update on conditions

[Chuck from KY.]

Our group will be coming to cave dive for the 23rd. cosecutive year next week. Would a couple of the hundreds that are there over the holiday week end please update the cave conditions,post a few dive reports or simply let us know what to expect as far as availability,visibility and general conditions. This will help in our pretravel planning. Thanks in advance for your help.

[Herbie]

Whats cosecutive mean? Ginnie as good as ever, Peacock about 30ft vis and tannic with silt and mud covering everything( bring cave broom and help clean it up), Cow about 20-30ft and same as Peacock, best bet Jackson Blue or Ginnie. Not sure of Little River or Telford. Good luck and have fun on your trip.

[Chuck from KY.]

Herbie, Cosecutive is when they are all the same and strung together,I guess. Anyway, thanks for the well wishes. We haven't been to cave country in a year and are looking forward to any conditions we find. See you guys next week.

[edd]

Conditions at Jackson Blue and Twin Cave are execellent! Hole in the Wall upstream is only about 30'-40' and downstream is about 40'-50'. Edd

[cavediver]

23 consecutive years, WOW! Are any of your group from Air Heads?

[StaceyS]

As of yesterday, the gate at Little River was still locked.

[DogDiver]

Any word on when Little Rivers will open?

[sdenney]

Just dove Manatee today. We entered Friedman, the vis in the crack down to the main line is 0', but once at the main line vis opens up to 30'. There's still some silt, but not as bad as it was. Flow is way up. If you've never done Catfish to Manatee, I recommend exiting at Catfish.

A buddy of mine dove Little River Friday. Very tannic and silty with vis of 10' or so. Not a fun dive to say the least.