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50-100

Still great. Ballroom is 50-60, downstream is 50ish to the Pit and beyond there it's gorgeous. Basin is 20-30 feet.

8/16/2010

buhlz

looks tempting

Well!!! I didn't dive it!!!DAMNIT! But i hung out there hoping for a diver to come rescue my lonelyness on my Bday- but I dont dive solo here!!! Just sat around enjoying and savoring the moments I have had and many more to come! Great day hanging in Chass by me self!!! Buford looked good BTW!!!

8/7/2010

Louis T

70-80

Ballroom looks great, even the basin starts improving after 5 feet. Only divers out here, last team was 3 days before. Water level is high, almost to top of steps.

7/21/2010

50-100

Only 10 feet viz in the basin, about 60 in the Ballroom below about 90 feet. A little milky in the first part of the downstream, about 50' visibility, but cleared up beyond the Lockwood Tunnel and was crystal clear past the Pit. The old adage that if the cave is good the basin is crappy was certainly true today.

6/19/2010

Daren Gray

60'

Dove upstream to the Super Room. Better visibility that a month ago. 104 minutes total run time, max depth 275'.

6/12/2010

Scott Pulliam

5-50'

Great vis past 100', downstream about 50' Basin soup vis 5", warm at deco

6/6/2010

5' basin- ballroom 40

Spent the morning with Kev and Alicia.Hung around and took pics in the ballroom! Very cool little dive. Took some pics of the knooks and crannies. 184' BT 43 min 26min deco! Thanx again

5/31/2010

10-60

We spent a good bit of time in the system -- time on the breathers. Basin viz was 10ish and viz in the Ballroom, upstream and downstream were 60ish.

5/16/2010

basin poor...cave 50

Hound Dog and I went DS for a visit towards lochwood but I didn't make it, Due to mild complications we turned and hund around the ballroom.. Nice little dive. 220ffs and 16 min BT- 32 min deco.. Nice litlle dive. good to be back @ the nest

5/16/2010

Keith Gault

Vis in the basin was lower (15ft), but looked good once past 80 ft. Upstream the vis was 50-80 ft in the super room. On returning to the mound we could see the downstream team on their return giving us a better chance to estimate visibility at over 80ft across the mound.

5/15/2010

Keith Gault

Basin Vis was 20ft. From bottom of disolution tube the top of the mound is visible - horizontal vis at this point is 25 ft. Downstream visibility remains above 50 ft to the Pit. During ascent, we could see the 2nd Team returning to the mound from upstream while we were 30 ft above the mound.

5/14/2010

Daren Gray

35'

Visibility was 30 to 40 feet from the Lockwood Tunnel jump to the other side of the Pit. The dirt road back to the sink is in pretty good shape, as it doesn't appear to have rained in a while.

4/21/2010

Jon

30-40

I dove the downstream line on 19 April. Vis was 20' or less to the Lockwood jum then it improved a little. Lots of detritus in the pool. Today it was much better. Vis was 30' in the ballroom. Once you got past the mound it improved to 40' all the way to the end of the Lockwood tunnel.

4/12/2010

Forrest Wilson

20'

Upstream was bad viz. most of the way. There were a few pockets of 30', but mostly 20 to about 800'. A lot of dead alge in the headpool, making it about 5' viz.

4/6/2010

Rich

Crap to great.... :)

Took my buddy Allen here for the first time today, I felt bad when we dropped in as vis was terrible, maybe 20ft at most. We did the Lockwood tunnel anyways and luckily just past the 350' marker, it literally went to unlimited vis! Unfortunately the extra time we spent admiring it cost us a bit of extra deco, but it was well worth it.... :)

4/3/2010

Jack Marut

20-30'

Did two dives with Nick in the Ballroom. Visibility was 20-30'. The road is getting some very deep pot/mud holes. Overall a great day!

3/6/2010

25-35'

Did a nice swim dive upstream beyond the Super Room. Viz never really got over 35'. However, we were diving on a high tide. Another team scooters downstream beyond the Pit and said that viz was bad there as well - 25. Viz in the basin is around 30' and in the Ballroom 35'.

2/21/2010

Bil Lindstrom

30-50'

The below date is wrong, we dove on Saturday the 20th.

2/21/2010

Bil Lindstrom

30-50

We went downstream to the pit. Viz cleared up to about 50' past the Lochwood Tunnel. The road is in better shape now that it hasn't rained in a bit. The holes are getting big though, I inagine it would be tough in bad weather. Great dive.

2/12/2010

Becky Kagan

20-30'

We dove upstream on Feb 6th to do a video dive. The vis was probably around 50-60 and the farther back we went the better the vis was. On 2/12 we went downstream and the vis seemed worse. The ballroom wasn't great either maybe due to all the rain. Just past the jump to the Lockwood tunnel the vis began to clear up. We went down just past the Pitt.

2/10/2010

30-40'

Basin good, about 50'. Ballroom about 40', upstream similar and down to 30' in some places up to the Super Room.

1/21/2010

A nice dive with Kevin and Kyle once again. Went down to lochwood,took some pics and did the same circle around the mound:check in for stuff. Vis in the Basin great and DS was around 45'. BT was 31 min and total was 63 min w/ 29 min deco total. Awesome dive once again!

1/17/2010

Bil Lindstrom

30-40

Basin clear, ballroom and upstream tunnel 3-40 ft viz to Randy's Room, as far as we went.

1/16/2010

40 feet

Surface pool excellent vis. Dropped to 40 feet in lower ballroom and upstream tunnel.

1/13/2010

Jeff Addis

30-50ft

We dove upstream through the Superoom, turned at about 800 ft penetration. vis got better further into the system. colder surface water is felt at about 60ft depth.

1/10/2010

Jeff Addis

30 - 65 ft

Dove the downstream tunnel through the Pit and turned at the 900 ft penetration arrow. Basin is pretty clear, vis in the Ballroom about 30 ft. About the same vis until past the Lockwood Tunnel jump, where vis improved to 60 - 70 ft.

12/31/2009

Jitka, Lubo, Michal

100ft

Basin was clear; water level in the middle of the steps. Swam downstream a little over 600ft toward the pit and turned around just before the restriction. Water temps were 71F inside of the cave and 69F in the basin. Visibility as far as the light could reach. It's probably always kinda dark there due to the dark sediments on the bottom.

12/25/2009

Karine

20-50

Basin was very clear; about 50 ft vis. Dove downstream into Lockwood T. Vis was about 20 ft on the main line downstream, but imporving a bit to about 30-40 ft in the Lockwood tunnel. Water was warmer than usual; about 75 0F in the tunnel.

12/15/2009

Rickey Bell

The dive basin was around 50' vis. No tanic water noted. The ballroom had perfect vis down to the cave sign at 130'. Did not enter the cave; however, could easily see the surface glow from the bottom.

12/12/2009

Scott Pulliam

40'

Water was mixing. Vis around 40' went in at high tide.

12/6/2009

Billy Fowler

30' - 05'

Sink was 30ft viz, at about 220’ the viz went to about 5’ tannic water, Supper Room cleared to about 30’ but once out it fell back to 5’, turned at about 2k due to light failure, downstream drops to 5’ vis just off of the mound and gets worse.

11/12/2009

Tom Johnson (tj)

Vis in basin was excellent. VIS in the cave was less, but not too bad, 40 . You could still see the glow of the holes from over 100' feet away. The water was high in the pond. It was just barely covering the deck but very little on the parking area. The road to the site was wet, especially the last mile. I had to take off my shoes and walk two of them to make sure there were no ruts in them. There wasn't... We had a great dive.

11/3/2009

Admin

Unknown

1 diver expired in the system.

10/24/2009

Shirley Kasser

50' - 100'

Viz was nice, but not spanking clear like I've seen. It did improve deeper (headed downstream), but really wasn't bad. The water is really high in the basin, covering the stairs. The algae was extremely thick.

9/29/2009

40-100

Basin very clear, about 50'. In the cavern it was about 80-100'. The first 700' of the downstream was rather milky at about 40', but cleared up past the Pit to better than 100' all the way to 1400'. I had a quick look at the upstream side, which seemed to be about the same as the first part of the downstream tunnel (i.e. about 40-50') at least as far as Randy's Room.

9/15/2009

Awesome dive w/ Kyle. Hung out in ballroom and screwed around. No one there and had about 28 min bottom tiime 18 min deco. Didnt go in DS or US

9/11/2009

Elisha Gibson

10-75 feet

Conditions similar to the 9th (but viz was a little better). They have burned off a lot of the vegetation in Chassahowitzka, areas are still smoking. The large puddle in the road dried up almost completely. Viz was pretty crappy until some ways into the Lockwood Tunnel. Good dive, had fun reading on deco.

9/8/2009

Bob Schulte

5-20'

Viz: 5' In the basin, 10' in the Ballroom, 20' At the Super Room. :(

8/28/2009

Tom Pearcy

20'

The rain finally caught up the system and all of the nice vis being reported is gone. Went to the end of the upstream line and it was pretty much a line drill the whole way. At the very back the vis cleared to 50'. 60 min BT 2.5 hr deco

8/23/2009

Nice leisure dive back at the nest. Been a while and was a very nice day. Dove ballroom w/ Chris and played around a little just getting back into things. 200' 2min BT. 16 min deco

8/14/2009

80ft

dove the down stream tunnel, visibility some of the best I've seen in a long time.

8/3/2009

Keith Gault

30 - >80'

Top of Mound was visible from the opening above at 70 ft. Vis was a little lower heading upstream, but remained at least 60. Downstream the visibility was just as good. Basin was a little Tanic, but visibility exceeded 30 ft.

7/23/2009

Hounded

10-50'

The basin today was tannic with vis between 10-15'... the cavern didn't clear up at all until a depth of around 115'... downstream (to the Pit) was a little better, up to around 50' vis. All in all, not horrible, but not like the 8th, either.

7/20/2009

30-50'

Basin and cavern had 30' visibility, upstream about 50' in the Super Room and beyond.

7/8/2009

Hounded

90-100'

On 7.8, vis in the basin was 15-20', but the cavern was un-freakin-believable! Our team of four could easily see each other across the cavern. The water was as close to crystal-clear as I've ever seen it. We went a little ways up and downstream, and none of us could completely believe it. On 7/9, we went back and went up the Lockwood Tunnel. Vis was still spectacular for the Nest, but a tad more "milky" than the day before. All of this is pretty impressive considering that it rained hard at the Nest every day that week leading up to the dives and continued raining afterward...

6/21/2009

Tom Johnson (tj)

40'

Basin has an algae bloom, maybe 10' vis... clears as you descend. Cave is great. We went upstream and out in 107 minutes. http://www.divetraining.net/pictures/2009_june_21/DSC03716x.jpg

6/21/2009

Excellent dive with Kyle- 20' below surface it cleared sweetly like TJ said. We went downstream to lochwood and turned. Vis increased as we went further in. Ballroom is really nice- circled around the walls stopping to view the wonderful solution-lit debrimound. 39 min BT @ 213- 35 min deco.

6/6/2009

5' basin - 60 ballrm

Nice little dive clears up real nice @20'! Really clear in ballroom. Galavanted around the ballroom @ 178' for bt of 26 min and 90' for 15 checking out the areas. Deco was short compared to most of only 22 min max 1/2 O2 deco. Hi Jill! Hope ya found the 2nd stage cause we did not.

6/5/2009

10-60

Algae bloom & tannic water in first 10-15' depth in basin, then about 30' in rest of basin and Ballroom. Improves slightly in the upstream cave to 40'. Beyond 1200' upstream it's better, about 60'. Didn't go downstream.

5/31/2009

Don Currie

5' basin, 20' upstream

Nice dive with Bert and Ed. The basin was really tannic, as reported previously. I was also waiting for a gator to sneak up on me. Headed upstream and viz was 20' all the way to the Super Room. Regardless of viz, it was a great dive.

5/30/2009

5' basin 40' D/S

Awesome dive with Kev and Jean. Headed downstream to Lochwood and I turned it because of deco time. Was at 24 minutes before even going to LW. Turned and enjoyed the ride back up. Total 73 minutes. 40 minutes deco. O2 20 min w/ deco. Kev thought we made a wrong turn coming out of the tube and ended up in the Hudson Grotto just to tell ya how tannic it is. Thanks guys!Had a blast as usual.

5/28/2009

Did a nice leisurely dive after work with Ward once again. Went upstream a little than turned it and checked out the ballroom again. Vis wasn't as great as the other day but it was still good enough to play. As we were getting undressed I heard a nice little gator call in the darkness to the south of the pool. Oh BOY! Imagine deco'ing and have him next to ya starrin @ ya! BT 12 min, 222 FFSW deco 45min 12 min O2.

5/20/2009

100

Ward and I did a nice little dive today. The basin is tannic down to the debri mound. Once you pass the debri mound DWStrm my little 10watt almost brightened the entire nest!!Yes!!!That clear!!!! Good God if I only had a 35watt HID! Man! Went dwnstream and turned @ lockwood..BT 16 min. 47 min Deco 23' O2. _____________ After diving we decided to look for a new hole!!! We found one (of the many) right off bridge road.. Will post when we go back.!! Donno if this one is in KUR but I do believe Brett has dived it.

4/22/2009

Went w/ Kev,Kyle,Nicole and had a little dvie. Kev had clearing prob's once again. Kyle and I waited at the mound for 20 min or so and took a little gander around the room. Went back up and had a small deco. Vis ok but been alot better worse. Probably clears better deeper. 75min 25min deco.O2

4/22/2009

30-60 feet

Did the Lockwood Tunnel also. 30' in the basin and the cavern, 40' in the main downstream passage, improving to 60' or better by the end of the Lockwood Tunnel.

4/19/2009

25 feet

Swam the Lockwood tunnel, water a little murky about 25 feet of visibility until the back where it improved. Surface pool beginning to warm up and turn green.

4/18/2009

loquat149

Dove the Ballroom with Eandiver and some High School kid ;). The vis seemed better than the last time I was there about a month ago, though that was probably because we were the first team in. The dirt road thru the WMA is MUCH improved. I only passed 2 or 3 potholes and it was an effort to keep my speed below 25 mph. Dave

4/12/2009

Bob Cree

40-60

Dove the downstream more than once over a 2 week trip as things were going under further North. Vis was less than typical of the system from my past experience. Had a primary light failure (broken wire in my 21W HID battery - now fixed and I also now own a new 12W LED as a backup) and the cave sort of disappeared on me - two small backups and my buddy's 10 W HID don't really cut the dust. Fun diving, and you can count on EN even when the river is a ris'in.

3/29/2009

The roads out in chass are sweeeeeet! I think I counted 2 potholes. Anyway, kind of busy @ the nest. Kyle and I checked out the ballroom but planned for downstream. I felt narc'd @ 168 and called the deep excursion so we played around the ballroom. Great to get wet again at the nest. 43 min @ 168' 39 min deco. total 69 min. Beautiful day!!!!!!

2/23/2009

Sonny

my bad total 142 runtime

2/23/2009

Sonny

Great Dive upstream pass super-room. 35mim bottom time 142 of deco. It was a good day!!!

2/15/2009

Don Currie

40-50' in ballroom

Dove with Alex on 2/15. We just dove the ballroom. The viz was not as good as the last few times we've been there. The basin wasn't bad, but the ballroom was murky. Also, it was heavy clouds so virtually no light from the solution tube. We still had a great dive!

2/6/2009

100

Unbelievable day w/ Kyle and Kev. Yeah, the basin really sucked. It was about 100' vis (really bad) We decided to check out the ball room over and not have to much deco. Well, that didn't happen. Found some really cool leads in there that don't go no where but never the less really cool. I ran my reel around the room and not really paying attention to it,i ran out of line and it stapped back on me. Kind of funny but 150' doesnt go real far in there. Place is just huge and awesome. Thanks guys for another awesome day. Deco was 38min and total dive time was 104 min. Wanted to check out the solution hole just north of eagles but didnt have enough sunlight. Next time.

2/1/2009

40' 70ish

Good God we could have had an auction out there today. There was around 25 divers there and around 15 trucks. It was pretty funny. Rich was saying we'd all get stuck in the tube going down together. Funny visualization. Chris and Ward were in before us. We were getting ready while they were exiting. We went downstream once again and turned it at the pit area. We checked out alot of the cool little crayfish inside. At least there's some life down here. Deco was spent watching many people playing their MP3 players and me almost getting hit in the head w/ a scooter the size of me pretty much; so I clipped my O2 bottle and hoovered around. BOTTOM 38 min. Deco 36 min total: 88 min again. (funny) On the way in and out, roads are graveled and keep your eye's on the road because we almost ran into a hugh dirt pile. Dive safe

1/31/2009

barney

70-80

nice dive downstream. basin excellent and cave is pretty nice. fwiw, they are re-working the roads as there are lots of potholes. watch out for the fist-sized limestone "gravel" on the road.

1/29/2009

same but 80' incave

Had a beautiful leisurely dive w/ Kev & Kyle today downstream once again. Made it just past lockwood to around 450' in. There was a lot of breakdown in there just before the pit. Very cool and first time I've been this far. Usually O2'n or narcin or CO2'n (something) I felt great!Even though my PO2 was up around 1.5 we turned and ascented back. Kev had 1 50 watty halogoing and Kyle had his 24 watt HID going and it lit the place up nicely! Then there was my 10 watt'r. Hey it works I guess. Felt small. Took many pics once again and had a great dive once again. Bottom time 30 min w/ 50 min deco total. Can never get tired of the nest. Dive safe.

1/24/2009

60' basin 80' dwstrm

Kev and I dove DS about 100' past lockwood. We turned it and asended to DECO. Another beautiful dive @ the nest. 45min BT 38 min DECO. Kev lit up the whole DS side w/ his 100 watter. Nice to have toys

1/11/2009

barney

60-70

Scooter dive downstream to the ROD; smokey 60-70 feet of vis...

1/9/2009

barney

70-100

Swim dive past the Super Room; 60-70 feet of vis until about 300 feet in and then the sweeeeet-ass visibility begins...

12/30/2008

100'

It was a beautiful day to match the beautiful dive. We were the only divers there. Swam upstream beyond the Super Room. You could easily see the entire Super Room.

12/27/2008

50' - '80'

Once again, beautiful dive. Went w/ Kev and Nicole. Once we arrived, there were two cavers decoing. When entering, kev had clearing issues so he remained at surface while Nicole and I took alook. We left our stages at the mound and headed upstream for a bit. Turned the dive about 400' and headed back checking out the wonderful ambiance of the ballroom (spookin Nicole because I cupped my light)hiding behind a large rock. Then we took a little trip to downstream side and turned. Bottom time at this moment was 34 minutes @ 238'ffsw so deco was a woppin 106 minutes so we called it and swam back up. While decoing another gentleman w/a scooter headed in (solo) schmegging the entrance pretty good for himself. Total dive 116 min and 63 min deco.

12/24/2008

Phil

40' - 60'

Verry nice dive on the downstream side. Bassin is clear, about 40 to 50' vis. Cave is nice, I would say 60'. A lot of hunter in this season...

12/24/2008

exactly like Phil said

Beautiful somewhat long dive today with Mike Ward. Very adventurous and slow getting there but what a dive. As we got there Phil and wife were just leaving. They mentioned about Diepolder III and their lovly dive there. Can't wait to get there. Went upstream about to Randy's room; turned it and headed left towards downstream along debri fields base. Like I mention on almost every dive here, you'll never see everything in one dive. Especially not the cave system here. As we ascented, took a small tour around the top, leaving Mike thru the main shoot while I suprised him out the other. BT was 35 min and 35 min Deco w/ O2. Total dive time was 97 mnin waiting for Mike w/ him full time of 21% deco gas computer. After I finalized my deco and hung out w/ him to finish off his remaining and exited into the dark night of Chass. Spooky yes, but awesome. Never gets old.

12/7/2008

same

Stan, Chris and I loaded up and checked out alittle of downstream! Nice little dive- around 350' in and turned; checked out ball room. Deco was fun- watched the guys from a far above the solution entrance while they were at the tree deco'ing. Better viz in basin than cave but I can only travel so far.. BT 29 min- deco 15

12/6/2008

GATOR

P.S. Watch out for that gator!!!!Right Kev! HeHe! Kev was a little spooked today due to TJ letting him on a secret about a 6 footer hanging out there!!

12/6/2008

40'- 40'

Excellant little dive w/ Kev today! We took it easy and headed downstream;leaving his camera at the debri field. We turned around 1/2 way to lochwood upon exiting downstream Kev showed me the Pinnacle rock. Like I always say, can never get tired of the Nest, you'll never see the Nets in its entirety. Took some pics coming back and deco. Bottom time was 27 min- deco 14- according to my Nitek3. Great dive and buddy as usual.

12/3/2008

40'

It was a very hazy 40' from the basin to the pit where it cleared up slightly. The basin was pretty chilly with 2hr deco. conditions were a lot better a week ago.

11/23/2008

50'-100'

Had a great dive upstream with 50' vis to the super room. 100' in the basin and most of ballroom you could see the debris mound from the entrance. The water is real clear theres no green tint.

11/9/2008

50' - 50'

Same as before- got to go to the Randy's room and took a peaek! Nice dive- little deco and enjoyed how the sun looked underwater through the schmeggy-mossy stuff. Pretty wild and once again----Never TIRED of the nest! Love it!

11/1/2008

30' 60'

Beautiful day in Chass w/ Kyle, Chris, Stan and I! Started the day @ the Nest - going downstream a little. Really wanted to get at least to the Lockwood tunnel but didn't quite make it. Turned around @ 250' in. Problems w/ gear led to the problem (Right Stan)hehe. Anyway, on the way back was awesome watching the guys ascend infront and below me in the ball room was like being an astronaut. Good dive- short deco. 32 min bottom- 20 min deco. Once surfaced; Buford was next!

10/28/2008

Signal 20

50-100ft

Basin is crystal clear. Vis once inside the ballroom is alittle hazy, but still clear. Can see the debris cone from the top of the shaft. Vis was around 50-70ft in the downstream side and alittle better in the upstream side to the lockwood tunnel. Awesome dive!!!!

10/25/2008

80 - 40

Awesome dive once again- Basin really clear- cavern - cave nice. Roads to the nest ok- but may not want to bring a car or newer vehicle. Went upstream to check her out to about 300' penetration and turned lack of 'not too long deco'. 27 min bottom time, 15 min deco. Nice little morning dive.

10/18/2008

40'-70'

Swam to the breakdown in lockwood where the vis was around 70'. From the mound up was around 40'. I enjoyed the Nest today with a new 35w salvo light from Tampa Adventure Sports.

10/18/2008

40'-60'

Swam upstream to 1100'. Nice dive.

10/5/2008

40-50

The basin was crystal clear, but the rest was a dark and hazy 40 ft vis from the ballroom the the pit. We had a great dive to the pit, a sweet part of the nest. the 1 1/2 hour deco was nice in the basin good and clear for some pictures.

10/1/2008

40'-100'

We dove at night with no moon. Viz in the basin was around 10', the ballroom was around 40. Went upstream past the Super Room. Viz beyond the Super Room was CRACKLIN!

10/1/2008

15 -50

Another beautiful dive w/ Kyle though his LP 103's were not topped off all the way. Made for a short dive, but still awesome as usual.

9/27/2008

CBM

40-80

Water level: stairs submerged, landing dry Basin: brownish but relatively clear, algae not too nasty, no truly perceivable thermocline Breakdown room: dark, visibility about 40 Downstream: 40 / dark / milky through top of pit, then clearer up to about 80 (mostly dark tint, not milky) throughout Lockwood tunnel: first 40 and milky, then up to 60 and just dark Lines have good integrity Bass trying to attack scooter - man have they grown Due to Saturday hunters everywhere Went in when a bunch of folks (RB/trimix classes) were coming out, then had place to ourselves Good dive :)

9/26/2008

10' basin - 40 cave

Went w/ Kyle! Excellant little night dive. Checked out down and upstream sides. 25 min bottom time lead to a wonderful small deco of 17 min in the ice tea. I still never get tired of the nest and can't wait to check out more. Esp in Chass! L8R

9/19/2008

Agnes Milowka

60 ft plus

The basin was clear on 09/14 but the vis was much lower on 09-18 but still ok. The entrance room has about 60ft vis, it is a little milky in there. Lockwood tunnel is dirty up to 600ft, after that it clears up. Downstream is clear all the way through.

9/13/2008

100

Water is up to road way! Though we saw our bubbles retruding through gravel road. Awesome little dive! Went downstream to 211 turn and checked out upstream alittle. Nice and clear and the feeding ring at 155 is still there. Deco was watching Chris falling around the entrance.

9/8/2008

Denise Byrne Johnson

There was patches of some decomposing matter in the cavern from 140' down to 180 feet around the mound. There were swarms of shrimp feeding on it....... Roads to and from EN in good condition even after the heavy recent rains. Upstream tunnel looked clear too

9/1/2008

20-60

Did a dive to the end of the lockwood tunnel.the vis was 20ft from the basin to restriction then steadily cleared up to around 60ft. The water level was up to the bottom of the deck.

7/30/2008

60-100'

Went upstream 2 days ago; visibility around 50-60' up to the 1500' marker. Went downstream today. Again it improved noticeably at the Pit and continued at 80-100' all the way to the end of the gold line. The basin was around 40' visibility. It looks like they are starting to repair some of the potholes in the road, which will be good.

7/24/2008

60-100'

Basin not bad, 20-30'. Ballroom around 60', improving to 100' past the Pit. Road is in good condition.

7/13/2008

100

Keeps gettin' better! Chris and I dove upstream a ways but upon entering the basin, a halocline cut off the beautifulness of the nest @ 8 feet. After passing that, wow! Even the basin was clear. probably 60 . We reached the 245 mark and turned but we had extra gas left over and had to dip again! Just a beautiful dive. I can never get tired of the Nest. The second dive we just hung around the ball room checking it out- esp w/ no HID, hangin near the walls at 90 feet watching the glow of light shining down to the debri mound. Amazing clarity!

7/4/2008

Corey

WOW

Dove the upstream section and it was stunning... the basin is about as horrible to deco out in p-water and zero vis, but the cave is ultra pretty...

6/28/2008

100'

Echoing what everyone else has said. The basin wasn't that bad though (20-30). We swam upstream past the Super Room towards the Dome Room and viz was getting better the farther the penetration.

6/21/2008

100

Hey guys! Mr. Page. Thank you and wow. Eagles is awesome once again. Vis was outstanding!!!!!! Dove around the ballroom and checked out the edges for a change. Had a great man w/ us today and let me tell ya. Just made me wanna stay inside the nest for days. It was clearer than I have ever seen it in there. I could only fathom further in the system how much clearer it could be. Once day, after Trimix and more training, I'll be there. Nice dive. Good God.

6/21/2008

Gene Page

100

Although the basin viz was only about 10 feet or so the ballroom was a fantastic 100 plus feet. Absolutely beautiful...!

6/15/2008

Robert Brooks

100

Pond sucked but the cave was blue.

6/5/2008

Rick Hartman

100

Basin is quite murky but the vis in the ballroom is 100' plus.

5/31/2008

Ben Wilcher

100

The Basin has about 10 feet of visibility. The upstream side has some of the best visibility I have ever seen with up to 100 feet passed the super room.

5/24/2008

Ben Wilcher

40-50

Made a dive to the Lockwoood Tunnel Saturday morning. The vis is the ballroom was about 60 - 70 ft. The vis in the downstream side was about 40 - 50 ft and increased in the back of the Lockwood Tunnel to about 60 ft.

5/10/2008

Scott Pulliam

Went to lockwood good vis. 50' Basin not bad 30' went at low tide. Went last weekend and was unable to dive because of fire.

5/4/2008

barney

CLOSED

Today (Sunday, 5.4.2008) the access roads to Eagle's Nest are closed due to fires in the Chaz WMA.

4/26/2008

60-70feey

Basin Viz: 15 feet at best Ballroom Viz: 40 feet Upstream to SR Viz: 50feet Beyond SR Viz: 70 feet Downstream Viz: No Idea

4/16/2008

Denise Byrne Johnson

50-60 feet

Basin and cavern clear, visibility 50-60 feet in and and downstream sections

4/13/2008

10'- 30'

Basin was schmegged- only being 15 feet or so- travelled upstream a little bit- cleared very nicely. Got about the 250' masrker and turned it- just to get wet. Always a good dive diving the nest.

3/22/2008

15' - 80'

We dove the Lockwood Tunnel and were pleased with the ending viz. Basin and Ballroom are both about 15' - 20'. The Lockwood Tunnel to the 600' marker was about 20'. After the 600' marker to EOL the viz was perfectly clear and wall to wall.

3/21/2008

SRS

10-25ft.

Basin is SOUP (10-15 ft. & green), clears a bit @ the tubes to about 25 - 30 f, particulate with some tanic in it in the Ballroom and downstream to 500 ft. Lockwood Tunnel also crappy....and was told by a group diving upstream conditions are the same there. All the rain is filtering in from Gator syphon, is my guess.

3/20/2008

Phil

Sorry I am late to post that one but, if it can help... Basin is verry bad. The night of 19 to the 20 we had a lot of rain so that can explain... Balroom was worst that on the 19. We dove downstream with about 30 f vis. We did lockwood tunel and the vis was the same. Except when we arrived at 600 ft marker. At that moment the vis became to about 75 ft. It was verry nice. We had to turn around at that point so I dont know if it is like that until the end of Lockwood.

3/19/2008

Phil

40-50

We dove upstream. Vis in the basin was less than 10 feet, improving near the solution tube. The vis in the cave was 40 to 50 feet maximum. Verry little green glow comming out from the solution tube when we came back to the entrance room. The glow was visible from about 150' deepth on the upstream line.

3/1/2008

Dave

Went to the "T" on the down stream side. Vis was great all the way in and out. Water level is up. Last week The railings on the ends of the steps were a foot out of the water, today they were 3 inches under water

2/17/2008

Kurt

100 ft

Above the solution tubes (top 40') there is lots of algae growth but clear, non-tannic water with maybe 50-60 ft of vis and lots of fish. We maxed our depth at 80 ft (had 37% nitrox). This being a first time there, I was pleasantly surprised and in awe of how much beauty there is still to be seen at this depth. Visibility was so good it seemed to be limited only by your light. Saw some catfish and many beautiful crags and tubes, some with light splashing down from the surface. An other-worldly experience if you douse your light and just hover for a couple minutes (safety tip: don't turn it off, just put it flat against your chest). You don't have to go deep to see a lot, in my humble view.I'm ready to go back and do it again, even at the same depth.

2/2/2008

Nick Mislak

30-40

Had a good early morning solo down in the downstream section. Visibility wasn't bad, and the basin is pretty clear. Anyone looking for a dive buddy, send me an email. I recently moved to Florida and my dive buddies are still up in MD. CCR cave/trimix or whatever.

1/20/2008

30' - 60'

Did a dive around the debris cone with Stanley Fatmax. Poked uor heads upstream and downstream. Downstream is probably 60' and upstream more like 40'. Ballroom was 30'.

1/13/2008

Busy Busy Busy!!!!!!! Great dive w/ Kev & Alicia- went downstream opening took many pics! There were rebreather guys there and they ran into some issues and watched them assend from the depths of the nest at the debri mound! Even though they had probs, still looked cool as hell! Hung around debri for deco and another set of divers came in and schmegged everything! Very busy but still, a nice dive!!!Thanks guys!

1/4/2008

Stanley Fatmax

60'-70'

Did a dive around the debris cone. Vis in the pond is excellent. Vis in the caved is well above average.

1/2/2008

Tadpole

45-50

Road conditions great. hard packed. Make sure to stay on the main road (Stay Left) Dive Flag on third gate. There are two picnic tables near parking and two benches near entrance of spring. Easy excess into spring. (Steps) Lots of hunters.. One riding a bicyle with a rifle on the handlebars. T-Bone, Dago Diver and Tadpole at least that's the name that was given to me. The free fall into the hole was just phenomenal. Make sure to keep your fins up (Silt) Dove 160 ft. What a great way to start the New Year!

12/27/2007

60up 40down

Road in very good shape. Hard packed stone all the way in with no sugar sand. Lots of hunters. At least 20 vehicles parked along the road winding back to the sink. Two of hunters we spoke to said they WERE NOT shooting divers that day. Upstream cleared as you entered Super Room. Downstream entrance room past restriction was 40 feet. Unsure of Pit or Lockwood conditions since we were just peeking in downstream. Ballroom about 50 feet, basin around 75 feet before deco.

11/20/2007

20-40

We dove around 7PM. Viz in the basin and Ballroom weren't bad. Viz went to around 20' leaving the Ballroom upstream and didn't clear up until just before the Super Room where it was around 40'. Reminds me of the old adage that if the basin is good the system is crap and vice versa.

11/20/2007

Denise Byrne Johnson

80 feet

Visibility is excellent in the cavern, and the basin has recently cleared also.

11/19/2007

George Watson

Excellent conditions, basin very clear and good viz on the upstream side to the Super Room.

11/13/2007

60-70

Basin very clear - 60 -70 feet vis upstream to Super Room.

11/13/2007

Nicolas Alvarado

100'

Viz was phenomenal, sunny day, perfect way to end a dive trip!

10/28/2007

Irene Odell

Basin has cleared up.

9/22/2007

30-40

Surface pool is high, tannic with quite a bit of algae but good viz. Made it into the Super Room. Viz was about 30-40'.

9/8/2007

Scott Pulliam

30-40

Went to back of Lockwood tunnel vis was only about 30-40' all the way back.

8/31/2007

Went back to Lockwood looking for some decent viz. About 40' in the ballroom and 50' in Lockwood. Way down from earlier this month.

8/5/2007

The WMAhas done a great job filling in a lot of the holes that were in the road. As for the cave, viz in the basin is 15' or so. Ballroom to Super Room is 80' and beyond the Super Room it is about 5' - 10'. Tanic intrusion from Gator has really negatively affected upstream visability. King's Challenge is 3' - 5'.

8/3/2007

100

Rained all day but the road was good. Surface pool very high and viz low 6'. The cave viz was fantastic. Could see the mound dropping in from 40'. Swam Lockwood and could see wall to wall. Could see the sidemount line at the end of Lockwood (900') plain as day from 800'. Best viz I have ever had in there by far.

8/1/2007

Tom Johnson (tj)

Perfect!

Near perfect vis in the lower basin and cave. The surface is very tanic and algae, probably only 5' vis... nasty... clears around 15' in the basin.

5/22/2007

surface pool summer time lousy, upstream to super room was very clear. Some of the best upstream conditions in a long while.

5/18/2007

Mike Huff

70-80

Surface pool viz wasn't great, but the ballroom was good, and into the Super Room the viz was likely approaching 80 feet.

4/5/2007

40 feet

Visibility in the basin and the ballroom diminished overnight. It was remarkably less clear over a 20 hour period. The rangers were adding gravel and doing some general work around the parking area and brought in a new metal picnic table.

4/4/2007

50-60 feet

Ballroom vis was 50-60 feet

3/24/2007

Swam the lockwood tunnel last evening, surface pool vis to 40', ballroom vis 60' new line placement to lockwood tunnel an improvement over previous placement, small gap at 375' downstream. Lockwood tunnel murkey with 20' of vis until 800' then improved to amost 80'.

3/18/2007

barney

Please be advised when diving in the downstream section of Eagle's Nest that the lines have been changed. As noted in another post, a continuous goldline runs to the approximate end of the Room of Dreams at 1,350 feet.

The Lockwood Tunnel line has now also been changed.

The line to the Lockwood Tunnel has been moved slightly further into the cave to avoid the heavy sediment area in the cave where it was previously located. The end of the Lockwood line is secured approximately one foot off the goldline, and is tied to a large rock that sits atop a boulder at a penetration distance of about 350 feet. The jump is marked on the goldline. This location carries the line along the immediate right wall of the Lockwood Tunnel (as one swims into the cave).

All redundant and broken segments of line have been removed up to and just past the Pit. Several lines still need to be removed in the back of the cave. Please be advised that work is ongoing.

A "Grim Reaper" warning sign was also deployed on the top of the hill in the ballroom. We were a bit task loaded today, so the sign might need some additional attention to stabilize the concrete base if anyone wants to lend a hand.

More information on the ongoing work and a loosely revised map of the cave can be viewed here: http://uwex.us/ENproject.htm

3/14/2007

50'

Last night we cleaned up the Lockwood side a bit. The original objective was to tie the Lockwood line off to the wall or in the over head. The only really good places on the wall were too tight so we opted to make this a classic jump. Mike and Joe did a great job with setting this up. We staked the Lockwood jump about 10' away from the new goldline. Goldline double arrows are adjacent to the jump and some of the old line heading down to John's Pocket was also removed. The jump could be better staked if we had a 6' piece of PVC but we made due with what we had. The silt in that area is at least 4' deep. All, please be aware that this area is still in transition. Please be aware and cautious when on these lines.

3/12/2007

Joe Citelli

40 -50'

Downstream Eagles Nest Lines A continuous gold line has been installed in downstream Eagles Nest to 1350 feet. Currently there are new distance markers every 100'. These were measure with a tape and correspond with the location of the original markers. These will ultimately be will be replaced with the original historic markers. This is a work in process so use caution when venturing downstream and especially beyond "The Pit" where much of the old line has not yet been removed. Presently, the Lockwood Tunnel line is marked by two double arrows and is a jump. The line has been temporarilly secured by 2 PVC stakes which are not ideally situated. It is our intention to correct this by Wednesday evening but no later than this coming weekend. The process is slow because we want to enhance the safety of diving downstream but preserve the integrity of any work previously done there. Respectfully. Joe Citelli

3/11/2007

John Young

Ballroom visabilty is everybit of 80'. Lockwood Tunnel vis was slightly less maybe 60 '. Bert, Thank you for guiding me on a fantastic dive. Let's go again soon.

2/24/2007

50 feet

Dove the ballroom this morning, basin clear with little surface mung, ballroom clear to top of mound from 70 ffw.

2/23/2007

Maestro and I worked on putting in the new distance markers in the downstream side, measureing as we went, we got to 700' ( middle of the pitt ) and turned. Did about a 50min BT. crawled out around midnight.

2/19/2007

40 feet

Basin is clear, ballroom 70ft, upstream 40ft to 1300ft. Nice shaft of light from entrance coming up from 180 or so.

2/11/2007

50 feet

Same conditions as yesterday into the Super Room.

2/10/2007

50 feet

50 feet vis upstream to 250 feet deep - same vis downstream to 180 feet. Basin very clear. Road is in good shape.

2/2/2007

Doug Marcinek

40'-50'

Did an extended cavern dive, poking into the upstream tunnel. Had about 20-30' in the basin and ~50' in the cavern.

1/18/2007

David Schott

50-60 ft.

Basic was clear, Decent viz - Approx. 50 ft upstream.

1/13/2007

Wanted to check out my video camera setup I did a quick trip to EN late Saturday afternoon. Viz in the basin was about 60 feet, 3 RB guys were hanging out doing deco while we played in the cone area. Viz was about 70 feet in there. Not too exciting of a dive.

12/29/2006

Chip Wuerz

20'- 40'

I did a dive at the Nest on Friday 12/29/06. The roads were dry with the exception of a couple of large puddles of water within a mile from the Nest. The sand dunes on the road were smoothed out. Lots of hunters were out and about. The water level is higher than normal, so the path to the dock had some water in places. The basin had about 20’ of visibility with lots of algae mats. The cavern had about 20’ of visibility and cave varied 20’ – 40’ with downstream being clearer. I saw lots of Catfish in the cavern when I entered. They were swimming up in the water column.

12/4/2006

Thank you to whoever left the games on the tree!

11/30/2006

30'

Swam the Lockwood tunnel. First 600' about 30' visibility, tannic water in lower ballroom and down stream to the second turn of the lw tunnel. Near the back of the tunnel water vis. improved to over 80'

11/26/2006

50 feet

We went upstream to 200 feet & downstream down to about the restriction -- Vis was 50 feet or so. The basin was very clear & the road in to the Nest is in excellent shape right now.

11/13/2006

40ish

Viz in the basin was about 30' or so. We did an extended ballroom dive. Viz was about 30-40 depending on what side of the ballroom. The upstream was a bit clearer as the downstream side was cloudy.

10/30/2006

40-59

Basin clear - vis in the ballroom about 40 feet. We never left the ballroom. The road in is still in good shape. Headed back tomorrow,

10/26/2006

Mike Huff

40ish

Basin still clear, and viz around 40ish feet in the ballroom and the Lockwood tunnel.

10/23/2006

Basin is relatively clear. Upstream 20-30 ft at best even past the Super Room. Unable to see walls clearly from line position. Downstream maybe 30ft into Lockwood Tunnel. A line following drill.

10/15/2006

DanMitsu

60-80-

upstream was even better on vis. ALOT of mung at surface. Very good dive- (hunting season is open)

10/10/2006

50-70

We went to the Super Room where vis was around 50 feet. Maybe 60 feet, but in any case it seemed less clear than yesterday. The basin is still beautifully clear & lots of green MUNG all over the surface. Going again tomorrow....

10/9/2006

70 feet

The basin was very clear--visibility in the ballroom was 70 feet. We went to 200 feet upstream and the vis was still great. Going back again for the next 2 days as long as it stays nice.

10/1/2006

50'

Surface pool clear and cool, spring water pushing into the pond. Murky water near the top of the ballroom, clear to 80' on the top of the mound. Ballroom clear for this time of the year. Left new sign-in sheet for all to use.

9/25/2006

80-100'

The 2 sugar-sand spots on the road have been covered with limestone. It hasn't been completely smoothed out yet, so it makes for a slower ride, but getting stuck in the mud is no longer a concern, even during a heavy thunderstorm. Visibility in the basin was about 50'. Yes, 50. Viz in the cave 100'. We didn't notice any tannic water. The sign-in sheets were missing, so please take some if you are planning a trip out there.

9/11/2006

Basin vis was so poor (3 feet or less) that we decided to abort dive. Eventually located deco log but the down line was going straight into near zero vis tannic water. With DPV's in hand we decided conditions deeper were not going to be conducive to a good dive. Turns out this was during seismic event off Tampa. No correlation suspected.

9/9/2006

Gregg Stanton

15 ft

Visibility in basin down to 5 feet. We turned the dive at 210 feet upstream with tannins and turbidity permitting 15 ft visibility.

9/8/2006

35'

Scootered around the super room visibility in surface pool summer crappy, Ballroom vis to 50' visibility dropped on the way upstream with tannic conditions throughout the super room.

8/14/2006

varied

Surface pool 5-10' vis to 25'. Ballroom the visibility on the upstream side was 80' down to 200'.

8/8/2006

60-80'

What a difference a week makes! Though the basin is still a bit tannic, viz in the basin was about 15-20'. There was a cloudy layer at about 10' but clear below that. Viz in the ballroom was about 80'...with clear water throughout. It's amazing how different from last week.

8/1/2006

Cave - 80'

Basin is very tannic, about 5' viz. Natural light completely lost at 35'. Visibility improved at 70' and continued to get better...to about 80' viz in the downstream tunnel.

7/25/2006

Johnny Richards

40'

Basin very tannic, but ok for deco; Cavern approx. 50'; and Upstream approx. 40'- we could not see one line arrow from the previous, but still not bad.

7/15/2006

MikeH

20'-30'

Vis in the basin 5-10ft, very tannic. Starting at the bottom of the tube, vis about 20-30ft. From the mound to about p550 upstream the vis varied from 20-40ft. 40 was in the Super Room.

7/7/2006

Dave Ernest

60 -70

We did the Lockwood tunnel. The basin was about 10' increasing up to about 70' at 900'.

6/17/2006

Cave - 80'

First time in system. I was a little apprehensive since the water at the steps was tannic. There is quite a bit of mung on the surface. After we dropped down, the viz improved. Went into the cave and the viz was fabulous (as was the room).

5/18/2006

Sean Denney

80-100'

Went for a beautiful dive to the Super room today. The pond was covered in a thick layer of mung. We dropped in and headed upstream. Vis in the entrance room was 60-80' and as we headed into the system, the vis improved. We reached the Super room and I headed for the top. Looking down, the vis is easily 100' . I spiraled down around the perimeter of the room and we both headed out. No gators today, but as we were decoing, we noticed something... the giant lift bag (deco habitat) is gone. I gather (hope) that Walter took it out (and not some drunk hunter).

5/13/2006

80'

Had some work to do at the Nest today. We got in after a normoxic TRIMIX class and the basin was a bit chummy. We did a nice long tour of the ballroom. Viz in the ballroom was top to bottom. Nice day. There is a small gator living on the west side of the surface pool. We saw another 4' gator on the way out hanging out in the road. Be careful as it is mating season for them and the drought has them looking for food everywhere they can.

4/29/2006

Matshark

During the relative long dry period access was easy and the road was dry. We went past the super room and viz was about 60 feet. The surface pool was thickly covered with mung.

4/14/2006

Took a old timer and his wife there along with my dad who came down for the wedding, Vis in the basin was 40 feet, the cone was about 60-70. I dropped down and check out the up and down stream ( was diving with my friends who didn’t want to dive deep ) they looked very clear, I guess there is one good thing about not having rain for weeks..good vis.

4/12/2006

Dave Ernest

40 -50'

Went to the Super Room. Basin was clear but a lot of growth at surface. Ballroom clear. Super room was a little murkier. Generally good viz.

4/10/2006

Rich

Varied

Basin was maybe 20', Ballroom about the same, Randy's room was quite a bit better and the Super Room was outstanding :)

4/7/2006

Sean Denney

80'

We went to the Super Room the previous day and again today. The visibility improved even more since then. The mung on the surface of the pond stayed to the far side, which made the water clearer and allowed more sunlight to penetrate the entrance room. We were able to make it farther into the Super Room than the previous day as well, ascending higher into the dome. The three of us were staggered at various depths which was illuminated the room quite beautifully. I can't wait to go back :D

4/6/2006

70 feet

Went to the Super Room - vis was 70 feet at least all the way. Lots of green algae/mung on the surface--basin is VERY clear. Road in/out is VERY dusty.

3/16/2006

Made an evening dive in the ballroom and had better than average viz. From the line leading down to the top of the mound, you could illuminate the walls in every direction. Water was a little murkier on the downstream side of the mound, but overall viz very much improved over my last dive.

3/7/2006

Michael McDonald

Vis was the best I've seen in a long time. Looking up from the mound you could see light in the chimney. Vis was 60 going up stream to the super room.

3/4/2006

30-40

Basin very clear. Viz down the Lockwood was about 30-40 till bout 900' then opened up a bit more. Nice dive.

2/22/2006

Dave Ernest

20 - 30'

We did Lockwood. Conditions stayed about the same throughout except the entrance had slightly less vis.

2/22/2006

We did the Super Room (viz is about 60' in the Super Room) and the entrance to the Pit (viz was about 40'. Viz in the ballroom was about 30'

2/5/2006

Visibility in the basin at was about 20' and much worse in the cave, 10' to 15'. Lots of tannic water, especially in the cave. Clears up only a bit upstream. Give it a week to clear. BTW, the old cross at 35' is missing. Probably stolen by the Al Qaeda (or someone of that statue...). It was there Thursday, gone by Sunday afternoon.

1/26/2006

Johnny Richards

Upstream/Downstream- 30'

Basin clear, cavern decent, 500' both upstream and downstream around 30'.

12/22/2005

Downstream 20'

Dove the downstream side to The Pit. Viz was between 20'-30' until The Pit where it opened up to > 40'. A guy that had just dove there said that the upstream side was not much better than 30'.

12/14/2005

30'

Viz was good in the basin. Ballroom was around 30' and Lockwood was around 30' Started getting better around 600' back in Lockwood and stayed around 40'.

12/3/2005

Jason Brauhn

20' to 30'

Swam around the main ballroom. Max depth of 185' Vis had gotten significantly worse. Possibly due to the rains last week (just a guess). My guess is the ballroom was no better than 30' of viz. Didn't go into any of the tunnels so I don't know if viz improved below 185.

11/30/2005

Jason Brauhn

40'-50'

Swam the Downstream tunnel to John's pocket. Viz was consistent 40'-50'. Water temp in the cave approx 75 deg. Surface pool is at 72 deg.

11/25/2005

Rich

40-70'

Dove the Kingsland circuit with Ryan and Jeff, vis improved quite a bit past the Super Room and was decent at the Dome Room but seems to be dropping from a few days ago. .

11/12/2005

Eric Reintsema

75 ft.

Did a push downstream to 1050' & viz was rather good after "The Pit". Maybe 70-80' or so. A little silty around the break off to Lockwood Tunnel, but the Pond & Ball Room were fine as well. Water temp. in basin was 73 deg.

10/14/2005

Steve Straatsma

30-40

Went downstream to below the Pit and upstream approx. 300 ft...viz is poor, slightly tannic. Basin is tannic/green, 20 ft. viz. Just in case you don't want to waste the gas for poor conditions.

10/7/2005

Brian Roberts

Very Good

Water clarity was very good for entire dive ... dive was on the upstream side to 200 ft of depth just under the overhang. Dive goal was to tour the ball room for some folks new to diving the site.

9/28/2005

Upstream 60

So this was my first time to the Nest and I was duly impressed. Obviously I don't have any previous dives to compare it to, but I thought the conditions were fantastic. Clear, deep water with majestic tunnels and rooms on the upstream side. This cave was made for diving. Looking forward to my next trip.

9/23/2005

Brian Roberts

Very Good

Very good conditions throughout the entire system...Pond 30'-40', Cavern Wall-to-Wall, Lockwood 30'-40' for the first 600' and 100' from 600' to the end of the line. It is hard to stay out of the nest when such good conditions exist. Certainly a safer time for divers who are not familiar with site to learn what it looks like.

9/16/2005

SPANKING!

So I was tagging along on a TRIMIX class. Basin is incredible…Ballroom is wall-to-wall viz and upstream to the Super Room is wall-to-wall.

BEST VIZ I HAVE EVER SEEN AT THE NEST!

9/11/2005

Great!

Entered the pond around 10ish and the water was nice and clear about 50' of vis. Dropped down into a nice dark room but the water was pretty clear maybe about 60'. We then went downstream to the Pit. Hit the top of it and turned the dive. Nice dive.

9/4/2005

Chip Wuerz

Improving

The roads for the first 4 miles, from highway 19, were improved. We noticed a small bulldozer, on a flatbed trailer, around where the improvements stopped. We didn't see that many potholes filled with water, although the last 6 miles had lots of potholes. Here's a dry path across the parking lot to the dock. The pond level is high and the surface water is very warm.

Visibility: Basin 20' - 30', Cavern 40' - 50' and Upstream 40' - 60'

Lots of algae columns in the basin and some algae was present on the bottom of the cavern to about 160’.

Visibility was clear, but became hazy at a distance, and varied throughout the cave. Mike could see me at the top of the silt mound (130’) when he cleared the chimney at 70’. I could see both sides of the Super Room from the permanent line.

Conditions reported by Mike Hawkins and Chip Wuerz.

8/10/2005