Sinks in chassahowitzka?

[Bowersj]

I got a chance to dive eagles nest this past spring and loved it! I remember my instructor mentioning buford but I did not dive it. During my recent searching for directions to buford (please help with this to!) i noticed mention of a couple other sinks in the area. Could anyone list what all sites are out there and how to get to them? Btw i have full cave and trimix certs, looking for caves, caverns or ow sinks, anything to get wet and explore.
Thanks in advance!

[karstanimal17]

I know there's not a lot of information on this topic because I've looked for some myself. Further past Buford is a spot known as Warm Spring, and it's very rarely visited from what I can tell. I went once and it was truly amazing; I just poked around the basin a bit but the site was breathtaking. Super clear water and a deep horseshoe-shaped canyon running around the basin. There are a couple of canoes at the water's edge that someone lugged all the way out there- you can use them to paddle around. The sense of solitude and wilderness here is like few other places I've been. Beyond this I believe the water flows down a run into a siphon, then re-emerges at Blind Spring further down. From here it flows overland for quite a while before going back under another time and the emerging at Blind Spring II, where it enters the Gulf.

Here's a couple videos of Warm Spring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XTH...l=ChrisJohnson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jjC...eCoastEcoTours
Blind Spring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIvW...hannel=jhnmrt1
And Blind II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRxk...hannel=jhnmrt1

Additionally there seem to be several karst ponds/ windows along the path of the underground water: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJhs...hannel=jhnmrt1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk8-...hannel=jhnmrt1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Bn-...hannel=jhnmrt1

Hope this helps!!

[Diverlee]

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[kitsap_diver]

Is warm springs and little gator the same thing?

I know there's not a lot of information on this topic because I've looked for some myself. Further past Buford is a spot known as Warm Spring, and it's very rarely visited from what I can tell. I went once and it was truly amazing; I just poked around the basin a bit but the site was breathtaking. Super clear water and a deep horseshoe-shaped canyon running around the basin. There are a couple of canoes at the water's edge that someone lugged all the way out there- you can use them to paddle around. The sense of solitude and wilderness here is like few other places I've been. Beyond this I believe the water flows down a run into a siphon, then re-emerges at Blind Spring further down. From here it flows overland for quite a while before going back under another time and the emerging at Blind Spring II, where it enters the Gulf.

Here's a couple videos of Warm Spring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XTH...l=ChrisJohnson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jjC...eCoastEcoTours
Blind Spring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIvW...hannel=jhnmrt1
And Blind II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRxk...hannel=jhnmrt1

Additionally there seem to be several karst ponds/ windows along the path of the underground water: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJhs...hannel=jhnmrt1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk8-...hannel=jhnmrt1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Bn-...hannel=jhnmrt1

Hope this helps!!

[ManateeMan]

Is warm springs and little gator the same thing?

No, Little Gator is the downstream side of Buford Spring, and it's a short walk through the shallow spring run from Buford. Warm Spring is the resurgence of the water going underground at Little Gator I believe, and it's about a half mile further into the woods from Buford.

[Bowersj]

Thank you!!!