A few fellow employees and myself set off from the shop on Sunday with the itention of Kayaking the Chipola and then diving Cypress. Since we got off so late though, we just headed straight to Holmes Creek with 4 people, 2 cars, 3 kayaks, and a load of gear.
After setting up, loading all the gear and getting onto the water, we had a good workout heading up river the mile or so it takes to get to Cypress Spring. Tannic water went nearly all the way up to the spring, but it was nice to see the water turn from brown to Crystal Clear.
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As the national insect started attacking, we quickly geard up and headed on in to the gin clear water. Luckily we had the place to ourselves, and Cypress had its usual pretty sites. I had a 3x lense on my Reefmaster this go round so I was hoping for some better pics, but all I got was this small fish.
Well, after a dip into the cavern during which I almost tempted to go past the restriction (but not without doubles), we did a little more swimming around and headed home (much quicker than on the way thanks to the current.
More pics can be found at http://northfloridadiver.net/media/pics/pc-cypress805/pc-cypress805.htm including some from Panama City last weekend.
More info on Cypress is available here - http://northfloridadiver.net/sites/cypress_spring.htm
After setting up, loading all the gear and getting onto the water, we had a good workout heading up river the mile or so it takes to get to Cypress Spring. Tannic water went nearly all the way up to the spring, but it was nice to see the water turn from brown to Crystal Clear.
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As the national insect started attacking, we quickly geard up and headed on in to the gin clear water. Luckily we had the place to ourselves, and Cypress had its usual pretty sites. I had a 3x lense on my Reefmaster this go round so I was hoping for some better pics, but all I got was this small fish.
Well, after a dip into the cavern during which I almost tempted to go past the restriction (but not without doubles), we did a little more swimming around and headed home (much quicker than on the way thanks to the current.
More pics can be found at http://northfloridadiver.net/media/pics/pc-cypress805/pc-cypress805.htm including some from Panama City last weekend.
More info on Cypress is available here - http://northfloridadiver.net/sites/cypress_spring.htm
