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Date Prepared: 07 / 03 / 07
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Ken Paramore |
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334-762-2560 |
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Conditions: Clear / Closed |
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Safety Concerns: No Warning Sign |
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Description
of Recent Incidents: Nothing new to
report at this time! |
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Date Prepared:
Prepared By:
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Lance M. Ohl |
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850-673-1067 |
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Madison Fl. 32340 |
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Current Conditions: River is still low, flow is minimal, and vis is
great. Diving could not be better. Gold line has been replaced, now goes all the way
to the stop sign. Further line work is underway. |
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Current Conditions: River is very low, flow is minimal, vis is good, but slow to clear if disturbed. Gator has been removed from P1. |
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Current Conditions: River is low, flow was minimal, vis was good. Spring has been closed by the authorities. |
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Current Conditions: River is low, flow is minimal. vis is fair. |
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Cave Name: LITTLE |
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Current Conditions: River is still low flow is minimal, vis is very good. |
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Current Conditions: Water level low, silty when stirred up by classes |
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Outstanding Safety Concerns: The Stop sign has been replaced. This Spring is primarily used by Open Water Divers & the cave is small & very silty. |
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Date Prepared:
Prepared By:
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Richard Courtney |
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Cave
Name: Devil’s
System |
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Current
Conditions: 100’+
vis, flow is slightly up, but the water table is still very low. |
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Safety
Concerns: The gold
line has been moved around a lot lately by unknown people, so be aware of
this when entering the system. Expect lots of non-diver traffic on the
weekends and please be aware of the new handicapped parking zone by the
Little Devil’s pavilion. Due to the high volume of tubers and swimmers please
be sure to take deco bottles into the cave with you! |
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Cave
Name: Hart Springs |
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Current
Conditions: 100’+
vis, flow down, water table low |
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Safety
Concerns: black
water entrance & exit , must have 100+ cave dives and dive with a Hart
Springs Guide |
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Cave
Name: Hornsby
Springs |
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Current
Conditions: Unknown,
currently closed to cave diving |
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Cave
Name: Mill Creek
Sink |
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Current
Conditions: 60+ in
system, 5’ in basin |
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Safety
Concerns: very
steep stairs for entrance/exit so use care after decompressing, deep cave
with trimix recommended, must have 100+ cave dives and dive with Mill Creek
Guide, downstream is a siphon |
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Cave
Name: Rock Bluff |
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Current
Conditions: Unknown |
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Safety
Concerns: Tight,
sidemount cave, typically high flow |
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Recent
Incidents: None |
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Date Prepared:
Prepared By:
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Jeff Bauer & Jason Ottinger |
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Phone Number : |
850-656-3864 |
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Cave Name: Indian
Springs |
Cave
Location: South of |
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Current Conditions:
Closed for camp season at this time.
Guided dives are available during the non-summer months; see www.bigbenddiving.com/cisp for
details. |
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Outstanding Safety
Concerns: Trimix cave, requires a guide |
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Description of
Recent Incidents: -none- |
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Cave Name: Emerald |
Cave
Location: South of |
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Current Conditions:
Visibility at depth in base and in cave is between 80-100 feet due to the
current drought conditions in |
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Outstanding Safety
Concerns: Trimix cave |
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Cave
Location: South of Crawfordville |
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Current Conditions:
20-25 feet vis, not on public land, need landowner permission to dive |
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Outstanding Safety
Concerns: low viz, deep section > 200 feet, to be relined |
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Cave Name: Church
Sink |
Cave
Location: South of |
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Current Conditions:
Clear. On private property and need
landowner permission to dive |
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Date Prepared:
Prepared By:
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Ben Cook |
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Phone Number : |
305 448 2341 |
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Email : |
bahamabencook@hotmail.com |
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Mailing Address : |
115 Antiquera Av., #1, |
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Cave
Name: Mermaid’s Lair |
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Current
Conditions : Great |
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Outstanding
Safety Concerns : Number of T’s |
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Cave
Name: Owl Hole |
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Current
Conditions: Great |
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Description
of Recent Incidents: New ladder installed allowing safer access to surface |
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Cave
Name: Ben’s Cave |
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Current
Conditions: Cavern diving only |
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Current
Conditions: Closed to diving |
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Cave
Name: Chimney Hole |
Cave
Location: Hunter’s, |
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Cave
Name: Zoo Hole |
Cave
Location: Eight Mile Rock, |
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Cave
Name: Cemetary Hole |
Cave
Location: Crabbin Bay, |
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Cave
Name: Sagittarius |
Cave
Location: Sweeting’s Cay, |
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Outstanding
Safety Concerns: Main line of 800 ft
of gold line installed, thanks to Team Karst and David Winfree. |
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Cave
Name: Shark Hole |
Cave
Location: Rocky Creek, |
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Cave
Name:Lucy’s |
Cave
Location: Sweeting’s Cay, |
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Cave
Name: Virgo |
Cave
Location: Sweeting’s Cay, |
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Description
of Recent Incidents: Installation of Gold Line to the end of the white room,
replacing old polypropelene floating line. Thanks to Team Karst and David
Winfree. |
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Region:
Date Prepared:
Prepared By:
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Chuck Stevens |
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Phone Number : |
984 115 7922 |
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Email : |
cavedivingchuck@hotmail.com |
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Cave Name:Chac Mool |
Cave Location:
hwy 307 near Puerto aventuras |
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Current Conditions: normal |
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Description of Recent Incidents: Cavern zone collapse occurred March24 2007 in the upstream cavern. The permanent cavern line has been rerouted . |
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Cave Name: Actun Koh |
Cave Location:
hwy 307 near xpuha palace |
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Current Conditions: normal |
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Description of Recent Incidents: site still closed to divers due to rival land owner disputes |
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Cave Name: Kantunchi |
Cave
Location: hwy 307 near xpuha palace |
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Current Conditions: normal |
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Cave Name: Chikin Ha |
Cave Location:
hwy307 next to Kantunchi entrance |
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Current Conditions:normal |
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Outstanding Safety Concerns: unauthorized line changes using floating polypropylene line |
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Description of Recent Incidents: permanent lines have been tampered with and will have to be replaced with normal nylon type |
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Cave Location:
hwy 307 down from xpuha palace |
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Current Conditions:normal |
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Cave Name: Minitaura |
Cave Location:
hwy 307 across from Club Maeva |
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Current Conditions: normal |
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Cave Name: Taj Mahal |
Cave Location:
hwy 307 down from Club Maeva |
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Current Conditions:normal |
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Description of Recent Incidents: quarrying being done on next land parcel and some cave collapse has occurred in the downstream section |
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Cave Name: Dos Ojos |
Cave Location:
hwy 307 south of Cheymuyil town |
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Current Conditions: normal |
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Description of Recent Incidents: New cavern line installed Feb.3 2007 as well as 2 NACD surface safety signs |
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Cave Name:Nohoch Nah Chich |
Cave Location:
hwy 307 south of Dos Ojos |
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Current Conditions:normal |
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Cave Name:Tankah cenote |
Cave Location:
hwy 307 then to the coast near Sunscape/Dreams resort |
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Current Conditions:normal |
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Cave Location:
km.2 of Coba highway |
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Current Conditions:normal |
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Description of
Recent Incidents: . Surface safety sign installed |
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Cave Name:Grand cenote/Sac Actun |
Cave Location:
km.5 of Coba High way |
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Current Conditions: normal |
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Outstanding Safety Concerns: New barbed wire fence installed to south side of highway blocking off access to Sac Actun entry. |
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Description of Recent Incidents: Surface safety sign installed March 30 20007 |
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Cave Name:Calimba |
Cave Location:
km.5.5 of |
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Current Conditions: normal |
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Description of Recent Incidents: . Access possible after disastrous excavation project by land owner. |
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Cave Name: Vaca Ha |
Cave Location:
km.7 Coba highway |
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Current Conditions: normal |
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Cave Location:
km.7 Coba highway |
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Current Conditions:normal |
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Cave Name: Carwash Cenote |
Cave Location:
km. |
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Current Conditions: normal |
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Outstanding Safety Concerns: u/w signs in deteriorated state |
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Description of Recent Incidents: Surface safety sign installed March 30 2007 |
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Cave Name: Naharon |
Cave Location:
2 kms. South of Tulum |
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Current Conditions: normal |
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Outstanding Safety Concerns: u/w signs in bad shape |
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Cave Name:Maya Blue |
Cave Location:
Across from Naharon entrance |
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Current Conditions: normal |
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Cave Name:Angelita |
Cave Location:
8 kms south of Tulum |
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Current Conditions: normal |
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Region:
Date Prepared:
Prepared By:
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Name : |
Cedric Verdier |
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Phone Number : |
+33 494836075 |
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Email : |
info@cedricverdier.com |
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Mailing Address : |
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Comment:
No safety concern or Recent incident to report in
A message from the
Safety Director:
I am pleased to report there have been no documented cave
diving accidents during the second quarter of 2007. Line and sign donations were strong this
quarter. 2100 feet of Gold line was
donated to Lance Ohl for placement in Madison Blue and a stop sign was donated
for Royal Springs, 500 feet of gold line was donated to Travis Jung for
placement in sea caves in Korea, and 400 feet of gold line was donated to Rich
Courtney for placement in the Devils
System. A letter from the NACD was
printed in the most current issue of Scuba News warning untrained divers to
seek training before entering the overhead environment, and a new safety video
has been released on our website. Keep
up the good work everyone, and lets hope for a safe and productive third
quarter!
Reports have been
compiled by Richard Dreher – International Safety Director