Night and Solo diving besides Ginnie?

[bamafan]

The banjo music bothers me at night when I am alone coming out in the dark from a cave dive in some of the backwoods areas. I've been running down the river at night and see campfires on the bank and as you go by they start shooting. I also came up from a dive once at night and a drunk redneck started threatning me because my light was to bright. Luckily his buddies came over and took him away. They started apologizing for him and said that moonshine made him angry and he was just looking to fight. I was standing there with tanks and a scooter still hooked to me. All I could think was I guess I can hit him with this al 40 as I was holding it.

[diveconjeff]

Kinda why I like some of the more touristy spots for diving alone at night. I came out of Ginnie one time at about 1 AM on a holiday weekend. As I was walking from the run to my car, the pavilion was packed with a party. Before I could get to my car, they all started applauding and chanting "Scuba Joe!, Scuba Joe!..." Kinda funny actually.

But I like parking under the lights when I leave my car to fend for itself. I also like the warm showers after diving on a cold night.

[FW]

You could add Telford to the list. I have done it at night, using a scooter to get to the run from the boat ramp.

[Danseur]

Hay Forrest, What 'bout Gaterz?

[FW]

Hay Forrest, What 'bout Gaterz?

Never seen any there at night

[MacLeod]

FYI, the park at Charles Spring closes at sunset.

[MacLeod]

Never seen any there at night

Forrest, you need to shine the light while above water and look for the eye shine!

[sdenney]

There's Crystal Beach Springs (not to be confused with Crystal River Springs). Not that I would recommend diving that cave solo in the middle of the night, but its there.

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Hay Forrest, What 'bout Gaterz?

I was diving cooper river for those big old sharks teeth and gators were everywhere. we back rolled off the skiff with several of them all watching us. I was concerned. The boat captain said not to worry, gators don't eat things in the water, they lie in wait at the water's edge and grab stuff that comes down to drink, swim, etc. So we did a weekend of diving with gators and we had no trouble from them at all. The next week on Discovery Channel I watched underwater footage of SC river gators catching and eating large fish...underwater, swimming after them, very predatory.

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[Danseur]

And Ginnie looking even better all the time...