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Recent Diving Observations

Date

Submitter

Visibility

Remarks

5/3/2009

Dee

100%

Vis was excellent. Did 3 dives today. First one there was a bunch of OW students doing dives, was a bit crowded and saw a few fish. went to lunch, came back and did 2 more dives. We had the place to ourselves, all the students and other divers had left. It was so peaceful, and we did see the huge catfish, later learned to be named Jon Elle. Saw 3 skulls by the do not enter cave signs, many other types of fish, and had a blast! Cant wait to come back.

11/9/2008

Fed

30-40ft

Dove DD after a cold front came in. Vis was not that great maybe 30 feet with lots of silt in the water. The deeper parts of the den were clearer. The huge catfish made an appearance as well. Only found one of the "skulls" this time. Fun dive, done it many times and will do it again!

1/21/2008

Scott M

10-15ft

Very milky.

10/27/2007

Jim

20ft

Devil's Den is popular open water training site. Often used when FL east coast is too rough. Took OW students there Sat morning and found 5 other groups totaling 50 divers. Have often found 100 divers doing OW thru Nitrox training. DD does not allow Cavern training - no doubles or reels allowed. So while is a great collapsed sink hole, with swim throughs and big blocks of fallen limestone, it should not be listed as a Cavern dive. Wonderful OW training platforms and consistent, safe conditions makes it perfect OW site and great weekend dive site. This week water was low which led to bad visibility. By second dive vis was half what it was early on. Two years ago, water was at least 10 ft deeper (chest deep on main platform), and stayed clearer during dives. Now second level of stair platforms were only 2 ft under. Large number of catfish and other fish plus large diver stirring causes vis to fall off quickly. DD rebuilt the main staircase (ladder) down to the top of the debris cone, so it feels much more secure. Still only one person at a time allowed on the stairs. Jim NACD Full Cave PADI MSDT Instructor.

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