Is Ginnie Springs worth doing?

[tacohandler]

I am going to Savannah, Georgia in April and was wondering if it is worth the drive to go to Ginnie Springs. Any clue on how long it would take? I was going to dive in Gray's reef but it looks like dive shops are closed until May. I am solo so I will need a guide or someone ready to dive. Any comments or suggestions on where to dive are appreciated.
Thanks

Kevin

 

[SeaJay]

I live in Beaufort, SC... About 45 minutes from Savannah.

1. Who told you that the dive shops are closed until May? That's just not correct! There's lots and lots of diving to be done here, year 'round!

2. If you don't look me up when you get here, I'm going to be really upset. I'm always looking for great dive buddies.

3. Ginne's great, and I wholeheartedly recommend it. It's amazingly clear, and 70* year-round. A great place to explore caverns and enjoy some really great, relaxing dives. The on-site dive shop is tops.

4. That said, there's no way that any freshwater diving comes anywhere close to diving a wreck in the clear waters of offshore SC/GA. You will seriously miss out on some of the best diving in the world if you do that. I'm talkin' lots and lots of sea life, great wrecks that never get explored, and tons and tons of dive opportunities. Sure, I'm biased, but I've got a boat here that takes us out for $70 per person on two-tank dives. It's a steal. The diving wasn't this good in the Bahamas!

5. Check my site at LCscuba.com for more information. There's vids and pics from our dives, info on Gray's Reef, wreck coordinates... You name it. That should give you incentive.

6. See you there!

 

[T-bolt Diver]

Ginnie can be a great dive... especially if you are comfortable in an overhead environment. It can be great that is on Monday through Friday (And weekends during the cooler months). But when the warm weather begins... stay away on weekends.

Ginnie can become so busy on summer weekends that you will never be alone in the cavern. In addition, you'll have to wade through all the drunk college folks on the surface trying to get into their floats to go down river.

Last summer, I had to be there four times on weekends. Each time I spent time picking up beer bottles from the bottom of the spring...

 

[Scubamedicjoe]

as some know my dive buddie who is from fort laudale or should I say used to be he lives up hear in Nc broke his femur in auto accident so I am trying to figure out what to do , since I was going to stay at a friends house of his ,and dive the springs .
still wanting to go just trying to figure out way to cut cost and dont have dive buddie right this sec so working on that seeing if any one wants to go hehe

 

[Dr. Jay]

tacohandler once bubbled...
Is Ginnie Springs worth doing?

IMHO, yes.

If you like looking at rocks .

But as for a cavern-style or spring dive, it's top notch!

 

[SeaJay]

Details on http://www.LCscuba.com

Looking for more divers.

Beaufort, SC, USA.

I'll put a post up in the appropriate area here.

 

[tacohandler]

Right-on SeaJay. Thanks for the info. I would rather check out some wrecks than a freshwater spring. I found only one dive shop in Georgia and they don't begin to dive until May 4. I was wondering why? I didn't see any info on your nice web site regarding when you dive. Are they daily charter's? What ever, I want to go. Book me dano.
kevin_reguera@yahoo.com

 

[SeaJay]

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