Warning to Peacock visitors

[Kelly Jessop]

Steps are very slippery,use caution.

[MacLeod]

Steps are very slippery,use caution.

...and everyone makes fun of my "enormous" rock boots with the vibram soles...until the steps are slick...

[JTB]

how is the vis? i take it that its improving,heading down end of may and looking forward to some diving.

[Jim Wyatt]

Vis is 35 on the Peanut side, some places maybe 40.

30-35 on the Pothole side, some places barely 30.

45-50 From OG to Challenge. Lots of silt on the walls and floor.
Several dead fish & a big dead turtle on the Pothole side.

Water temp 68-69F

Steps are slippery..I fell down getting into the water. Five steps are underwater.

Several shards of light are now coming into the cave from Pothole.

Lots of Duckweed at OG.

Good vis at OG. Lots of silt on the floor.

The worst part of the cave is on the Pothole side up to 700 feet due to river water intrusion from the Nicholson Tunnel-- clears at the back-to-back arrows headed toward Olsen.

You will be able to easily reduce visibility in the cave if not using proper technique due to all the silt on the floor. So many of the places we are used to seeing sandy bottom...we saw covered in that very fine layer of silt we always see after these floods.

[FW]

Thanks Jim!

[tflaris]

Thanks Jim

[JTB]

Thanks Jim

[allen]

Thanks for the "heads up." I will keep both hands on the railing.

[JCGoodwin]

Possibly a light scrubbing with a brush would help to remove the alge.
We have to do this at the quarry where we train.
I second that the falling with BM or SM is never good!
It is down right dangerous some of us are lucky to only bruised our ego's and rear ends.
Glad to see it up and open hope to see some long needed repair to the damage from divers.

JCG

[Mr Grey]

Thanks Jim