Ginnie Springs

Devils- To the Bats

James Garrett

Dive Time– 84 Minutes.
In Water– 10:53pm
Out Water– 12:17am
Breathing Gas– 32%
Avg Depth– 63ft
Max Depth– 101ft
Visibility– 60-70ft
Water Temp– 71(F.)

Notes:
Brian Richardson and I dove late on a friday night the day before the UCF dive club event, and stayed with my parents.  We went to Amigo’s Dive center for fills, and then headed to Ginnie.  We arrived around 10pm, and then got ready to dive.

Our dive plan consisted of entering via the Eye, since there was a tarp out over the ear due to recent floods, and then follow the temporary guideline to the goldline, where we would penetrate around 700-800ft, and then take the jump to the roller coaster.  From there, we would go to the end of the rollercoaster, and take one last jump to the bats.  I have attached the dive profile at the bottom of this post.

Ginnie Springs

James Garrett

Dive Time– 18 Minutes.
In Water– 2:23pm
Out Water– 2:41pm
Breathing Gas– 32%
Avg Depth– 8ft
Max Depth– 19ft
Visibility– “Ginnie” (200ft+)
Water Temp– 72(F.)

Notes:
Dove with dad in the basin to work on his new LP104 doubles setup.  Had a LP hose (backup 2nd stage) break on him and start free flowing, so we turned the dive and headed to Cave Excursions East to replace it.

Devils – Mainline

James Garrett

Dive Time– 61 Minutes.
In Water– 6:27pm
Out Water– 7:28pm
Breathing Gas– 32%
Avg Depth– 33ft
Max Depth– 89ft
Visibility– “Ginnie” (200ft+)
Water Temp– 72(F.)

Notes:
First time carrying an o2 bottle, trying to get ready for class.  Had some trouble getting that situated, and running the reel was somewhat more difficult with the increased drag, but not really a problem.  Went Mainline Devils (entered/exit via the ear) to around the Hill 400 jump.  Clipping and unclipping need some improvement.  Glad I attempted to carry one before taking apprentice.

Devils – Mainline

James Garrett

Dive Time– 45 Minutes.
In Water– 4:20pm
Out Water– 5:05pm
Breathing Gas– 32%
Avg Depth– 51ft
Max Depth– 95ft
Visibility– “Ginnie” (200ft+)
Water Temp– 72(F.)

Notes:
I ran the reel, Xenia followed me, Tony followed her, and Bobby was on a breather with his own bailout, so he sort of tagged along, but wasn’t really on the team. For some reason I had issues clearing my ears right before the gold line, but I backtracked a little to go up, and they cleared after a minute or so. Tied into goldline and started upstream. We used 700psi penetration gas and got to around the Hill 400 before someone hit turn pressure.

Devils Ear- Tour of the Big Room

James Garrett

Dive Time– 84 Minutes.
In Water– 10:53pm
Out Water– 12:17am
Breathing Gas– 32%
Avg Depth– 63ft
Max Depth– 101ft
Visibility– 60-70ft
Water Temp– 71(F.)

Notes:
Met with Fred Smith at CEE, and we got our tanks topped off.  We then proceeded to Ginnie, and geared up near Turkey Roost.  Fred let me choose where I wanted to go, and that was the big room.  I had seen the tail end of it from the goldline near the maple leaf, but wanted to see the whole thing.  We took the jump right after the Cornflakes, and made it all the way to the maple leaf before we hit 1/3rds.  We could have taken the goldline home, but that wasn’t part of our dive plan, so we took teh longer route and came back via the big/bone room.