Peacock Springs - Springing back....

[tj]

I dropped by Peacock Springs Thursday. I didn't have a real camera on me, sorry, but I took a few shots with the blackberry.... Lots of tannic water in Orange Grove, and P1 to P3, but... P1 is springing.

[K Mejean]

Stop. You're just teasing me.

[Tegg]

So... what was the vis in the cave?

[FW]

So... what was the vis in the cave?

Nobody knows, it isn't open yet. the Line committee will have to make a test dive to determine that. I suspect they won't bother, until you can see at least a few feet in the headpool. Since there is flow, it won't be very different inside and out.

[fghray1]

How many time do you have to dive the same site in a row before you have to start naming the fish. After 4 weeks in a row at Manattee I swear the catfish and I have bonded. It's been great in there with the flow being down and the vis being good but it's time for the water level to go down. Enough is enough. Me and Jeno did push a cookie in the down stream side of the bypass in the sewer tunnel jump so I guess I have to visit my new family via the upstream side next week. BUT THEN THAT'S IT. I'M LEAVING so the rivers better drop.

[fixxervi6]

TJ - Upgrade to an iphone 3GS to fix those pictures

[JahJahwarrior]

fghray, was that you diving today with Jean? I was hoping to put a username to the name to the face, but forgot!

[Rich]

Nobody knows, it isn't open yet. the Line committee will have to make a test dive to determine that. I suspect they won't bother, until you can see at least a few feet in the headpool. Since there is flow, it won't be very different inside and out.

Doesn't this bother anybody? As a cave diver (with a state park pass) why can't I dive this cave? I didn't hear anything about a team having to check out Madison before it was opened, this whole thing reeks of the nanny state mentality. If we need to be babysat as full cave divers what's the point of the cert? Not trying to stir things up, but I'm just saying......

Safe diving,

Rich

[fghray1]

fghray, was that you diving today with Jean? I was hoping to put a username to the name to the face, but forgot!

[Kelly Jessop]

Doesn't this bother anybody? As a cave diver (with a state park pass) why can't I dive this cave? I didn't hear anything about a team having to check out Madison before it was opened, this whole thing reeks of the nanny state mentality. If we need to be babysat as full cave divers what's the point of the cert? Not trying to stir things up, but I'm just saying......

Safe diving,

Rich

Peacock's dynamics are little different than Madison. Since Madison is a high flow system it will clear out a little faster,and the basin is fairly representative of what you see in the cave.

Why is Peacock different? The Reader's Digest part of the whole story is a couple groups of cave divers couldn't play nice and used Peacock as their battleground. The net result was a cave diver felt they were endangered,and made a complaint to Tallahassee. To prevent closure of the park while the state determined if there was a safety issue,a line committee was installed to work in conjunction with park management to handle line issues,and check visibility minimum requirements to open the park.

Water conditions are being checked at Peacock frequently,and when certain indicators are present then a team will be sent in to check minimum visibility. I know people want to dive Peacock,and if we check years of past CDF threads,there is always a trend toward impatience of when Peacock will open when the water level is dropping. Every flooding event is unique,and Peacock will clear up at her own rate,nothing we can do to help it along.