Cherokee sink is one of Florida’s numerous fresh water springs and sinks. It is located in Wakulla County, adjacent to the counties namesake Wakulla Spring, and included in the property of Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park. The sink emerges from the surrounding foliage as a nearly circular, beautifully colored, jade green pool. The sides rise ominously all the way around the sink and can be anywhere from three to thirty feet of vertical rock above the water. For generations locals have followed the footpaths and trails to the waters edge to jump, dive, and swing from the surrounding trees and cliffs into the water. The depth increases rapidly from the waters edge and most places do not even offer a foot hold before dropping to 40 feet in depth. The deepest area of the sink reaches to 80 feet. The depths of the sink offer little in the way of visibility with the average being about 6 feet near the bottom and dropping rapidly to zero as divers began the process of identifying debris. An extensive layer of silt blankets the entire bottom of the sink. Shallower depths offered quite a different picture as large schools of minnows, brim and small bass were plentiful and the water was significantly warmer where exposed to the sun. The depths of the sink offered glimpses of life as well. Large fresh water eels could be seen moving in and out of the rocky edges and on occasion stirred from the bottom layer of silt by a passing diver only to quickly fade into the fog of darkness and particulate.