Orlando Cave Diving

[gasdiver]

I'm going to be in Orlando near the end of February and I was wondering about cave diving in the area. Any suggestions for sites that are within 45-60 min drive? FC, BM, air/Nitrox no DPV...

[Tegg]

No real caves are "open" in this area.

[FW]

It is 130 miles to High Springs. You could stop on the way to/from.

[Superlyte27]

gord neck and back 40, you can probably make it to eagle's nest in 40'ish minutes from Orlando.

*edit, sorry didn't see the air/nitrox.
Gordneck and Back 40 are still an option, albeit not very nice cave dives.

[gasdiver]

I was planning on stopping in High Springs, but thought I would see if there were any nice dives closer to Orlando that did not require trimix. The Google Earth FL springs database has so many springs I was hoping someone here knew of one that I was not familiar with.

[BecKave]

gord neck and back 40, you can probably make it to eagle's nest in 40'ish minutes from Orlando.

*edit, sorry didn't see the air/nitrox.
Gordneck and Back 40 are still an option, albeit not very nice cave dives.

40 minutes to EN from Orlando OMG how fast are you driving! =)

Superlyte27 - You could always go for a dip in Blue Springs State Park in Orange City - Its not a cave but its still neat to check out if you've never been there.

[FW]

I was planning on stopping in High Springs, but thought I would see if there were any nice dives closer to Orlando that did not require trimix. The Google Earth FL springs database has so many springs I was hoping someone here knew of one that I was not familiar with.

You would *think* someone with the handle "gasdiver" would be trimix

Hmmm, come to think of it, TJ teaches trimix, and is right in Orlando. It wouldn't take gasdiver but a few minutes to crossover from heiliox to trimix

[Reddiver]

40 minutes to EN from Orlando OMG how fast are you driving! =)

Superlyte27 - You could always go for a dip in Blue Springs State Park in Orange City - Its not a cave but its still neat to check out if you've never been there.

Blue Spring is CLOSED to all. Becuase of the MANATEES sorry

[gasdiver]

You would *think* someone with the handle "gasdiver" would be trimix

Hmmm, come to think of it, TJ teaches trimix, and is right in Orlando. It wouldn't take gasdiver but a few minutes to crossover from heiliox to trimix

Keep it up Santa! One day I'm going to get you to teach me how to side mount with a 1976 ScubaPro Stabilizer jacket

The only He dives I've ever made were surface supplied wearing a Superlite 17b and that doesn't count in cave country. One day I'll take an trimix class, hopefully sooner than later...

[Superlyte27]

How many miles is it? Can't be much more than an hour. Admittedly, I do drive faster than most. Orlando to Peacock is 2 hours. Orlando to Key Largo 3.5hours.