| 1/11/2014 |
Brandon Cook |
30' basin, 60-80' upstream |
Finally, first dive in the system, guided by Rick C. Vis was pretty good the entire dive, really opened up past T upstream. Saw lots of really large crayfish and massive clay banks. Great dive, cool cave. |
| 11/13/2013 |
Brandon Cook |
1' in basin |
First cold front, temp 50*f
I went to see basin, very black, could only see 1 step below surface. Will check weekly in hopes of finding basin clear once water temps drop, or so I've heard might happen. |
| 4/21/2013 |
Andy Pitkin |
5-40' |
5-10 feet viz in the cavern, improving to a hazy 40' at the upstream-downstream junction. About the same all the way upstream. Lots of leaves and other surface debris in the line in the new section, so the system clearly has reversed at least that far. |
| 9/3/2011 |
Andy Pitkin |
15 to 80 |
About 15' in the basin and cavern to about 50 feet depth, then very clear (80 ) all the way downstream. A little milkiness in the Subway tunnel, but still very good. |
| 8/14/2011 |
Bob Schulte |
5' in basin, 50' upstream |
Low visibility starts improving at 90', clears after upstream/downstream junction. |
| 8/14/2011 |
Bob Schulte |
5' in basin, 50' upstream |
Low visibility starts improving at 90', clears after upstream/downstream junction. |
| 5/16/2011 |
Andy Pitkin |
15-80 |
Cavern & basin milky after the heavy rain. Upstream very clear as before. New gold line installed in the deeper upstream section. |
| 4/16/2011 |
Andy Pitkin |
50-100 |
Basin very nice, about 50'. Upstream crystal clear with no limit to visibility anywhere. |
| 2/27/2011 |
Andy Pitkin |
20-60 |
20' in the cavern down to the upstream/downstream junction. Downstream 50-60 feet all the way. Flow minimal. |
| 2/5/2011 |
Andy Pitkin |
40-60 |
Lots of rain over the last few days made the wooden steps treacherously slippery. About 40' in the basin, improving to about 60' in places downstream. Flow low but discernible. |
| 2/1/2011 |
WEPIV |
100 - |
Did a dive yesterday with Wayne Kinard upstream to around 1300 feet and the vis was not only fantastic in the cave system but also even in the basin. |
| 1/6/2011 |
Jeff Petersen |
50-70 feet |
Downstream dive to the end of the line. Visibility is fantastic from the basin to the end. Flow is just right. |
| 11/22/2010 |
Allen Beard |
60 |
Basin mostly clear, and clear enough to easily see the line out after (we dived it at night). Visibility was 60 with slight milk in the upstream tunnel and clearer at depth. |
| 1/15/2010 |
Pete Gelbman |
60-80 |
Basin clear, cavern 40 ft, upstream 60 ft till 2nd room, 60-80 ish in the sub 200' deeper section |
| 12/21/2009 |
Phil |
60' |
Basin is cristal clear. Had a great dive with our giude Rick. Thanks Rick for that dive. Realy nice cave. |
| 7/25/2009 |
Elisha Gibson |
2-75ish |
My first dive here...basin was pretty nasty, about 1 foot viz at the surface, got better at around 30 feet. Nice viz in the rest of the upstream, no noticable flow. What a gorgeous cave! |
| 7/3/2009 |
Jerry |
60 ft |
Basin is pretty bad; maybe 5 feet. Clears nicely at the u/s-d/s T. Mild flow |
| 5/18/2009 |
Forrest Wilson |
80' |
Vis in the basin was great. We went downstream, and vis was around 80' |
| 4/14/2009 |
Bob Cree |
50 |
Basin was clear. Vis upstream a bit lower than normal around 50', great diving. Water temps a comfy 70 all the way up - I dive wet, so it made for nice deco. Everything else is blown in the area except Ginnie, and Alachua held in there! |
| 8/29/2008 |
Jerry |
?? |
Stopped by to check the water level after the tropical storm; basin is up at least 2 ft. The water is on the steps finally. Unfortunately it is also tannic. |
| 3/4/2008 |
Jerry |
variable |
Great dive downstream; got almost to the Terminal Room. Vis in the basin was roughly 30 to 40 ft; in the d/s passage vis was exceptional nearly 100 ft. Recent rains dumping in from Mill Creek made the cavern area to the u/s-d/s split very milky; vis 20 ft at best. Next to no flow. |
| 2/1/2008 |
Jerry |
50 |
Good dive downstream; mornings rain made it a little cloudy. Mild flow. |
| 12/18/2007 |
Anthony Strazzulla |
80 |
The basin is extremely clear and there's no duckweed--you can see the log at 20' from the parking lot. Visability in the cave is very good upstream. We had a spectacular dive with Wayne and can't wait to return. |
| 8/25/2007 |
Walter Pickel |
60-80 |
Viz in the basin is still bad. We did downstream through the Subway tunnel and it was great...The flow was mild and the viz was excellent. Wall-to-wall in the system. However, the water clarity was a very slight cloudy in most places. |
| 8/11/2007 |
Walter Pickel |
80 |
Had a great dive here with Jerry! Basin was crap as expected. However, upstream was incredible. We turned a couple hundred feet passed the restriction at 200'. It is obvious not many divers have been here recently. Absolutely amazing! |
| 7/8/2007 |
Scott Byars |
80 |
Decent viz in basin then at about 40' it gets very clear. Water level low. The extra stairs on the bottom make it much easier to enter/exit. Upsteam tunnel beautiful all the way to the drop @ 200 ft. |
| 10/29/2006 |
Stacey Sandrey |
80-100' in cave |
Basin covered in duckweed, but below the viz was good. Viz cloudy in the cavern area, but once in the cave, the viz opened up to 80-100'. Very clear. |
| 10/11/2006 |
Sean Denney |
80'-100' |
The pond was covered in duck weed, but pushing it aside, the visibility in the basin was quite decent; about 40'. Once past the siphon tunnel, the visibility greatly improved to 100'. As we returned from our, we picked up quite a bit of trash (mostly glass bottles) during our deco/ The new steps are a marked improvement over the rope and ladder that was previously in place, but the short depth of each step makes it quite difficult for a normal size person to walk on. |
| 12/21/2005 |
Wayne Kinard |
1'-2' |
1-2 feet of vis all the way down to 150 feet & water temp of 50° F. |
| 6/4/2005 |
Jim Wyatt |
50'-75' |
Dark dark water to 100-125 feet. Deco at shallow depths it is difficult to read instrumentation. Inches of visibility in the basin is a stretch.
Inside the system was clear enough.
The new steps are nice & I hear even more improvements are being planned. |
Mill Creek Sink is located in the city of Alachua, Florida and was originally established by the NSS as the
Alachua Sink Preserve on November 7, 1992. The donor of the property was the Asgrow Florida Corporation, a
division of the Upjohn Company. John Kibler, a long time NSS/CDS member and Asgrow employee, was one of the
driving forces behind the donation to the NSS. The NSS interest in the ownership of this property is primarily
due to its significant value as a hydrological resource and to protect access to this site.
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