River this morning. Pulled in a few minutes after 8:00; locals already showing up to swim and party, more than I expected for a weekday morning.

Water is really low in the spring run. Not the lowest we've seen, but you're walking across uneven limestone to reach the water. Backmounters beware! Depth maybe 6 ft at the log.

Flow is moderately strong, glad for pull points. Used 1100 psi going in to hit my turn pressure, just under 500 psi riding the flow out including plenty stops to sightsee and my safety stop.

Viz wasn't bad, but not awesome; maybe 50 ft. I was the first and only diver in the cave, but some fine particulate flowed downstream toward me. Who knows the source.

From the top of the chimney to the exit, I saw more than a few broken off pieces of cave, most softball size or smaller, but several larger than basketball size. Hate to see that. Only upside of that kind of damage is that it exposes some fresh fossils. Still . . .

Good dive

- Sid

[patpicos]

thanks for the update. with the water level so low...i would expect lower flow and better viz.

topside pictures from recent looked great. the water is LOW! cool to see. hope it improves by nov/dec

[knabuecave]

Any update on Little River and or pictures ?

[Squirrel Girl]

Any update on Little River and or pictures ?

Yes please. Inquiring minds want to know.

[cmint]

I dove it this weekend, probably 40ish maybe 50ish vis and medium flow. The water is very low in the spring run.

This may change with the rains that are falling now.

Lafayette blue was 30ish feet, it's usually 6-10 so now is an awesome time to dive it. That will also probably change fast. I think there's about 15 sinks that feed into lafayette, so any little rain throws a lot of mud into the system.