Georgia and Florida Cave Diving

[scousegentleman]

Hey Guys,

Does anyone know of any good cave dives in either Florida or Georgia?

I went to Devil's Den during Summer and now I am hooked. Scubavidz.com has some great footage of it at http://www.scubavidz.com/video/52395533-77f1-4207-8aeb-98af01105ecf.htm.

I fyou can help it would be appreciated.

Thanks
Eddie

 

[Jeff Toorish]

Nope, nothing comes to mind.

 

[DaleHall]

You are probably asking about Caverns. You do not want to enter a cave system without proper training. :no Now, if you want Caverns that Open Water Divers are allowed to enter, Ginnie Springs, Blue Grotto, and a host of other Springs in North Florida. For a list, you can go here: http://www.floridasprings.net/springlisting.html It shows whether they have caverns or caves, if open water divers are allowed, the website, if there is one, ect, ect..
Enjoy..

 

[scousegentleman]

Thank You that's great.

 

[mikerault]

I don't know of any in Georgia. The Dive haven Quarry in White has a large overhang that is like a cavern, but that is the closest I know of.

Mike

 

[Penopolypants]

Nope, nothing comes to mind.

My dad used to dive in springs and caves (or caverns, not really sure) off of the Flint River near Albany in the 1950's, but I don't have any details.

Don't do it unless you have training.

 

[scubafool]

I would try either here http://cavediving.com/ or here http://www.genesisdiving.com/ .

Either of these two instructors should be of immense help in exploring caves and caverns.

 

[Backscatter]

We did Devil's Den in October, along with Ginnie Springs. We enjoyed both, but I would highly recommend Ginnie Springs, it's about 20-30 minutes away from Devil's Den. I was on the verge of not going, as a lot of people expressed the opinion that you shouldn't dive in caverns without training.

While I certainly gained an appreciation for how easy it would be to get disoriented and/or hurt in a cavern, I'm glad that we went. The main cavern at Ginnie Springs is different from Devil's Den in that it is definitely an overhead environment, and the opening to access it is underwater and smaller than I had envisioned. We were very cautious and conservative with our diving, but we did get to the grate at the back of the cavern. We also enjoyed the other features at Ginnie Springs, which can be enjoyed without getting into an overhead situation.

We thought about doing the Blue Grotto as well, but were put off by the person working it, I gues we caught him at a bad time, he didn't seem that interested in our business. We might try it again on another trip.

Also, it had not occurred to me, but I gues the water level at Devil's Den varies with the gorund water level? Makes sense. I see in the video that the water was waist high on the main platform when you were there. As you can see in the (hopefully) attached photo, it was high and dry in October.

 

[scousegentleman]

Sorry, I realize my post was badly written.

The video on www.scubavidz.com was not my footage it was just a cool shot of the Cavern.

The site also has some great videos of the USS Oriskany, how good a dive is that?

 

[Nemrod]

There are caves and sinks in Georgia around Valdosta. I used to dive them in the early 70s, most are not suitable for a beginner. There used to be a spring called Blue on the Withlahooche (sp is not correct) which runs past Valdosta and down into the Suwanee. I have canoe dove this system from one end to the ocean, way back and it was so beautiful back then.

I have not yet dove the Orisknay but will in late March, I expect it to be an awesome dive (BTW awesome has been banned for 2007 as an over used word). N