Chassahowitzka Florida

wired45

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Took a couple of Friends to the woods today . First time since last year .Jumped two deer , a couple of hogs ,gopher tortouse ( endangered ) They taste so good your lips will beat your brains out . And when I thought I had seen it all . I found a couple of cave divers . They both had two underwater scooters and about 8 tanks a piece . Over 450 ft deep :eek: Enjoy .
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I'mGatMan! said:
Where's this, man? I'm dying to get out of the unshaded heat of Miami.
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Chassahowitzka is Northeast of Brooksville, south of Homasassa Springs.

There are many springs through out Florida to dive in. I have seen pics and maps have talked to cave divers about the caves. They can be absolutley beautiful and very spacious. However, it takes a certain individual with the know how, experience and certification to venture into the underground watery caves. There is a subterranian, aqueous cave system that has been mapped out from around Gainesville to Ocala, about 30 miles.


Nice pics Wired45.
 
summerman said:
where were the divers that they were 450 deep. It looks like a pond.
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They are diving in a sink hole. The sink holes can be a couple hundred feet across but can be several hundred feet deep. Many of the sink holes in Florida are hundreds or thousands of years old. They are usually linked to the quafer or underground rivers.

I have dove a sink hole in Ocala called Forty Fathoms (that is 240 feet deep). It is only about 200 feet across. The water there is crystal clear.
 
gatorzingo said:
They are diving in a sink hole. The sink holes can be a couple hundred feet across but can be several hundred feet deep. Many of the sink holes in Florida are hundreds or thousands of years old. They are usually linked to the quafer or underground rivers.

I have dove a sink hole in Ocala called Forty Fathoms (that is 240 feet deep). It is only about 200 feet across. The water there is crystal clear.
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Yikes, :eek: :eek:
 
Actually, last summer wifey and I visited some fam up in Deltona, and my cuz took us to Blue Springs. Effin' gorgeous, man. I wish I'd taken a camera.

It is this beautiful natural spring that stays at about 72 degrees F all year long, and you can wade/swim along most of it pulling an inner tube until you reach the bubbler, which is a big sinkhole in a grotto surrounded by lush foliage. We tied the tubes and swam across the bubbler, and there were people diving down into it. The water was crystalline, and incrediblt fresh.

Then after swimming across and down into the sinkhole, we got on our inner tubes and rode the mellow current all the way back downstream to the little dock.

Amazing place...and I've been told there are tons of them. Too bad they're not anywhere near me.

We're supposed to go jetskiing next weekend near where the tennis tournament that used to be Lipton is held. Miami has its plusses, but the natural beauty (besides the human female kind) tends to be further up north.

J
 
Hey ImGatMan,

If you like to camp and enjoy the springs, try Gennie Springs. It is not too far from Blue Springs. Gennie Springs sits along the Sante Fe river. There are 7 springs on their property. The area around Ocala and Gainesville have quite a few springs and sinkholes that are great for swimming and diving. I agree with ya, North Florida has the natural beauty.
 
That is just beautiful and dangerous (450ft deep) :eek::eek::eek:

That takes a Croc Hunter type (RIP) to do that kind of stuff :thumbup:
 
Florida is a very unusual state waterwise. The largest river,the St.John flows south to north. We also have a small river in Georgia called the Alapaha that is very beautiful blackwater river just right for canoeing. It flows into one of those sinkhole ponds yearound in north Florida and dissapears underground.
 
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