Trip Planning in its Infancy for the South East....

[floridabobbeckner]

Brief: I am a cave diver through trimix w/25 years certified and 15 years as a full cave/mix diver.

I have done some diving on the Outer Banks (Monitor, etc) and south. Also in the TN river. Dove in Lake Jocassee, too.... and the St. Lawrence Seaway.

I'm planning a trip from my house in Central Florida up to do Great Lakes dive (south side) with a stop off in Marianna for a cave dive, maybe the mighty O, too. Heading in S. MO to Ozarks to hook up w/the locals for some more cave diving.

BUT from there, not sure what to do.

Throw me some ideas East of the Mississippi (or slightly west), south of Michigan across to Maryland and then back south to Florida along 95.

NO BOUNDARIES here. Quarries, lakes, rivers, etc. Open water, deco, cave...I dont care. I'm going to be doing some video and hanging out topside w/the wife. If I'm not qualified, I wont do it, no worries with that.

Simply put: we are spending our time and money stateside for a 14 day trip.

Thanks for the help.

Bob Beckner
941 445 2631
robert.beckner@gmail.com

 

[2905luvsbubbles]

If you hit Northwest Ohio, south of Toledo, there are 3 quaries that you can dive all in one day. There is Whitestar quarry, portage quarry-both around 40-45 feet deep and then Gilboa quarry which on the deep side goes down to about 120. There are a number of locals that used to do a 3 quarry dive in one day.

 

[Hetland]

If you're Full Cave/Mix, look into the requirements for diving Indian Spring, and Emerald Sink in the Tallahassee Area. Indian just opened, and there's another sink on the Wakulla property that's diveable, but I can't remember the name.....