Florida
Clearcut Sink (Leon Sinks)
Closed to divers
Closed: the park reports that Clearcut Sink is closed because of road construction on Highway 319.
- Max depth30 m (98 ft)
- CertificationFull cave
- SpecialExperienced divers
Diving and fills
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Fills nearby
- Extreme Exposure (High Springs)Air, nitrox (32 %, 50 %), O₂ (AL40) and trimix ('mix' in doubles); walk-in fills of your own tanks: ask
- Cave Country Dive Shop (High Springs)Air, nitrox 32 % and 50 %, O₂, helium; trimix 21/35, 18/45, 10/70 and custom; CCR O₂ fills
- Ginnie Springs dive shopAir (high-volume) and nitrox 32 %; no trimix listed. Prices 2026, excluding tax: air $9, doubles air $14, nitrox single cylinder $15, nitrox $0.15 per cubic foot (for top-offs and doubles)
Now at Clearcut Sink (Leon Sinks)
The dive
Downstream a fairly large passage that rises after about 400 m and runs under Venture Sink, one of the 26 openings of the Leon Sinks system.
Part of Wakulla–Leon Sinks system. Also in this system: Wakulla Springs, Emerald Sink (Leon Sinks)
Profile and sections
Downstream a fairly large passage that rises after about 400 m and runs under Venture Sink, one of the 26 openings of the Leon Sinks system. After that the cave continues for a thousand metres or more past a string of sinkholes. The water is usually dark, but sometimes crystal clear.
Practical: the same park has Emerald Sink (cave) and Cherokee Sink (open water).
- Depth and profile
- Downstream -24 to -30 m (80–100 ft), after about 400 m up to about -12 m under Venture Sink, then -12 to -18 m · upstream deep (no figure), count on more than -30 m
- Configuration
- Backmount and sidemount; CCR possible (estimate, no source names configurations).
- DPV: unknown
- Closed; no source on scooters.
Who can dive where
- At least Full cave
- Configurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR
- Goes down to 30 m (trimix or deco may be needed)
- Experienced divers only
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
Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park; once it reopens, the same rules as at Emerald Sink apply (certified cave divers, limited numbers, arrange beforehand).
Around Clearcut Sink (Leon Sinks)
Fills3 fill stations · nearest 0 km
Extreme Exposure (High Springs)
18481 High Springs Main Street, High Springs, FL 32643
Air, nitrox (32 %, 50 %), O₂ (AL40) and trimix ('mix' in doubles); walk-in fills of your own tanks: ask
Daily 8:00–18:00
Tech and cave shop since 1995. Rents singles, stages and doubles (steel/alu, air, nitrox or mix), regulators, backplate/wing, lights and scooters; training.
Cave Country Dive Shop (High Springs)
19808 N US Hwy 441, High Springs, FL 32643
Air, nitrox 32 % and 50 %, O₂, helium; trimix 21/35, 18/45, 10/70 and custom; CCR O₂ fills
Daily 7:00–19:00
Prices per cu ft online (e.g. 18/45 $2.04, 10/70 $3.15, O₂ $0.50; CCR O₂ min. $6). Rentals: backmount/sidemount doubles $14/day, trimix bailout cylinder $16, SUEX scooter $85/day, Shearwater computers. Cave courses from cavern to full cave and CCR cave (TDI, IANTD, NSS-CDS) by the owner's BJL Diving, and guided cave and spring dives, also with scooter, CCR, trimix and stages.
Ginnie Springs dive shop
Ginnie Springs Outdoors (in the park), near High Springs, FL
Air (high-volume) and nitrox 32 %; no trimix listed. Prices 2026, excluding tax: air $9, doubles air $14, nitrox single cylinder $15, nitrox $0.15 per cubic foot (for top-offs and doubles)
Park hours: Mon–Thu 8:00–17:00, Fri–Sat 8:00–19:00, Sun 8:00–18:00. Last fill between 15:00 and 17:00, depending on the fill technician's availability
Rents cylinders (incl. nitrox steel 85), BCs, regulators, suits and lights. Personal compressors are banned in the park.
Drive times from High Springs: we don't know this site's exact spot.
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