P II

[cmint]

You can also do the well as an intro dive by running a primary from open water down a little hole to the right as you are looking at the olsen line. Instead of dropping down the "crack" at the beginning of the olsen line, look over to the right past a log and you'll see another opening. When you drop down through it, stay to the right hand side wall and you'll find the "loop of rock" that the line to the well starts on.

It's not a well traveled path, so it is silty. Your bubbles will knock some dirt off the ceiling. The day I dove it, silt had piled up on the gold line. Be prepared for the exit to have less vis than the entry.

We managed to do it without messing up the vis too bad, but it was definitely better going in than coming out.

I would more call it "no flow" rather than a siphon. It was pretty stagnant the day I dove it.

[MORGAN]

I've only been there a few times - always jumping off the Pothole line, down the well, and out to the end. Most times it was a barely perceptible siphon, but once it was siphoning fairly hard.

[curtschu]

Is this a dive that is appropriate with a Naui Cave I cert?

I would say no, only because it is very silty and almost no flow. Exit will most likely be OK line if you are not really careful. I would make sure you have at least several low silty passages under your belt before trying The Well.

[twaldo]

Is this a dive that is appropriate with a Naui Cave I cert?

as long as it is out and back on the same line..... couldn't go in at P1 and come out at PII, not that it sounds like this is even possible now.
(appended)
Yeah, if it's a siphon it would be outside of NAUI 1, just looking for some jumps that are not so far back to start working with. Have done the Nicholson jump with NetDoc but it's 700' into the cave and although it is an easy jump we didn't get far before hitting 3rds. I guess this is where Ginnie excels at being a good learning cave again.....

Tim

[jeandiver]

I'll give it a look in October.

IF you want , I can show you EXACTLY where it is
Jeano

[nakatomi]

just looking for some jumps that are not so far back to start working with.

There's a cool jump going to the left on the Olsen line, not far from the grim reaper sign. It's maybe 200' or so in, a big room with the arch on the left. That line more or less parallels the gold line.
Basically the gold line makes a right turn right before the arch, so just tie in and keep going straight and you'll get to that line.

[Brent]

as long as it is out and back on the same line..... couldn't go in at P1 and come out at PII, not that it sounds like this is even possible now.
(appended)
Yeah, if it's a siphon it would be outside of NAUI 1, just looking for some jumps that are not so far back to start working with. Have done the Nicholson jump with NetDoc but it's 700' into the cave and although it is an easy jump we didn't get far before hitting 3rds. I guess this is where Ginnie excels at being a good learning cave again.....

Tim

I'm going to jump out on a limb and say that I don't believe there was EVER an exit to P2 ( surface ) by going down thru that well. I dove it for the first time right after Full Cave in the mid 80s with Mark Leonard from Dive Rite and his opinion, at that time, was water was moving thru "cracks only" on it's way down the run. I don't know of anybody that has ever said they knew of an exit point. Peacock seemed to "flow" more 30 years ago then it does today and since our dive was going in the Syphon side, silt was not much of a problem. It was always ahead of us. Even the return to the well was uneventful. Different story today. Lots of silt and little to no flow. If you really want to challenge yourself, when you drop down into the well, take a right into the Spring side of the system. I was there around two years or so ago. It was bad going and coming! BTW, all of this area is doable in backmount but you'd better be on top of your game. In my opinion, the spring side of the well is NOT appropriate for Naui Cave 1

[MORGAN]

IF you want , I can show you EXACTLY where it is
Jeano

OK Jeano! See you next month...

[Kelly Jessop]

You can also do the well as an intro dive by running a primary from open water down a little hole to the right as you are looking at the olsen line. Instead of dropping down the "crack" at the beginning of the olsen line, look over to the right past a log and you'll see another opening. When you drop down through it, stay to the right hand side wall and you'll find the "loop of rock" that the line to the well starts on.

It's not a well traveled path, so it is silty. Your bubbles will knock some dirt off the ceiling. The day I dove it, silt had piled up on the gold line. Be prepared for the exit to have less vis than the entry.

We managed to do it without messing up the vis too bad, but it was definitely better going in than coming out.

I would more call it "no flow" rather than a siphon. It was pretty stagnant the day I dove it.

Seems like the description may indicate it is less of an intro dive.

[rddvet]

There's a cool jump going to the left on the Olsen line, not far from the grim reaper sign. It's maybe 200' or so in, a big room with the arch on the left. That line more or less parallels the gold line.
Basically the gold line makes a right turn right before the arch, so just tie in and keep going straight and you'll get to that line.

I like that jump just to add a little something different to a dive on the Olsen line. It appears fee people either know about it or dive it. Its a super short line so maybe some dont want to jump to it just for a short line. Just a way to add to your fun in peacock.


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