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Dive Review of Extreme Exposure/High Spring Country Inn in
The Continental USA/High Springs, Florida

 
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Extreme Exposure/High Spring Country Inn: "For Beginners or Full Cave Divers Only", Nov, 2025,

by Ryan M Neely, MN, US (Reviewer Reviewer 4 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 13648.

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Inside Devil's Den The famous This darkness is why dive lights were necessary. Troy Springs; the floating moss was disturbed by the open water class.
Turtles in Troy Srpings I think this is looking out from Ginnie Ballroom Inside the crevasse of Devil's Ear I think this is the entrance to Devil's Eye? Coming out of the cavern at Little Devil
Snorkeling with a manatee calf

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Accommodations For Subscribers Only Food N/A
Service and Attitude For Subscribers Only Environmental Sensitivity For Subscribers Only
Dive Operation For Subscribers Only Shore Diving For Subscribers Only
Snorkeling 4 stars

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Value for $$ For Subscribers Only
Beginners 3 stars
Advanced For Subscribers Only
Comments We wanted to get a sense of what cave diving was all about, but we weren't physically, emotionally, or financially prepared to take an Into to Cave course. So we came to the springs to satisfy our cave-curious-itch by diving the caverns that are available to open water divers.

There aren't many.

We started with Ginnie Ballroom, incorrectly assuming that we could spend time in the cavern and then burn the rest of our gas exploring the spring basin for fish and turtles and frogs.

The flow exiting the grated-off cave opening inside the cavern was so intense that we were being pushed into walls and were forced to break (what I thought was) a written-in-stone rule: touching the cavern floor in order to maintain our position.

We were in and out of the cavern within the first fifteen minutes of the dive. Other than some boulders and the grate, there w ... Subscribe to get the full story. For Subscribers Only  Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites Extreme Exposure   High Spring Country Inn

Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience 251-500 dives
Where else diving Vancouver Island, Northern Minnesota, Bonaire, Dominica, Iceland
Closest Airport Jacksonville, FL Getting There We attended a wedding in South Carolina before the trip, so we flew into Savannah and rented a car from there. Then we drove to High Springs. Other than the usual issues of how to pack dive gear and camera equipment and clothes for fall/winter and necessities, we had no problems.

Dive Conditions
Weather sunny, cloudy Seas calm, currents
Water Temp 72-72°F / 22-22°C Wetsuit Thickness 5
Water Visibility 50-150 Ft/ 15-46 M

Dive Policy
Dive own profile yes
Enforced diving restrictions Most of the springs have cave systems. Unless you are a certified cave diver (or taking a course with an instructor) entering a cave is prohibited.
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? yes

What I Saw
Sharks None Mantas None
Dolphins None Whale Sharks None
Turtles None Whales None

Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):

Corals N/A Tropical Fish For Subscribers Only
Small Critters For Subscribers Only Large Fish For Subscribers Only
Large Pelagics For Subscribers Only

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Subject Matter For Subscribers Only Boat Facilities N/A
Overall rating for UWP's For Subscribers Only Shore Facilities For Subscribers Only
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