Central Florida spring freediving

[Alex Mckeeman]

I used a GoPro hero 4 and an octomask for these videos, nothing fancy but enjoy!

The well at silver glen springs


Silver glen springs main entrance


One last silver glen springs


Buford springs (middle of a swamp)

 

[SubCurrent]

Awesome video dude! [emoji41]

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[SubCurrent]

sorry... videos [emoji6]

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[freedivingtrombonist]

That second video was more like a "crawlthru" than a "swimthru" - whew, made me claustrophobic just watching! Cool videos though, I'm jealous of the viz at these spots, would love to visit Florida for some diving someday.

 

[Alex Mckeeman]

Haha yeah definitely, I also messed up the video because my GoPro hit the top of the cave at some point and I didn't notice until later how far it pointed down. Going back again soon to try and get better more calm/straight footage but it's definitely a tight cave with a strong current so you really do have to do more of a crawl because the current is pushing you back so hard and there isn't much room for fin movement.

 

[Alex Mckeeman]

That second video was more like a "crawlthru" than a "swimthru" - whew, made me claustrophobic just watching! Cool videos though, I'm jealous of the viz at these spots, would love to visit Florida for some diving someday.

Haha yeah definitely, I also messed up the video because my GoPro hit the top of the cave at some point and I didn't notice until later how far it pointed down. Going back again soon to try and get better more calm/straight footage but it's definitely a tight cave with a strong current so you really do have to do more of a crawl because the current is pushing you back so hard and there isn't much room for fin movement.

 

[Quinn Riordan]

Cool videos! I'm going to Miami next month and have a few days to dive and am trying to do decide whether to go to the keys or head north to the springs. Which would you recommend? Thanks!

 

[Alex Mckeeman]

The keys can be really cool especially places around marathon, if they visibility is bad you can have a bad time and you never really know. Springs are 100% consistent so I would go there, but you'll have to do a lot of driving and keep in mind going into the caves is fun but there isn't a whole lot else to do and the current can be really strong.

 

[Quinn Riordan]

The keys can be really cool especially places around marathon, if they visibility is bad you can have a bad time and you never really know. Springs are 100% consistent so I would go there, but you'll have to do a lot of driving and keep in mind going into the caves is fun but there isn't a whole lot else to do and the current can be really strong.

Thanks for your reply! I am doing more research, and leaning towards the keys just because of proximity.

 

[Alex Mckeeman]

That second video was more like a "crawlthru" than a "swimthru" - whew, made me claustrophobic just watching! Cool videos though, I'm jealous of the viz at these spots, would love to visit Florida for some diving someday.

 

[freedivingtrombonist]

Wow that viz is so unreal. Thanks for posting.


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[Lonc84]

What's crazy to me is the OP died from that same cave doing exactly what he posted. Crazy.

https://www.ocala.com/news/20180117/body-of-diver-recovered-from-silver-glen-springs

 

[FL_Spearo]

What's crazy to me is the OP died from that same cave doing exactly what he posted. Crazy.

https://www.ocala.com/news/20180117/body-of-diver-recovered-from-silver-glen-springs

Yes it's very sad. From the looks of his vids seemed like he dove alone frequently. I dive the Florida springs often & silver glen now has no freediving signs posted.