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Blue Spring (Blue Spring State Park)

Florida

Blue Spring (Blue Spring State Park)

  • Max depth37 m (121 ft)
  • CertificationIntro to cave

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The dive

A first-magnitude spring (~102 million gallons a day) on the St. Johns River, with a strong current at the entrance. Cavern and cave diving are for certified cave divers only.

Profile and sections

A first-magnitude spring (~102 million gallons a day) on the St. Johns River, with a strong current at the entrance. Cavern and cave diving are for certified cave divers only.

Practical: from 15 November to 15 March the whole spring run is closed to all water activities, for the manatees (since winter 2007). Put your certification card on the dashboard (no digital copies), dive with min. 2 divers and finish 1 hour before sunset (another park page says: by 17:00). Keep 15 m from manatees.

Depth and profile
Entrance at ~-3 m · average ~-18 m · max ~-37 m (wannadive) · open-water divers max -18 m (another park page: -15 m)
Configuration
All configurations; no scooters.
DPV: Not DPV-suitable
Scooters are banned.
Who can dive where
  • CaveAt least Intro to cave
  • Whole caveConfigurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
  • Whole caveGoes down to 37 m (trimix or deco may be needed) · doesn't decide who may dive
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This is how the planner decides who in your team may dive this cave. Rules your own trip adds (organizer, a mail, the AI) show with your trip.

How to get there

State park (2100 W. French Ave, Orange City; $6 per vehicle, 8:00–sunset). Since 15 July 2026 day-use visits require a reservation; the park often closes temporarily when full. Steps from the concession area to the spring. Max 32 divers at a time.

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Certification requirements, configurations and trimix depths are estimates for planning. Always check them locally and dive within your training. Compiled from web research (Florida State Parks, FWC, Suwannee and Walton County, Ginnie Springs, dive centres in High Springs, Fort White, Luraville and Marianna, NSS-CDS, USGS, wannadive.net, Divernet, Wet Rocks Diving, news; Sept 2026). Pins mostly from the USGS spring records (NWIS), compared with Wikipedia and wannadive; Orange Grove Sink from Grottocenter; ~ = estimate. Paradise Springs, Hart Springs, Bonnet Spring and Weeki Wachee were added in Oct 2026 (DivingFL, Hart Springs Park, Visit Gilchrist County, Extreme Exposure, Bay News 9, Wikipedia); Ginnie Springs Outdoors, dive manager (message, Oct 2026). Cherokee Sink was added in Nov 2026 (Visit Wakulla, Visit Tallahassee, America's State Parks, GUE/WKPP, dive reports on ScubaBoard; pin from OpenStreetMap). Rules, prices and access change — check locally.