Activities at Manatee Springs Cave System, Chiefland, FL

Update Summer 2004:

Mapping continues with the use of staging and scooters into the side passages. Divers continue gathering survey information and notes on the cave system and creatures encountered during the dives. Line maintenance in this high-flow system is a continuing concern.

Above is the survey completed as of 2005 of Manatee Springs.  As you can see, the mapping project has made good progress with almost 18,000 feet of passage mapped  Participants include:  John Bojar, Cindy Butler, Al Heck, Brett Hemphill, James Hurley, Annette Long, Mark Long, Michael Poucher, Sandra Poucher, and Buford Pruitt. 

Special thanks to Mark and Annette Long for coordinating our efforts with the park, to Brian Pease for showing us how to operate the cave radio, and to John Zumrick and the USDCT for the use of their cave radio equipment.