Troy Springs October 12 Dive Report

[Gator Diver]

Thanks to all who gave their experience on Troy.
Definitely some helpful tips. Now for my
report from a new diver's first dive at
Troy.

Weather: drizzly and cloudy. Luckily the rain
stopped from our arrival to Troy until
we disassembled our gear.

Visibility: apparantently very good for Troy.
I could easily see the bottom from the surface.

Upon our arrival to Troy, I wanted to buy the
park pass that a few of you had mentioned.
However, to my surprise Troy is based on the
honor system and there is no park ranger person
there to sell you a pass. I guess I will have
to wait till my next state park spring dive.

After parking we walked down to the dive site.
We were the first to arrive.
It is a long winding walk to the water that reminded
me of the crooked street in San Fran.

As we walked back up to assemble our gear
three other divers from Georgia arrived.
Once our gear was assembled, we donned it
and walked the long path down to the entry site.

Once under, visibility was good and I was able
to practice some trim and buoyancy skills. I also
tested out my new computer.....way cool. soon
the other three divers joined us and surprisingly
no one silted up the place whle we were down
there. 2500 psi later we exited the spring.
We decided not to swim out the "wreck" this time.

Actually we ended our dive just in time, almost
immediately after we got out the other 3 divers
came up and said someone had just silted up
the whole place. "It was like an avalanche. You
guys got out just in time".

We took apart our gear and headed home.
By now the parking lot was about 1/2 full.

Overall impression: good dive for a new diver.
Total dive time 34minutes. Max depth: 67ft
I would definitely do it again.....not too much to
see but a good place to hone your skills...
thanks everyone for you help

 

[jviehe]

thgouths:

-the next best thing to the honor system is Royal Springs (free)

-who the hell designed the ramp there? i know it wasnt a diver!

-how could you not check out the wreck? you missed out.

How far was the run clear?

 

[Gator Diver]

jviehe we didn't go out to the wreck because
we were told there was not a lot to
see, just 2 wood planks sticking out....

free...cool...will have to check out Royal soon...Wendy
posted earlier about Royal and said it silts up
pretty easily so I want to hone my skills
a little more before I give Royal a shot

 

[Wendy]

The ranger does drive around and checks on things, you jut have to catch them. Next time just drive over to Peacock Springs State Park andsee if you can't find the ranger there and buy the pass. Also if you buy your state park pass at Peacock all the proceeds stay there at the park for fixing stuff rather than going to the state or something like that.

 

[jviehe]

Royal silts up, but its not horrible. It is pretty large and has an ok flow. The wreck at Troy isnt much to see, but its still cool to say you did it. Heres a pic.

http://www.floridasprings.com/images pages/troy.html

You can see the ribs pretty clearly. If you have the Ned Deloche book, theres a good pic of it too from when the water was way up. Last time i was there it was drought time, and the run was 2 inches deep. You couldnt exactly swim to it.

 

[oscar80]

I think one of the georgia diver might have been me. Was 2 of them wearing BP/W one was orange and the other wing black?? If it was I know about the rotor tiller that came thru lol. I just cant remeber if it was the 4th or 12th i am pretty sure it was the 12th

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