Florida · about 10 km from High Springs
Devil's Eye & Devil's Ear (Ginnie Springs)
- Max depth30 m (98 ft)
- CertificationCavern
- SpecialDPV-suitable
Diving and fills
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Fills nearby
- Fill stationGinnie 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)Route ↗
- Fill stationExtreme Exposure (High Springs)Air, nitrox (32 %, 50 %), O₂ (AL40) and trimix ('mix' in doubles); walk-in fills of your own tanks: askRoute ↗
- Fill stationCave Country Dive Shop (High Springs)Air, nitrox 32 % and 50 %, O₂, helium; trimix 21/35, 18/45, 10/70 and custom; CCR O₂ fillsRoute ↗
What it looks like
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The dive
At the Ear a brown layer of river water often lies over the clear spring water.
1 earlier accident or incident has been reported at this cave. Read what happened ↓
Profile and sections
At the Ear a brown layer of river water often lies over the clear spring water. This is Florida's best-known cave system, on the Santa Fe River, with a very strong outflow (40–80 million gallons a day according to different sources).
Practical: lights only for certified cavern and cave divers; the right line and Hill 400 are for full cave only. No solo diving. Night dives are possible until midnight if you have already dived in daylight that day. Diving costs $28 (full cave) or $36 (other certified divers) per day; an annual cave pass is $440. No diving on some holiday weekends.
- Depth and profile
- Eye: round shaft ~6 m across and ~6 m deep with a small cavern · Little Devil: fissure ~1.2 m wide, ~15 m long and almost as deep · Eye and Ear meet at ~-25 m · passages mostly -18 to -30 m · main line ~975 m to the Hinkel restriction, then ~300 m of smaller passage · system >8 km
- Intro level
- Main line from the Ear: a very large passage without restrictions — within your intro limits, but expect strong flow.
- Configuration
- All configurations; the main passages are roomy. Open-water and cavern divers must use a single cylinder here.
- DPV: DPV-suitable (estimate)
- Scooters are allowed (Dive Outpost); long, roomy passages against strong flow.
Who can dive where
- At least Cavern
- Cavern zone / easier part: at least Intro to cave
- Configurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
- Goes down to 30 m (trimix or deco may be needed)
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
Ginnie Springs (private park). Register, sign the waiver and pay at the office (by 17:00, 16:00 in winter). Wooden steps lead down to the water at the Devil's springs.
Around Devil's Eye & Devil's Ear (Ginnie Springs)
Fills3 fill stations · nearest 0 km
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.
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.
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Accidents and incidents
What happened at this cave before, with the sources. No names are given; read it as a lesson for your own planning.
- Fatal accident in April 2015: an experienced diver died ~900 m into the system; it was the third death at Ginnie Springs that year.
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