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Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Downtown Atlanta Posts: 3
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wow, some of the post on this board are kinda hard to follow with all the half engrish, and lack of sentences. Seems like alot of non native english speakers here.
But I'll attempt to shed some light on cavern, and cave diving.
Cavern Diving requires less training, really only one level more than standard certification. Most pple go cavern diving with no additional training. Experience is more useful than training most of the time.
A cavern is classified as still having ambient natural light from the sun at it's deepest/furthest point, and the diver has the ability to ascend into an open water environment.
A cave is called an overhead environment, with no ability to naturally ascend to the surface, and no outside light.
All cave divers are required to have a certain number of dives, and more extensive training. Most of the natural springs in Florida are riddled with caves, but the owners and organizations have them locked at a point. The key or combination is given to the diver once certifications, gear, and experience is checked. In Mexico, most places require you to have a guide that will ensure that you have the required needs to dive the site.
In a cave you must have your own backups. You are not to rely on a "buddy". All your gear must be redundant, you are almost required though to have 2 of each of your gear independent of its self. 2 mask, 2 regulators (not an octopus like regular diving, a full other set), 2-3 main lights, 2 reels, etc. Most BCD's are different for cave diving as well. They inflate differently to allow a diver to squeeze through areas easier, and float in a manner that will not silt up the environment (#1 cause of problems). Look around, this is just a taste.
It's a great hobby, it's very cool.
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