Jackson Blue without a scooter!

[Phil]

Hi everyone,
I was looking at the dive report. There was a quote on december 12 saying ''Flow is up, a 50 fpm difference between scootering upstream and downstream''. What that means in term of diving this site without a scooter.

Last march the flow was down, everything else was flooded. We went there and made 1600' on doubles + 80cuf stage...

So can someone compare for me the current conditiond with the condition we had last march?

We want to know if a trip in that region is good for us in about 5 days.

Phil

[Sludge]

I was there yesterday, and didn't bring a scooter. The flow is definitely up from a month ago, but not blistering.

I would say go for it. FWIW, I got to 800' on just under a third of a stage 80. (It was my buddy's first dive in over five years and he turned the dive at twenty minutes.)

[RN]

Have you checked out the side passages in JB? Lots of stuff there out of the flow. There's also Twin with low flow and good conditions. Are you backmount or sidemount?

[deepdiverbob]

is a boat needed for JB?

[FW]

Hi everyone,
I was looking at the dive report. There was a quote on december 12 saying ''Flow is up, a 50 fpm difference between scootering upstream and downstream''. What that means in term of diving this site without a scooter.

Scooters run about 4X faster than swimmers, so the difference would be 50/4, or about 12 fpm difference.

[Phil]

Have you checked out the side passages in JB? Lots of stuff there out of the flow. There's also Twin with low flow and good conditions. Are you backmount or sidemount?

We are backmount, so no Gator hole or the other sidemount stuf in that region. We did Hole in the wall last march but never tried Twin.

Phil

[Phil]

Does someone know the hours and days of operation of Cave adventurers during the holydays?

Also, can we get on JB site by land during holliday time? (by checking in at the Sherif office)

Phil

[Sludge]

Also, can we get on JB site by land during holiday time?

JB is now 24/7/365.

[rotor60driver]

is a boat needed for JB?

No a boat is not needed although some folks prefer to do it from a boat. It can be a little cheaper that way if you are just doing a day of diving and have 4 folks or so(on one of Edd's boats). A day pass is $25 I believe and then $10 for each day on top of that. This may have changed some though. Annual pass is $150, 24hr/365days a year.

Even if the flow is up some there is plenty of side tunnel to enjoy within the first 1000ft.

Good diving

[deanme]

I heard the viz was about 40 - 50 feet at Jackson Blue. Is this still the case, or has it cleared up?