Manatee 3-5-2008

[Line Squirrel]

Rangers are not allowing cave divers to exit via the head spring, not exactly sure why, guess I should have asked. The system may be on the verge of reversing.

EGIB [aka: Elisha, aka: "E"] and I entered Catfish. I swam my LP85's past Friedman's sink today. I was getting close to thirds but I was more concerned about racking up some major deco so I turned it. As it turned out, staying up high when I could, the deco wasn't so bad.

Almost zero flow, barely discernible. If there wasn't any light coming down the shaft at Sue, you wouldn't even know you were swimming buy it, that's how low the flow is.

Vis was a little milky but easily 60ft if not more, better than my dive there on Friday!!

[EGIB]

Man you beat me to posting about our awesome dive!!!!

Yah, I wasn't even tired after the dive...that's how low the flow was.

[Jerry]

Rangers are not allowing cave divers to exit via the head spring, not exactly sure why, guess I should have asked. The system may be on the verge of reversing....................

They usually close the head spring for one of two reasons: tannic/zero vis or manatees in the run.

Jerry

[MORGAN]

They usually close the head spring for one of two reasons: tannic/zero vis or manatees in the run.

Jerry

It would be disconcerting to go flying out of the head spring and slam head first into a manatee!

Mike

[Mike Edmonston]

Is clipping off a head of lettuce to your waist D-ring considered DIR if you're diving at Manatee???

[cavediver256]

Is clipping off a head of lettuce to your waist D-ring considered DIR if you're diving at Manatee???

Only if it is the left waist D ring !!!!

[OneBrightGator]

It would be disconcerting to go flying out of the head spring and slam head first into a manatee!

Mike

For all parties involved!

Thanks for the update Mike, looking to hit it up this Friday.

[DogDiver]

There were 17 Manatees in the head spring swimming area on Sunday....we exited there and got no resopnse from the rangers as there were swimmers there also...Ken

[kuster500]

zero flow...man I need to get to FL!

[jeandiver]

zero flow...man I need to get to FL!

YES YOU DO !!!!

Dang it , now we can't clean off the duckweed in manatee.
Oh well
Duckweed gives me that sophisticated look anyway lol

Mike/E:
Sounds like you had an Awesome dive while SOME OF US are sitting in Cali like , er , uh ...
WANTING TO BE BACK in FLORIDA (CRY)

Da Beano