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Orange Grove Sink

Orange Grove Sink is part of the Peacock Springs Cave System in Suwannee County Florida
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Charles Manetta		23-Jul-2012 11:58
Hi Guys, I went there in the late 1970s and early 1980s and I don't remember there being any sign at all. Back then it wasn't a park. It was just a beautiful limestone hole at the end of a dirt road. It was a beautiful dive, but very dangerous! I remember going head down in a hole between the boulders in the "Gallery" I think it was called and after about 10' it opened up into an underground river that was so big that my lamp couldn't even see the other side. I looked at my depth gauge that was dangling under my head and it said 102" The hole I was in was too small to turn around, so after major "Sphincter Factor" I inflated my BC and backed out. If I had gone outside that hole my body might have ended up in the pool grate at Sulphur Springs in Tampa! Chuck Manetta

Phillip		03-Oct-2011 17:02
This is a great dive for open water but the cave system is no joke. I am a cave diver and have spent a lot of time in this system. It not for beginning cave dives either. Enjoy the diver but heed the warning of the reaper, as a matter of fact if you see the reaper sign you are in far enough even to far. great pic by the way.

Guest		10-Apr-2010 10:48
Thanks Sotty! Be careful please. 4-10-2010

Bill Seifts		27-Dec-2009 03:28
Bill This is a beautiful spring, I can not say that it is not. Once you carry your equipment into the woods to the crater of water below the Coquina or sand stone, can't remember which one. Just before you get to the sink, you see the dreaded sign (not sure if it's still there as this was back in the late 80's) with the grim reaper and a number that changes from time to time (this number has the count of how many divers have died in this cave). To all my fellow divers ... CAVE DIVING IS VERY dangerous. Many of you will just chuckle at me and my previous story because you already have the addiction and love the Adrenaline Rush. I have experienced most all cave systems in Florida. With all do respect ... better quit while you are still alive. My father worked at the VAB or Vertical Assembly Building for the Apollo program.

Bill		11-Dec-2008 17:09
I have been diving since 1978 and have had many experiences - one day i took my friend to this spring. We were not trained for cave diving. No one else was there. We went into the cave a pretty good ways. That was almost the last day of my life. He paniced when we kicked up the silt. Only the three rocks i placed down on the bottom helped us get out. This was new years eve around 1994. I have never gone cave diving ever again. Bill

Scotty Graham		03-Aug-2007 10:48
wow, been awhile since I heard these names. I used to dive Orange Grove and Peacock springs back in the early 80's...before cave diving even had a certification. I am lucky to be alive after the crazy stuff we used to do back then....ah, the memories. Thanks for your comment, Paul...nice galleries you have too. Cheers, Scotty

Jarrett B		07-Jul-2007 05:03
Nice pics. I'll be diving this tommorow.

MARY		25-Apr-2004 07:34
THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR PHOTOS---I LIKED THEM ALL

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