Conditions at Buford 30-Sept-07

[Dinny]

Tj, Tommy, Chris and I dived Buford this past Sunday....Visibility in the cavern was absolutely perfect, 100+ feet!



The swamp on the way there was slightly wet, as it had been raining a lot there over the past week...one foot of water in most places, three feet of mud in others Tommy managed to find every hole, despite all good efforts to follow TJ carefully across the swamp



Also beware of the mosquitoes, despite us traveling through the swamp in full wetsuit gear (booties, hood and suits), they still managed to get the better of us...I have 32 bug bites for my efforts .....most on my face.....We were forced to wear even our MASKS on they way back out to avoid the little critters.....




Mostly beware of the hunters. It is bow season. Almost all the trams (trails) had trucks parked in them, meaning a hunter was sitting and waiting for game to come by... we were lucky there wasn't a hunter parked there.



Overall, a great day's diving, but for the time being will be waiting for a nice cold spell to kill off the critters and hunting season is over, before I venture out there again

More pics here

[JE]

Nice report Dinney, Tom & crew. The photos are great, thank you.

Jack 8)

[tomhauburn]

Thanks for the report. I was wondering if it had cleared up. I guess carrying some bug spray would be SOP right now.
Tom

[Daedalus]

Highly recommend one of these for Buford trips.

[Gibby]

Highly recommend one of these for Buford trips.

No thanks! I tried that.
My method still works better much better.
Not one bite!





Dinny, vis was clear top to bottom?

~G

[Dinny]

Hi Gibby,
Ya the visability is pristine from the very top of basin, and right down throughout....

Some very nice photo opportunities...

Dinny