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| WANT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT FLORIDA CAVE DIVING, CAVERNS, TECHNICAL DIVING? | |||
 "Welcome
cave divers wanting to Dive the Florida Caves"!
Learn about your Cave Diving Instructor,
Michael O'Leary, former President of the NACD, and former International Safety Officer . His philosophy
and methods of training. "We teach Safe Cave
Diving and Technical Diving".
Where Do Divers go Diving ? The North Florida Caves In the most popular underwater caves in the world: Peacock State Park, Orange Grove, Telford Springs, Cows Springs, Ginnies Springs, Little Rivers and more... Want to Know More About Us? The best times to dive and more answers to frequently asked Cave Diving questions plus contact info.... Where Will You Stay? Visit our New Accommodations/Lodging Page... We will help you locate with your lodging or accommodations and more...
Directions to Us...Located
within minutes to the springs, our instructor starts you off on an exciting and adventurous
quest. We have access to Air, Nitrox and gas blends.
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Why is Proper Training essential to Safe Cave Diving?
 without
proper Cave training you are sure to have a cave diving accident and become a
statistic! Why is Equipment Modification a significant part of the Cave Diver? The diving equipment allow the cavern/cave diver to safely dive in the overhead environment...
Why is Physical
Fitness Important in Diving?
Coming up from Pothole
Looking up from Pothole
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It was my honor to have known and train him. He held the world's deepest open circuit dive ever made at a depth of 1010ft - 308 meters (Guinness World Book of Records)- What is Cavern Diving? Cavern diving is the exploration of an overhead environment while remaining within the portion of the light zone, which is illuminated by sunlight. Find out more... How
Can a Cavern/Cave Diving Course Improve My Diving?
What is Technical Diving?
Technical diving is a discipline where the
technical diver utilizes
special methods, equipment,
What are the Rules for Accident
Analysis?
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 My passion for diving and concern for the student 's safety reflects in my teaching enthusiasm , and reputation as an instructor. I hope you enjoy my website and it can assist you in your endeavors in becoming a safe and proficient diver. Please feel free to contact me with any of your concerns or questions. Peace and safe diving, Michael O'Leary, Professional Instructor
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| Cave Diving - How do you become a Cave Diver? | The process of becoming a cave diver is broken down into the following stages: Cavern training, Introduction to Cave (Intro-to-Cave) training, or Apprentice Cave, and Cave training. The entire cave certification can be completed in approximately one week. Beyond Full Cave Diving there are specialty courses, such as Technical Diving Courses, Stage Diving to extend your range and bottom time, and Cave Scootering (Diver Propulsion Vehicles) not to mention a few. | |
| Nitrox - How can Nitrox benefit the cave diver? |
Learn about Nitrox. Certifications in cave diving with Nitrox, Advanced Nitrox, Decompression Procedures, Technical Nitrox Training. Be sure to see more on my technical courses... |
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 Stage
Diving in Caves |
Learn the art of stage diving... Stage Dive and Stay down longer . Follow important safety rules, diving the overhead environment. | |
| Florida Guided Tours in Caves |
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Guided tours in North Central Florida's caves are for the certified cave diver . |
| Technical Diving |
 "Naturally like any explorer, I have been asked what I intended to find, and whether it made sense to take avoidable risks...I did not expect to find pirates gold in brass bound boxes, it's more the feeling of adventure, the great feeling of putting your foot where no other has been before." George Benjamin |
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| Travel/Mexico Tours |
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Cave diving & cavern diving in the Yucatan, Akumal, & Cozumel
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| Scuba Diving | Certifications in Scuba Diving (Openwater), Advanced Scuba Diving (Advanced Openwater), & Scuba Diving Specialty Certifications | |
| Real Estate | Looking for property - anywhere in North Florida | |
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Check the Suwannee River Basic Levels where we go diving....
Look for Luraville, Florida Hit the Back Button when done....
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Local Weather
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Cavediving.org
Michael
is by far the finest instructor I every had.
Steve Schumacher
As
a Cavern/Cave Diver you will heighten your awareness and proficiency,
allowing the diver to evolve into a better all around diver...
training,
and skills to improve underwater safety and performance, while enabling
the technical diver to explore a wider range of overhead environment. The
technical diver is able to perform tasks beyond the scope of (traditional) recreational diving.
