Hart Springs (Little Hart & Black Lagoon)
Cave diving in North Florida · about 20 km from Chiefland
- Max depth
- unknown
- Type
- Backmount
- Certification (estimate)
- Full cave
- DPV
- Not DPV-suitable
Spring in a county park on the Suwannee side of Gilchrist County, recently reopened to cave diving; also a busy swimming and snorkelling spring (~22 °C).
Spring in a county park on the Suwannee side of Gilchrist County, recently reopened to cave diving; also a busy swimming and snorkelling spring (~22 °C). The park requires full cave and at least 100 cave dives; a guide may take divers with fewer than 100 cave dives into Little Hart only. No solo diving; teams enter and exit together.
- Depth and profile
- Depth and length not published
- Configuration
- Scooters are banned. No training in the cave. Backmount/sidemount: no rules or passage sizes published.
- Access
- Gilchrist County's Hart Springs Park (4240 SW 86th Avenue, Bell). Black Lagoon only with a guide approved by the park (max. two guest divers per guide); Little Hart without a guide. DAN insurance (or equivalent) and a waiver are required.
- DPV: Not DPV-suitable
- Scooters are banned.
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Current conditions
Visibility, flow and water levels change quickly. Right before your dive, check what other divers report:
- USGS: Santa Fe River near Fort White ↗
Stage and discharge of the Santa Fe, just downstream of Ginnie Springs: at high water there is river water in Devil's Ear.
- USGS: Suwannee River at Branford ↗
Water level of the Suwannee near Little River and Troy. For Telford and Peacock there is the Suwannee River at Luraville gauge (02320000).
- Walton County: Morrison Springs ↗
The county posts a current water-clarity level (1–5) for Morrison Springs.
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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). Rules, prices and access change — check locally.