Cow Springs

Cow Springs – Mainline to 1400ft

James Garrett

Breathing Gas– 32% Travel / 100% Deco
Max Depth– 103ft
Avg Depth– 70ft
Visibility– 75ft+
Water Temp– 70F
Dive Time: 71min

Notes:
Met Stacey at her place and carpooled over to Dive Outpost to get the key.  Despite a few issues getting in the water, we had a great dive.  Unfortunately my doubles were only at 3100psi, so even with a stage, we only made it about 1400ft.  Running a primary reel while pushing a stage ahead of you isn’t nearly as easy as I’d hope.  For some reason the mainline seems to be run in less than ideal places, sometimes you can swim 5ft off mainline and be in a much larger area where you won’t bang your tanks, something to look out for if you’re backmount like me.

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Cow – Mainline to p.1200

James Garrett

Dive Time– 61 Minutes.
Breathing Gas– 32%
Max Depth– 106ft
Visibility– 50ft
Water Temp– 70(F.)

Notes:
Stopped by Cathy’s and joined the nss-cds so I could dive Cow Springs with Brian.  Membership was $35, and includes a subscription to the NSS and NSS-CDS magazines, not to mention all of their caves.  This was my first time at Cow, so Brian went first, since he had been there before.  I was amazed at how pristine this dive was!  There are 3 tough restrictions to get through, by far each of them was the tightest I had been in.  On the way out, I had my right post roll half way off!  There is a tow rope upstream to help preserve the cave, as you can pull with that rather than pulling the rocks, which were nearly all black!  The clay banks are BEAUTIFUL, minus a few retards who have vandalized them.