SparticleBrane
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I am currently planning a trip to the High Springs area that will involve plenty of river and drift diving, along with some springs and of course, manatees . It will be an ambitious trip but we're planning to hit up:
While clear water is nice, we don't have issues with tannic river water either. We love fossils and stuff to find in the rivers. If it takes all day for us to float a river, no worries -- we're going on this trip to dive. Max bottom time is the goal.
That is obviously a very ambitious schedule. Likely, several of those wouldn't happen. No worries if we don't get to everything; the rivers aren't going anywhere.
I've been to the area before, as have a few of the people on the trip. I've done HOURS of research on the location of springs etc, but I'm having issues finding places to get in and out of the rivers for cheap (free is best ). We're a group of college students going diving over Spring Break so we're trying to keep this as cheap as possible. Any suggestions on where to get in and get out of any of the aforementioned rivers would be fantastic!
We have two cars, so we'll be able to drop off at point A and get out at point B.
I have a copy of Diving Guide to Underwater Florida but a friend of mine is currently borrowing it...definitely need to get that back...
- Ginnie
- Troy
- Crystal River & King Spring
- Rainbow River
- The Santa Fe River
- The Ichetucknee River
- Possibly the Suwannee if we get time
While clear water is nice, we don't have issues with tannic river water either. We love fossils and stuff to find in the rivers. If it takes all day for us to float a river, no worries -- we're going on this trip to dive. Max bottom time is the goal.
That is obviously a very ambitious schedule. Likely, several of those wouldn't happen. No worries if we don't get to everything; the rivers aren't going anywhere.
I've been to the area before, as have a few of the people on the trip. I've done HOURS of research on the location of springs etc, but I'm having issues finding places to get in and out of the rivers for cheap (free is best ). We're a group of college students going diving over Spring Break so we're trying to keep this as cheap as possible. Any suggestions on where to get in and get out of any of the aforementioned rivers would be fantastic!
We have two cars, so we'll be able to drop off at point A and get out at point B.
- Our plan to float the Santa Fe involves getting in at Rum Island Spring and getting out where the state road 47 bridge crosses the Santa Fe. Apparently both locations are free. Sound alright?
- No ideas about the Ichetucknee. Suggestions?
- Since we're diving Troy, I figured we'd float out from there and into the Suwannee and head downstream, but don't know where to get out.
- No clue about Rainbow River or Crystal River/King Spring. Names of places we can rent boats from for seeing the manatees would be greatly appreciated as well.
I have a copy of Diving Guide to Underwater Florida but a friend of mine is currently borrowing it...definitely need to get that back...