Royal Spring access

[Lorenzoid]

Have a day when I may not have a buddy. Many of the people I know who are going doing down are either going the week after Christmas or they are CCR Trimix full cave DPV balls to the walls guys. Those folks aren’t even options for buddies. ROTFL. Kayaking doesn’t interest me. I might just end up taking a day off.

A nice thing about cave diving, as opposed to boat diving, is that you can decide on the spur of the moment. Sometimes I plan on diving and decide I'm just not feeling it. Whatever you decide, enjoy your trip!

 

[Bowers]

Have a day when I may not have a buddy. Many of the people I know who are going doing down are either going the week after Christmas or they are CCR Trimix full cave DPV balls to the walls guys. Those folks aren’t even options for buddies. ROTFL. Kayaking doesn’t interest me. I might just end up taking a day off.

Have you dove jug hole?

 

[Marie13]

Have you dove jug hole?

First trip to FL ever.

 

[Manatee Diver]

Have you dove jug hole?

Being a state park she would need a buddy. And then you have the half mile walk from the parking place. Finally I'm not sure I would recommend that for an intro level diver.

 

[Marie13]

Being a state park she would need a buddy. And then you have the half mile walk from the parking place. Finally I'm not sure I would recommend that for an intro level diver.

Half mile walk? That alone nixes it.

 

[Bowers]

Being a state park she would need a buddy. And then you have the half mile walk from the parking place. Finally I'm not sure I would recommend that for an intro level diver.

True, i forgot on the buddy part. It’s just one of the prettiest caverns. Since she is a cave diver i assumed she could handle the cavern and avoid the cave, but the walk would be a challenge with bad knees

 

[Jack Hammer]

The entry to Royal is slippery and rocky at the bottom of a sketchy trail. The other side of it has a steep jump off not good for jumping in with dive gear, locals swim there a lot. I wouldn't trust gear left out. The site itself is very silty and people have got into trouble in the "tame" looking cavern due sudden and easy loss of visibility which can take quite some time to clear. The cave itself can be very sketchy.

Troy Springs is a nice site, no cave diving allowed, the entrance was dynamited. It's a 70' deep bowl good for gear checks with a very nice shallow spring run full of turtles and even a shipwreck.

 

[Lorenzoid]

The entry to Royal is slippery and rocky at the bottom of a sketchy trail. The other side of it has a steep jump off not good for jumping in with dive gear, locals swim there a lot. I wouldn't trust gear left out. The site itself is very silty and people have got into trouble in the "tame" looking cavern due sudden and easy loss of visibility which can take quite some time to clear. The cave itself can be very sketchy.

Troy Springs is a nice site, no cave diving allowed, the entrance was dynamited. It's a 70' deep bowl good for gear checks with a very nice shallow spring run full of turtles and even a shipwreck.

I've never been to Royal because the descriptions I've read have sounded a lot like what you wrote, but I've been to Troy many times, mostly to practice skills in that 70-ft bowl. A nice little dive, with the remains of a Civil War-era paddlewheeler in the spring run.

Troy Spring State Park

This 70-foot deep, first-magnitude spring offers opportunities for swimming, snorkeling and scuba diving. A hidden gem in north-central Florida, Troy Spring has picnic tables, an interpretive nature trail, and a riverside dock for canoeists and boaters.

www.floridastateparks.org

 

[_Ralph]

Stay in the basin, watch out for jumpers, don’t leave anything out…

Spent a few days there on a CCR course….

My question is, where are you staying, and is the drive worth it?

_R

 

[michael-fisch]

Stay in the basin, watch out for jumpers, don’t leave anything out…

Spent a few days there on a CCR course….

My question is, where are you staying, and is the drive worth it?

_R

she's staying with me in Lake City. Since I live at the highest point in Lake City, she'll have to take it into consideration with her deco planning (driving to altitude).

Michael