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High Springs and Suwannee Springs

Freshwater springs, open-water blue basins and specialist cave-diving country.

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40 sources • Updated Nov 3, 2026

Written by DiveJourney. Built from public sources and local operator knowledge. Last updated Nov 3, 2026.

Troy Spring State Park: scuba, amenities and rules - Only open-water diving, buddy rule, no lights or DPVs, instructor permit, sunset cutoff and Madison remains.
Troy Spring State Park: visitor details - Open-water-only diving, spring depth, admission and park contact; check alerts before travel.
Troy Spring State Park: hours and fees - Official vehicle entry fee and honor-box details.
Gilchrist Blue Springs State Park: October 2026 access notice - Effective October 1, 2026: camping available but no day-use access during construction.
Gilchrist Blue Springs: activity designations - Normally snorkeling and swimming are designated at the main spring; current closure overrides routine activity descriptions.
Alachua County Parks: Poe Spring swimming closure - County notice reports Poe Spring swimming area closed until January 2027 for recovery and maintenance; park remains open.
Manatee Springs State Park: activity rules and capacities - Distinguishes main spring, Catfish Hotel and Friedman Sink; certification, capacity, registration, freediving and manatee restrictions.
Manatee Springs State Park: October 2026 construction alerts - October 6, 2026 ranger station, camp and picnic construction; January 14, 2026 restroom/dump-station notice.
Manatee Springs State Park: admission and dive registration - Vehicle fees, no extra dive fee beyond admission, and prior-to-sunset registration requirements.
Manatee Springs: river flooding changes visibility - States that Suwannee floods bring tannic river water into spring run and greatly reduce visibility.
Fanning Springs State Park: open-water diving requirements - Registered, certified paired open-water diving in designated swimming area, diver capacity, snorkeling and paddling.
Fanning Springs State Park: August 2026 floating dock works - Floating dock works effective August 20, 2026 and possibility of safety-related exits from water.
Fanning Springs State Park: vehicle admission - Official vehicle admission, hours and paddler camping details.
Fanning Springs State Park: training basin and winter wildlife - Shallow clear training basin, year-round spring temperature and possible cold-month manatee-related diver closures.
Wes Skiles Peacock Springs: scuba and swimming rules - Orange Grove Sink for open water; certified cavern/cave teams at named sites, no solo dives, no DPVs, seasonal swim levels.
Wes Skiles Peacock Springs: park visitor info - Published park hours, fees, contact, interpretive cave trail and cave-diving context.
Ichetucknee Springs: Blue Hole scuba and snorkel rules - Scuba only at Blue Hole; cavern/cave certification for vent, no river scuba or river snorkeling, north-entrance swimming.
Ichetucknee Springs State Park: 2026 Midpoint closure - Midpoint Tube Launch closed for repairs as of March 17, 2026; downstream tubing options remain.
Ichetucknee Springs State Park: hours, access and fees - Vehicle admission, Blue Hole closing time and current tubing launch restrictions.
Ginnie Springs Outdoors: operator dive rules and services - Site-specific scuba, overhead/light, no solo, cave certification, holiday and rental/fill requirements.
Ginnie Springs Outdoors: admission and dive fees - Published 2026 seasonal daily entry and separate recreational/full-cave diver daily fees, subject to change.
Ginnie Springs Outdoors: swimming and snorkeling rules - Swimming and snorkeling at seven springs; river conditions, boat traffic and diver-flag guidance.
Ginnie Springs Outdoors: independent scuba instructors - Local referral for independent open-water and cave specialty instructors; courses arranged directly.
Suwannee Parks: Little River Springs - Public swim/snorkel/river access, cave-system context, county park hours, fee and facilities; cave-entry approvals not specified.
Suwannee Parks: Royal Springs - County-managed swimming/snorkeling/river access, seasonal park hours, parking fee, no rental.
Cave Country Dive Shop: current High Springs operations - Shop address, gas fills, rental gear, guided certified dives and cave/open-water training.
Cave Country Dive Shop: PADI freediver courses - Offers spring-based freediver and advanced freediver training with Aquatrek Expeditions.
Dive Outpost: active Suwannee-region dive support - Live Oak/Luraville-area fill station, cave classes, rentals, lodging and specified service days.
Spring Run Diving: guided dives and small classes - Gainesville-based local dive instruction and guided spring dives by arrangement.
National Weather Service: Florida rainy season and lightning - Late-May through early-October summer rainy/thunderstorm pattern; not a spring visibility forecast.
NOAA: Atlantic hurricane season calendar - Atlantic hurricane season is June 1 through November 30.
USGS: Suwannee River at Branford gauge - Hydrologic monitoring useful for conditional high-water checks, not a spring-specific dive-clearance guarantee.
Divers Alert Network: emergency assistance - Call local EMS/911 first for life-threatening accidents, then DAN +1-919-684-9111.
Divers Alert Network: freediving risk assessment - One-up-one-down buddies, blackout and barotrauma risk, training and rescue protocol.
Florida Fish and Wildlife: divers-down warning devices - Florida legal divers-down device requirements for river snorkeling and scuba where boats operate.
O'Leno State Park: hiking and River Rise trails - Walking and cycling trails with occasional rain/flood closures; source for non-diver itineraries.
Gainesville Regional Airport: official arrival gateway - GNV official airport with current Gainesville connections and airport address.
Jacksonville International Airport: official ground transport - JAX airport rental-car and ground transportation options.
Ginnie Springs Outdoors: Ballroom-specific diver and light rules - Operator explicitly permits certified divers of all experience levels with lights in Ginnie Ballroom. This exception does not extend to the Devil’s system or other specialist cave sites; current site briefing, appropriate training and individual rules remain necessary.
Destination hero photo by Esperanza Doronila - Unsplash License. Photographer profile: https://unsplash.com/@edoronila | Location: Ichetucknee Springs, Florida, USA