The Beacon Woods cave system was connected to Wayne's World
(School Sink) in June 2002 by the South East Exploration Team (S.E.E. Team). This created
a system with about 60,000 linear feet of explored passage. The system has been on-and-off
explored for almost 30 years starting in the late 1970's. Currently the system is closed
to the public. In order to get permission to dive the system you must first contact the
Beacon Woods Civic Association.
The Beacon Woods system consists of at least 6 windows. The southern most being Round Sink
and the northern most being Smokehouse Pond.
In the past, most dives were staged out of Round Sink. There is a pretty good deco trapeze
from 10' to 40' and deco ladder of sorts from 50' to 90'. Be careful as these can get
pretty tangled up with the debris in the sink.
Looking at the overview map
from Coastal Karst Foundation, you
can see that most of the Beacon Woods system is east of US-19 and north of SR-52 in
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| Beacon Woods - Smokehouse |
| Pasco County, FL |
| 150 FFW Maximum Depth |
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| Hudson, FL |
September 9, 2010
2:14 PM EDT |
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91°F |
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| Partly cloudy. Scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s near the coast and in the lower 90s inland. Southeast winds around 5 mph becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent. |
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