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  • Nº3 # Date: 2015-03-28 - 12:04
  • # Max Depth: 14.6m Duration: 18mins
Diver's Notes

The Ginnie Spring basin is a large, bowl-shaped depression measuring over 100 feet across and 15 feet deep. A 150-foot long run connects the basin to the nearby Santa Fe River. The chief attraction here is the Ginnie cavern, whose wide, open entrance can be found at the bottom of the basin.

Ginnie cavern is among the handful of sites that experts consider sufficiently safe to allow exploration by divers who lack formal cavern or cave diver training.

The Ballroom's ceiling contains an excellent example of spongework--a gigantic, limestone swiss cheese. Midway between floor and ceiling, divers will find evidence of a bedding plane--a distinctive horizontal crack that is crucial to the movement of underground water. At the northwest corner of the Ballroom is a beautifully carved phreatic tube--a perfect example of the most common form of underwater cave formation. Nearby, a larger bedding-plane formation collects air in mercury-like pockets on the ceiling.

Weights- 8 lbs each pocket = 16 lbs
1 lbs each back pocket = 2 lbs
8 lbs Steel Tank

5mm Wetsuit

Dive Profile
Dive Location

  • Temp: Surf 75°C Bottom 71°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Training, Cave, Photo
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Fresh
Specific gear used
  • BCD: Scubapro - Bella
  • Boots: Aqualung - Ellie 7mm sz 6
  • Camera: GoPro 4 - Black
  • Computer: Oceanic - Atom 3.0
  • Cylinder: Faber 100 - Steel
  • Fins: Aqualung - Shot FX sz S
  • Gloves: Aqualung -
  • Knife: Scubapro -
  • Mask: Aqualung - Linea
  • Regulator: Scubapro - MK25
  • Wet suit: Aqualung - Flex 5mm 14S
  • Weights: 8.2 kg
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  • 0L Steel     200 → 50 bar
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  • Average depth: m
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  • Average depth: 6.5m
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