According to friends in High Springs, reversal has been documented by river debris (leaves, twigs) being found a distance back into the cave after past floods.
Whether or not reversal occurs depends on BOTH the river level AND the aquifer level. River level must exceed aquifer level to reverse.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
From the Ginnie facebook:
The flood waters have dropped about 8 feet, but we still have about 2 more feet to go. Overall, things are looking good, and we're super close to seeing that gorgeous crystal clear spring water again!
We are *hoping* to open by next Friday ( 10/6), possibly sooner if conditions improve quickly. We will let everyone know our opening date by Tuesday (10/3).
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
-Ferris Bueller
The most certain way to stumble into the future, is to live your life looking over your shoulder.
-Jeff Hawes after getting a huge mulligan...
they have a video they posted on facebook its seems fine for giving diving a try, i would love to run a line from the stairs and see the conditions.
I've decoed in the eye when the water was high (not to today's levels, anyway), barely making the 20 ft depth on the ceiling in the cavern. I guess diving now would have you deco mid water somewhere in the eye. Not a big deal for a few minutes, but something to consider if planning for lots of deco.
Think I'm going to give it a try by boat this weekend. I will post a report
Hope you named her GATOR !Originally Posted by WEPIV
That the American way !
No, she wouldn't have liked that, even as a nickname, but it's not a bad 70's Burt Reynolds movie.
I did a quick fly by of Ginnie today from my boat. It looks like clear water is flowing from the eye. You can see the spring pretty but from the surface it looks very green.
The Ear is not visible from the surface at all.
I will be interested to see if there is any trash or tree branches that washed down into either one.
Any updates on Ginnie?
Went by the park yesterday, they're still closed but will update on Wed.
Safe diving,
Rich
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