Florida Cavern diving - buddies and/or mentors out there?

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jlcnuke

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Hi all!

So, first off for background, I am certified by PADI as a cavern diver and tec 40 diver, and intro to tec by TDI and I'll be finished with AN/DP in a couple weeks if all goes well. That said, I don't have much practice outside of my cavern course doing cavern dives or running lines etc.

I'd like to go full cave eventually, but right now I think I need more time in doubles to really nail buoyancy while doing valve drills etc. At the same time, I'm probably pretty rusty at running lines and blackout drills since I haven't really been practicing those. So I think going intro to cave might not be the best idea until I get some more practice in those things. One missing part in that plan to practice - no cavern or higher certified dive buddy that I know who is available when I'd like to go down to Florida to practice those skills (and obviously have some fun dives). That's not really a type of diving I want to try solo diving at this point either, so I'd really rather find a buddy (or a few different buddies) to dive with.

So, I'm looking for anyone who'd like to meet up and dive down there. I'm planning to go down one weekend a month starting in November for a while, and maybe a longer period over the Christmas/New Years holidays. Any cavern/cave divers want to hangout in the cavern zones and show me around your stomping grounds down there?
 
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Hi all!

So, first off for background, I am certified by PADI as a cavern diver and tec 40 diver, and intro to tec by TDI and I'll be finished with AN/DP in a couple weeks if all goes well. That said, I don't have much practice outside of my cavern course doing cavern dives or running lines etc.

I'd like to go full cave eventually, but right now I think I need more time in doubles to really nail buoyancy while doing valve drills etc. At the same time, I'm probably pretty rusty at running lines and blackout drills since I haven't really been practicing those. So I think going intro to cave might not be the best idea until I get some more practice in those things. One missing part in that plan to practice - no cavern or higher certified dive buddy that I know who is available when I'd like to go down to Florida to practice those skills (and obviously have some fun dives). That's not really a type of diving I want to try solo diving at this point either, so I'd really rather find a buddy (or a few different buddies) to dive with.

So, I'm looking for anyone who'd like to meet up and dive down there. I'm planning to go down one weekend a month starting in November for a while, and maybe a longer period over the Christmas/New Years holidays. Any cavern/cave divers want to hangout in the cavern zones and show me around your stomping grounds down there?
Hi all!

So, first off for background, I am certified by PADI as a cavern diver and tec 40 diver, and intro to tec by TDI and I'll be finished with AN/DP in a couple weeks if all goes well. That said, I don't have much practice outside of my cavern course doing cavern dives or running lines etc.

I'd like to go full cave eventually, but right now I think I need more time in doubles to really nail buoyancy while doing valve drills etc. At the same time, I'm probably pretty rusty at running lines and blackout drills since I haven't really been practicing those. So I think going intro to cave might not be the best idea until I get some more practice in those things. One missing part in that plan to practice - no cavern or higher certified dive buddy that I know who is available when I'd like to go down to Florida to practice those skills (and obviously have some fun dives). That's not really a type of diving I want to try solo diving at this point either, so I'd really rather find a buddy (or a few different buddies) to dive with.

So, I'm looking for anyone who'd like to meet up and dive down there. I'm planning to go down one weekend a month starting in November for a while, and maybe a longer period over the Christmas/New Years holidays. Any cavern/cave divers want to hangout in the cavern zones and show me around your stomping grounds down there?
 
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