Diving Anderson Spring (Video)

[skippy31]

Well next in the series from our trip to cave country is Anderson Spring. Anderson (for those who have never been there) is located in the bottom of the Suwannee river and I think is side mount only (but I'm not 100% sure on that) I can say that the entrance area is pretty low.

Unfortunately I only got video near the entrance, but it gives you the idea of what the cave it like. We actually swam back quite a way taking the line to the left. I'm guessing we made to about the 700-900 foot mark.

Basically you enter the cave and then drop down a vertical chimney, then you enter a horizontal crack for about 30-40 feet and then it goes from there.

Nice system and worth another visit for sure. There was a slight current which is evident in the video Water was a bit yellowish.


Mat.

 

[SuPrBuGmAn]

Not the best spring to open up to the public eye.... This system is notoriously unstable and collapses frequently. Showing it off like this will just increase traffic to a not so forgiving place.

Neat little video, consider unpublishing it... also very much consider not making so much contact with the cave, if you guys are pulling rocks off the cave, its not a pull and glide cave....

 

[LiteHedded]

I know one guy who got 'collapsed' on in there. his story was enough to keep me from ever going

 

[skippy31]

There was an issue with the video link, I'll provide the correct one once I can get it corrected.

In term of the collapse I presume you mean the sand at the entrance? That thought did cross my mind while we were there as the sand had a near 45 degree slope.

Mat.

 

[ucfdiver]

There was an issue with the video link, I'll provide the correct one once I can get it corrected.

In term of the collapse I presume you mean the sand at the entrance? That thought did cross my mind while we were there as the sand had a near 45 degree slope.

Mat.

People have had to dig outta there. Sometimes it's not a bad idea to post the video without the name (or a false name) IMO.

I know one guy who got 'collapsed' on in there. his story was enough to keep me from ever going

What about Indian?

 

[stairman]

I dont see people tripping over one another to get in a system because they saw it on the internet myself. All systems have their dangers, of course I was wrong once and thought I was wrong and I was right.

 

[LiteHedded]

People have had to dig outta there. Sometimes it's not a bad idea to post the video without the name (or a false name) IMO.


What about Indian?

The guy at Indian wasn't around to tell me his story. So I still go there.

 

[skippy31]

Here is the correct link

YouTube - Diving Anderson Spring

Mat.

 

[ucfdiver]

That video is an excellent example of why people don't talk about caves in the open. Wow, just wow.

 

[stairman]

Looked like the flow was up with all the stuff blowin around. I actually saw more diver than cave in the video but I always enjoy the vids put up.