Devil's Den
An underground spring inside a dry cave, with stalactite rock formations and Pleistocene fossil beds, at 72 °F year round.
- Advanced
- Spring
Advanced≤30 m
Troy Spring
Dive site in Florida Springs, United States
A 70-ft first-magnitude spring with the remains of the Civil War steamboat Madison, scuttled in 1863, in its shallow run.
- Max depth
- 21 m
- Level
- Advanced
- Season
- All year
The story
Troy Spring holds the remains of Madison, a Confederate sidewheel paddle steamer. Her owner and captain, James Felix Tucker, scuttled her in September 1863 to keep her out of Union hands during the Civil War.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
The dive
A spring and wreck dive.
Who it's for
Advanced≤30 mSource: floridastateparks.org
Recommended minimum: Advanced (PADI Advanced Open Water, N2).
- DepthThe usual dive goes deeper than lower certifications allow.
Conditions
- Dive type
- Spring, Wreck
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
Season in Florida Springs
- J
- F
- M
- A
- M
- J
- J
- A
- S
- O
- N
- D
- Best
- Good
- Possible
- Closed
- Not documented yet
Diveable all year.
Source: ginniespringsoutdoors.comWhere is Florida Springs?
The point shows the Florida Springs area, not the exact dive site.
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- Advanced
- Turtles
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down to 15 m
Ginnie Springs (Ginnie Ballroom)
Pull up to the Ballroom's welded grate at 50 ft and feel the force of 35 million gallons of spring water a day.
- Advanced
About this page
Values marked “Estimated” come from our original catalogue and are being checked against published sources one by one. Sourced values link to where they come from. Conditions change with the season, the weather and the tide: confirm with a local dive centre before you dive.
Photo credits
- Devil's Den Spring dive site, Florida, Eric Beach, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
