It is nearly completion of the year, a time when a number of us unwind and also reflect. Keeping with the spirit of the moment I assumed I ‘d delve into my logbook as well as reflect on a handful of unique underwater minutes at the beginning of my cenotes cave diving journey. So here they are, right from Australia’s cave country, the Mt Gambier area … and also right out of my logbook.
The superficial fish ponds are continually fed by spring water that bubbles up from the ground and because of this the clearness of the water is phenomenal. This was my first dive in freshwater as well as my first experience diving in anything remotely karst related.
This location differs from anything I have actually ever before seen before! Very, extremely awesome. Fresh water diving is great – not just because you don’t need to wash your gear after. The presence is absolutely wonderful, simply incredible. There was great deals of sun around and also an entire school of fish was floating about in the very first lake – it looked outstanding. After that I turned around and saw three divers, weightless and drifting around beyond of the lake … yet they looked as clear as if they were ideal alongside me. Entirely remarkable!’
The huge shaft of the Chasm falls to 40m (132ft) and also from the surface it feels like an endless pit. A scuba diver does not need to come down to terrific midsts to be entertained however; the ponds are a vibrant and also energetic ecological community and pets like eels and also turtles wander in the shallows. It just took one snorkel as well as all I could think about was diving the fish ponds in the future.
‘ I know it is not a dive but I still need to log it. What a great area! I think the only reason they allow you snorkel the place is to ensure that you to enter cave diving. The opening looked unbelievable. I so absolutely want I could have dived it. I can’t think just how deep it gets. We tried to totally free dive it but really did not actually get extremely far. Certainly have to be back here quickly. The coolest feature of the snorkel was the eastern long neck tortoise that I saw – so adorable. I also saw 3 brief finned eels which were worthless.’
There isn’t much to see, the visibility isn’t excellent and the site is typically only utilized for training site. After my first training dive in a cavern, I was much less than impressed it seems.
‘ This cenote cave diving point is kinda odd – you eliminate right into the center of nowhere as well as jump into some sort of water-loaded opening. I question who the first person was that decided to go diving in there. Anyway, we did. By the time my buddy as well as I got in it was very unpleasant. Clouds of silt were coming up throughout us. I was down there thinking – what a filthy, dirty little sinkhole. The vis was quite appauling, still I guess it’s not a massive dramatization and also we proceeded with the workouts … We made it through alright as well as returned in one piece. Extremely various and I guess it offered us a good introduction to this whole cave diving point.’
Wow! Exactly how remarkable! The vis was simply sensational. What a wonderful sensation decreasing that shaft. Lastly! This dive was definitely magnificent! I enjoyed the large open rooms. We discovered our way into the Cathedral also. The entryway is fairly tiny however after that the area opens up into this massive space. Simply the size of it – is incredible! Recalling out at the ponds was absolutely fantastic; those 3 shafts of light can be found in as well as heaven skies above, just brilliant.’
