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100'

Visibility was perfect, flow was down substantially from my last few visits.

5/16/2010

Louis

Cave looked great with heavy flow

5/13/2010

Daren Gray

60'

Flow was heavy, decent visibility, and as always a great drift out from 3000'.

5/7/2010

60'ish

Some tannic intrusion coming out a infeeding passage in the beginning of the system, kinda suprising - hadn't seen that happen before... Clear past it though, flow was down from my last visit, still prevelant though.

4/16/2010

100'

Vis is awesome, flow is normal(hefty)

4/1/2010

Jason Bockelman

Flow is still kickin fairly well. Had a great dive today, just under 4 hours. Great way to test out the new P-valve! Vis was about 75 feet or so depending on the location, the worst vis was past the trash room, where it went down to about 45-50 feet. Water temp was the usual 70 degrees with the one spot just past King's bypass having a temp of 68. Had one other cave diver and a few cavern divers in the water with me, they were long gone by the time I was out of the water. Spoke with water management on Tuesday, they said that JB was pumping out 162 cubic feet per second and that it was the cleanest in recent memory. Great news!

3/21/2010

Louis

100 ft

Flow is still kicking, vis is great, and more fun than a barrel of monkeys.

2/27/2010

80'

Vis is great and flow is still up(normal).

2/20/2010

WJefferis

100'

Flow is still up. Flow was very noticable all the way to the end of the second breakdown. Made for a great drift dive on the way out. I talked with others divers who went past the second breakdown that stated that the flow got even worse from that point on.

2/20/2010

Iowa Cave Diver

100'

great viz, kickin' flow... i miss my SS.... pull, pull, pull some more... exhausting swimming

2/8/2010

WJefferis

80-100'

Flow is definately up. You can swim against it, but it is much slower going than it has been over the last several months. If you have a DPV it would definately be the way to go right now.

1/18/2010

Pete Gelbman

80-100'

Some light particulate/milkiness in some sections in the front half of the cave, but generally great and flow is way down. The remains of some type of animal is decaying in the cavern zone, fish everywhere.

1/3/2010

30-70'

Particulate in the beginning of the system, probably from diver traffic. Cleared up alot after the first "T". Flow is picking up.

12/30/2009

Viz was a little hazy to about the 2nd tee. After that it was great all the way to the upstream terminus of the Minnow Route. Flow was negligible.

12/28/2009

70'

Visibility has improved a bit, flow seemed like it did last time - easy to swim.

12/16/2009

50 at best

Flow seemed up just a tad and viz was down considerably. I didn't hit that crystal clear water I'm used to here until I got up into the Stratosphere. Had the place to myself, great dive nonetheless.

12/6/2009

60'ish

Flow was down from my last report, but my buddy felt it was strong than a week ago. We got alot of rain over the past week, so that was likely the cause. Also a little extra particulate in the water - probably, again due to the rains, but all the traffic in there surely helped.

11/27/2009

JCDdiver

80-100'

Flow is still down, an easy swim.

10/18/2009

80-100'

Flows still down, visibility is great

10/11/2009

80-100'

Visibility was great and flow was low, but noticable.

8/8/2009

60'

Flow was down alot and very easily managable without needing to make contact with the cave. Great time to dive JB.

6/27/2009

80'

Flow seemed down slightly from my last visit, but still requires paying attention to where to avoid it, in order to make any effecient progress(swimming atleast). Once the park opens, the crowds get THICK, but not much traffic once you get into the overhead. Very enjoyable.

6/20/2009

Shirley Kasser

Great

Scootered here on Saturday and Sunday, followed by a swim dive on Sunday afternoon. I don't have many dives here, so I was surprised at how strong the flow was. We had to dial up the scooters quite a bit to make forward progress going in. Going out, it was on like donkey kong. Once the park opened to swimmers, it filled up pretty quickly. It was not bad at all, even crowded. Everyone was out to have fun, and did so.

6/14/2009

David Todd

100

Then on to Jackson Blue, WOW! vis was 100' a few teams were present, some flow but not bad, easy enough to swim through. We made two dives.

6/7/2009

80'

Great conditions, didn't notice a difference in flow from the last time I was here.

5/16/2009

100'

Visibility is back to normal and flow is down from two weeks ago. Still somewhat sporty, but definately more managable.

5/2/2009

40-50'

Flow was same as my last visit. Great time to learn where to swim to stay out of the flow :)

4/26/2009

50-60'

Flow was down from last couple weeks, slightly. Still strong, but still enjoyable once you get the hang of where to avoid the flow.

4/24/2009

Cantey

50-60

Highest flow that I have seen at JB, but I have only been diving it for 3 years FWIW. Did a couple of 1/6th's dives with some buddies that were intro, made it to 800ft.

4/23/2009

Bob Cree

20-40

Scootered back to 3200'. Vis never changed, so we decided to do a swim. Turned, parked around 3000' and swam to the vicinity of Crinoid Glory, vis unchanged, but less of an issue since it is smaller and swimming. Great dive, really enjoyed the beauty of this part of the cave. Flow in the main tunnel was up to about 150FPM. Scootered out on a 2-3.

4/20/2009

40'-60', milky

Flow is still up, temp 68*f, conditions listed are back to p750'.

4/10/2009

30-35'

Flow is pumping, visibility may be improving slightly from Jim's dive on Wed. Bring a scooter, or plan for a pull-n-pull dive. Great time to explore the side passages in the first part of the cave.

4/8/2009

25'-30'

The listed viz is steady from p250' to p3100'. Flow is up considerably, highest I've experienced here in the past 3 1/2 years. Using a UV-18, backmount 104's and a single 80 stage, I averaged 106'/min upstream on prop setting 6, and 173'/min downstream on prop setting 5. Temp was the usual 68*F.

4/3/2009

Kirk

Wishful thinking on my part that it would clear up. Did just one dive today. The cave is in horrible shape. It's still pumping a lot of water out, a lot of muddy water. At first I thought someone stole my primary reel, as it turns out I just couldn't see it. Visibility never got better than about 10 feet, at places much much less. I was hoping to make it past the sinkhole with hopes of it getting better, but realized I was in a rather dangerous place, and called the dive early at the 3rd T (second line split), which I believe is at about 1900 feet. It might clear up in a day or two, or it might not. Too bad I'm going home tomorrow. I really like this cave, but except for the first dive yesterday past 2500 feet, all I saw was a piece of string. I hear Cow and Little River are now gone as well. Glad I got to those before they went on this trip.

4/2/2009

Kirk

Jackson Blue is kind of messed up right now, due to the rain. I made two dives. The first dive things were really, really cloudy and tannic to about 1000 feet. Kind of cloudy to about 2500 feet, and perfect from there on in. Second dive was actually much improved until about 1400 feet, but then turned bad really fast, visibility measured in inches (the line was my friend). Turned at about 2000 feet. I’m no hydrologist, but suspect the problem is directly caused by rainwater intrusion from the above land through an opening through the limestone at about 2500 feet (yeah, on the first dive I saw pound after pound of sand falling from the ceiling). I suspect this was the small sinkhole where the garbage room got its garbage. Bar a siphon (I witnessed the Mill Pond rise at least 4 inches this afternoon), I suspect if this rain ever stops (forecasted to stop by morning), Jackson Blue will clean itself out rather quickly. I think on my first dive today, the cave was doing just that, cleaning itself out, thus the mess in the front of the cave. Yet my second dive was just after an amazing thunderstorm, thus it was really messed up at the source, and not near the entrance. I guess I’ll see tomorrow. Left my primary reel in, and if the conditions are decent, I’ll do another dive or two.

3/29/2009

50'

Slightly milky, likely due to the recent heavy rains. Pond was up a bit too, not much though.

3/6/2009

Shawn Holmes

60' Clear

Just to keep things up to date. Flow feels down just slightly from the date of the last report shown in January. Visibility is just fine. There is some backing of surface junk in the basin which makes gearing up in the water a little messy.

1/24/2009

Just to keep it current - flow is as it has been the past few months. Lots of teams in the system today. We did the gold line to Banana Room via scooter and swam to the terminal room after a little deco in the stratosphere. Clear and gorgeous all the way. Lots of good discipline in the system today - very little haze considering all the folks in here. Great dive as always.

1/4/2009

50-60'

Flows moderate, especially if you're swimming :) Vis was plenty good, lots of teams onsite this past weekend.

12/23/2008

60'-clear

Flow is the same as reported on 12/12. Viz is generally 80', perhaps 60' from p2400'-p2800', and is clear in the Banana Room and the Stratosphere near p4200'. Temp the usual 68*F. With the new keypad entry to the park, it is still necessary to sign in at the Sheriff's Office. You can call in to sign out upon leaving, 850 482-9648.

12/15/2008

40-60

Cloudy in the cavern but clears up to about 40-60 once you're in. Stays that way to at least the Trashroom. Flow is still aboutr where Jim noted below.

12/12/2008

15'-20'

Due to the heavy rainfall Wednesday/Thursday, conditions have deteriorated. Flow is up, a 50 fpm difference between scootering upstream and downstream. In sunlit daytime, the entrance was visible from the beginning of the gold line. The above viz is present from p300'-p3300'.

12/6/2008

100'

Flows down quite a bit, visibility is up. Go dive!

11/23/2008

Daren Gray

100'

Flow was far less than when I dove in August and earlier this month. Made for a relaxing trip in and out.

10/18/2008

100'

Visibility was excellent up to the 2nd T(~1250'p). You could see the first breakdown from the bottom of the chimney. Flow was noticable and made for a relaxing drift out.

10/14/2008

Mike Morgan

100'

Visibility excellent, flow stronger than last dives here a year ago but still not up to normal JB flow.

9/19/2008

Admin

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Richard Mork expired in the system.

8/30/2008

Mika Hakkarainen

60-80'

Milky back past 2500' Still great dive. 69 degrees temp

8/12/2008

Clear

Main line to p4400' has excellent viz with very little flow. Temp is the usual 68*F.

5/19/2008

60-80'

Flow is apparently 114mgd now and it feels noticably slacker than a month or two ago. Makes you wonder what it was pushing then... They added a step to the bottom of the far side, so when the park opens back up to swimmers, we won't all be busting ass getting into the water.

4/19/2008

80'

Flow the same as on 4/7 as far as I could tell, conditions are great.

4/11/2008

Walter Pickel

80'

So nice with the flow still down. We scootered out to the Banana Room and spent some time exploring the massive room. Great dive, great viz.

4/7/2008

80'

Flow is same as 3-15, maybe slightly lower, visibility is up.

3/17/2008

Phil

Dove JB for the first time. It was amazing. Flow was OK. No scooter with twins and a stage 80 we did 1600' penetration. Vis was excellent. Loved the cave.

3/15/2008

40-50'

Flow seemed to me to be the same as on 3-1-8, but visibility seemed to be up. Atleast in the beginning of the cave. Had a great pair of dives and still no crowds despite most of the other easy-access caves in FL being blown.

3/1/2008

30'-50'

Flow will move a stationary diver at a slow walk pace in cavern/large areas. Light silt layer has formed over many areas. Water level is 2' higher than one month ago. These conditions have been present for the past 5 days. Visibility in the basin is clear.

2/16/2008

100'

There's even a slight boil at the headspring now :) Flow is up slightly more, but still by no means strong.

2/10/2008

100'

Flows up a slight bit, enough to be noticable, but still not pumping by any means.

1/9/2008

Clear

Flow still non-existant for the most part. We had the place to ourselves the whole evening. Scootered to the stage rock just past the trash room and swam around up Crinoid Glory a bit. Good dive.

11/25/2007

100'

Flow is still pretty much non-existant and visibility is excellent. Still not many teams onsite during the weekend.

10/5/2007

Bob Overstreet

Clear

Dove JB three days in a row, 10/3 - 10/5. Flow is practically non-existent. Great time to do a swim dive and learn the system well before the karst recharges.

6/23/2007

Jim McMichael

100'

Excellent dive for Bobbi & me (Jim) Flow was down. The cave was the “Whitest”Cave I have ever seen & the formations were awsome. Lines are in great condition too. In order to dive there you have 2 options, A) check in at the sheriff’s office (25.00 permit fees for the park) or B) See Edd at Cave Excursions in Marianna (850) 428-6016 & rent a pontoon from his shop for 60.00 all day and be able to dive J.B. , Hole in the Wall & The Twins (just 15 minn. Away) by water [ briefing & customer service was excellent

5/15/2007

Ryan D

Clear

Flow is still down, Scootered back to the Banana Room and visibility was great entire way. Middle grounds looked good as well. Great couple of days of diving.

12/30/2006

Walter Pickel

100'

Did a nice swim dive up the mainline. Felt a lot like being at Ginnie as there were 5 lines running through the cavern. A few scooter teams and a couple of swim teams. Cave looks like it is continuing to look very beaten up. Flow is still down but is noticeable while swimming.

11/25/2006

Allen Wooten

Clear

The current was almost undiscernable. It's a perfect time to dive JB. I swam upstream for 50 minutes and it took 45 minutes to get out. So there was a little current, but not near as much as it had been a year or two ago. Visibility was as good as it will ever get.

10/22/2006

Ryan D

clear

Flow still down, vis was great to 3000'. Avalanche tunnel was a little milky.

9/8/2006

Gregg Stanton

clear

Traveled to the back of the cave (RB) with very little flow. Water level was up from the week before, but not flow. Milky in the back part of the cave, & Middle grounds.

8/6/2006

Jeff Schreiber

Clear

Flow is -way- down. Clear through the trash room, milky in middle grounds. 40' to first middle grounds T, 60-70' to 3400'

7/15/2006

Mark

100

The flow is WAY down. You can swim as father than ever on thirds.

7/3/2006

Tim

100'

Did a couple of long swimming dives; visibility was beautiful, as was the cave. Flow was still negligible -- we made it to 1800' swimming, on back gas. There was practically nobody there... JB is open for diving all day on Mondays.

6/16/2006

Walter Pickel

100'

Did a few good dives here and a great scooter dive. King Canyon was gorgeous (as well as the entire system). Flow is light.

5/8/2006