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The Beacon Woods cave system was connected to Wayne's World (School Sink) in June 2002 by the South East Exploration Team (S.E.E. Team). This created a system with about 60,000 linear feet of explored passage. The system has been on-and-off explored for almost 30 years starting in the late 1970's. Currently the system is closed to the public. In order to get permission to dive the system you must first contact the Beacon Woods Civic Association.
The Beacon Woods system consists of at least 6 windows. The southern most being Round Sink and the northern most being Smokehouse Pond. In the past, most dives were staged out of Round Sink. There is a pretty good deco trapeze from 10' to 40' and deco ladder of sorts from 50' to 90'. Be careful as these can get pretty tangled up with the debris in the sink.
Looking at the overview map from Coastal Karst Foundation, you can see that most of the Beacon Woods system is east of US-19 and north of SR-52 in Bayonet Point, FL.
The Beacon Woods system consists of at least 6 windows. The southern most being Round Sink and the northern most being Smokehouse Pond. In the past, most dives were staged out of Round Sink. There is a pretty good deco trapeze from 10' to 40' and deco ladder of sorts from 50' to 90'. Be careful as these can get pretty tangled up with the debris in the sink.
Looking at the overview map from Coastal Karst Foundation, you can see that most of the Beacon Woods system is east of US-19 and north of SR-52 in Bayonet Point, FL.
Date | Submitter | Visbility | Remarks |
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Description | Type | Date | Author | Remarks |
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Coastal Karst Overview | Map |
System | Depth | Cave | Cavern | OW | Last Report | Distance (mi) |
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Ward's Sink | 198 | True | True | True | 9/30/2022 | 8.3 |
Hudson Grotto | 110 | False | True | True | 10/30/2021 | 0.8 |
Arch Sink | 197 | True | True | False | 7/18/2021 | 8.6 |
Palm Sink | 197 | True | True | True | 10/15/2019 | 0.8 |
Rock Sink | False | False | True | 3/24/2019 | 5 | |
Salt Spring | 330 | True | False | False | 12/13/2014 | 4.2 |
Wayne's World | 280 | True | False | False | 8/16/2013 | 1.5 |
Isabella Spring | 110 | True | False | False | 5/22/2013 | 3.6 |
Free Ride Cave | 120 | True | False | False | 10/10/2009 | 4 |
Cedar Island Springs | False | False | False | 9/19/2009 | 2.5 | |
Double Keyhole | 230 | True | False | False | 1/11/2009 | 4.7 |
Horseshoe Spring | True | True | False | 1/10/2009 | 3.3 | |
Heart Spring | 270 | True | True | False | 8/3/2008 | 2.5 |
Bobhill Springs | False | False | False | 12/29/2007 | 6.7 | |
Jewfish Sink | 200 | True | False | False | 9/2/2007 | 5.8 |
The Jewel | 315 | True | True | False | 6/2/2006 | 4.3 |
Beacon Woods - Round Sink | 150 | True | True | False | 9/25/2005 | 1.2 |
Beacon Woods - Nexxus | 150 | True | False | False | 0.8 | |
Nemesis Sink | 250 | True | True | True | 6.8 | |
Beacon Woods - Golfball | 150 | True | False | False | 0 | |
Willow Sink | True | False | False | 12.9 | ||
Beacon Woods - Briar Sink | 150 | True | False | False | 0.1 | |
Garden World Sink | 250 | True | False | False | 4.7 | |
Brett's Toilet Bowl | 40 | True | False | False | 4.5 | |
Cauldron Spring | 85 | True | False | False | 4.5 | |
Gar Spring | True | False | False | 3.8 | ||
Whiskey Spring | True | False | False | 4 | ||
Coffee Sink | False | False | False | 7.4 | ||
Snook Spring | 120 | True | False | False | 3.9 | |
Star Sun Spring | 120 | True | False | False | 3.9 | |
Beacon Woods - Stratamax | 150 | True | False | False | 0.3 |