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Not for just the one place. It’s not very big and not much to see if your not able to cave. I would however recommend Paradise springs in Ocala and a trip to the jetties at St Andrews in Panama City beach at high slack tide.
Devils den is pretty cool to, just bring a light.
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If you go to Vortex, it is only about 12 miles south to Morrison Springs, which I like a lot better, and it’s free. No sign in at Morrison. Morrison has the caverns and caves, and I think the caverns are much better. Better facility all around. Bath house, covered pavilion, beach, board walk to a dive platform. Anyway, you could do both springs, which would make the trip more worth while.
Lots of rain will affect the visibility of the springs.
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BTW, if you go to Morrison and do go into the caverns, the eels are pretty cool there. Lots of eels, big catfish, etc, but mostly in the cavern.
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I recently heard Morrison is flooded due to all the rain, Vortex never floods, so it’s clear. I highly recommend you seek training for any overhead environment it makes things safer and more enjoyable.
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Can’t speak to the visibility at Morrison, now, but dove there 10 days ago and was great. No problems. They may have gotten a lot of rain from the recent storms passing through.
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A lot of divers showed up a Vortex yesterday, due to Morrison being flooded.
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I almost never make the trip from Nashville to Vortex just to dive Vortex; Usually it also involves hitting Morrison Springs and then bouncing down to Panama City for a couple of boat dives as well.
Vortex is great if you’re looking to spend a lot of time underwater relaxing due to the shallow depths. If you’re not penetrating the cave then you’re looking ~40 feet max depth with most of it being more shallow than that so I can easily stay down 75-90 minutes on a single tank.
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Thanks to all! Excellent information. I hope to have time to get down there and check it out.
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The group of comments pretty much sums it up. I would recommend the trip, but I try to never turn down a dive at a new place. One good thing about Morrison and Vortex is you are also within close proximity to Destin, PCB and Pensacola, all of which have great diving opportunities.
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That is definitely flooded! Wow.
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