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Dive Log > SantaFeSandy > Ginnie Springs
Tue, January 3, 2017
Dives: 1
Bottom Time: 77 minutes
Max Depth: 91-100ft/28-30m
Avg Viz: 81-90ft/25-27m
Water Temp: 71-75°F/22-24°C
Weight: 0
Exposure Suit: Fullsuit - 5 (Hood, Gloves, Boots)
Tank Type: Twin Steel - 85cf/12L
Gas Type: Nitrox
Dive Type: Cave
Dive Buddy:   Lew Churnick
Ginnie Springs
High Springs, FL
Water Type: Fresh
Entry Type: Shore
I led the dive through the sidemount passage I have been lead to believe is called Harry’s Crack. Entry is easy without mucking it up, IF, you have your spool ready as you glide in, and don’t encounter any glitches, as I did trying to use the cookie spool. Should NOT have used that one. Use the stainless spool next time.

Then, the exit to the Expressway Tunnel jump is on an angle, and my Light Monkey reel also managed to jam!

I think that the distance between the jumps is less than 50 ft. so the Fat spool might be sufficient. The fattie would be easier to wind in the high passage way, with no worries of mucking up the bottom.

Went to end of Expressway Tunnel.

Before turning I noticed that Lew was all tangled up in his hot pink, homemade spools, which are merely embroidery line. He didn’t even know it. He doesn’t use his crotch strap either, so his bc tends to go up around his head rather than stay low, thereby his tanks also shift, and it messes with his trim. He has way too many metal dangles on his rails too. For sure a train wreck.