North Central Florida

Dive Site Map

Don’t become the next cave diving accident statistic!
Stay well within your training and experience level.
 Diving in overhead environments, such as caverns and caves, is an extremely
hazardous activity. Every site on this map has been the scene of multiple diver
fatalities. Ninety percent of these fatalities involve divers with no formal training
in cavern or cave diving.
 There are only four sites on this map—Ginnie Spring, Devil’s Den, Blue Grotto Produced by The Cave Diving Website • http://www.cavediving.com/
and Paradise Spring—where experts consider it acceptable for divers who
lack formal Cavern or Cave Diver training to enter the water with dive lights and
explore underwater caverns. Even at these sites, it is important divers keep the
cavern entrance clearly in view at all times.
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 At any site other than these four, divers who lack Cavern or Cave Diver certi-
fication should not enter the water with dive lights. Doing so will help prevent
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them from accidentally going where they may not be able to find their way out.
Several sites rigidly enforce a No Lights rule to help keep divers safe.
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 For more information on exploring underwater caverns and caves as
safely as possible, visit The Cave Diving Website at
http://www.cavediving.com/ 
Map Key
Madison Area Number
435
Madison Blue Spring  CURRENTLY CLOSED TO DIVING    1
Luraville Area 427
Telford Spring/Sink; Eldorado Chasm  2
Waterhole III  3 423
Peacock I   3
Peacock II 3
Peacock III  3
Olsen Sink  3 414
Orange Grove Sink   3
Cow Spring   4
Royal Spring  5
Branford Area
Troy Spring  6 399
Little River Spring   7
Ginnie Springs Resort
Ginnie Spring (904) 454-2202   8
Devils Eye and Ear (904) 454-2202    8 387
Manatee Springs State Park 384
Manatee Spring    9 382

Catfish Hotel    9
Freidman Sink  9
Williston Area
Devil’s Den (352) 528-3344   10
Blue Grotto (352) 528-5770   11
Ocala Area
Paradise Spring (352) 368-5746  12

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 165th Road
To High
Springs

Entrance
Sign 1.2 mi
Quarry
To See reverse side for
Devil’s
important safety warning
NE 55 St Gainesville
176th Street Microwave
Luraville 2.5 mi 1.2
1.4 mi Den 10 0.3 mi
Tower
121
Stree
t 3 mi
27 41

NE 172 Ct
FLASHING 1.7 mi To Manatee
LIGHT 180th Peacock 180th Street Springs

1.1 mi
NE 180 Ave
Luraville Waterhole III
A27

177th Road
Country Store A DIVE OUTPOST Peacock I, II and II
1.0 m

0.8 mi
Agricultural Olsen and Orange Grove Sinks
i
Inspection
301 441
1.0 m

0.6 mi
RENNAKER’S A TRAFFIC
CAVE 349 1.0 m
i FLASHING
LIGHT
i

NE 40 St
EXCURSIONS 186th Street
0.8 mi
11 Water
LIGHT
27 354

2.9 mi
0.3 Tower TRAFFIC
mi Blue LIGHT

2 27

171st Road
4
To Ocala
Telford Cow Grotto Cemetary
Williston
Ocala
Telford Spring Spring
Telford Sink
358 40
E
Eldorado Chasm
121
To Crystal
River
41 To Rainbow
River
3.5 mi

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198th Terrace
3.1 mi LARGE
200 Railroad
JIM HOLLIS’ A AGRICULTURAL
RIVER RENDEZVOUS Underpass
5
0.4 mi FIELD

Royal 368 27 301 441

Spring Sheriff’s

F
51 Station

B Trees

Sign
Paradise
Spring

5.
12

5
m
i
354

SE
84 L
Cross
Over

n
FLASHING

27
LIGHT Here

Mayo 129
27 8.8 mi FLASHING
349 LIGHT
8.1 mi 0.7 mi
460 O’Brien

101st Road
255 12.0 mi
6
3.4 mi
1

SU
✽ CURRENTLY
Madison CLOSED TO DIVING

WA
FLASHING
LIGHT
Blue Fort TRAFFIC
WITHLA

A LIGHT

NNE
3.5 mi

White

2.6 mi

2.6 mi
COCH

E
Lee

RIVE
E RIVER
E

FLASHING
47 41

R
90
LIGHT

C
2.5 mi
27 441

5.6 mi
262 Little
6 Troy River
Spring Spring 0.8 mi 0.9 mi
(Boat Access Only)
138 Ginnie 248
NE 55 Ave

275 Ginnie Spring

High
7 1.7 mi Power Substation

250th Terrace
Devil’ Eye/Ear Turn-Off Sign
255
2.3 mi

A for Little River

E R IVER

1.4 mi 8 SANTA
Springs
Live Sign NE 65 St
ER

FE
NE NE 62 Pl R IV TRAFFIC
AN LIGHTS

53
SUW

1.1 mi
Oak
0.7 mi
NE 182nd Ave
Sign 340 441
8.9 mi

6.6 mi
NE 60 Ave

2.0 mi
Dowling
27 41

3.1 mi
FLASHING

Park 250
LIGHT

4.0 mi

27
225th Road

To Ginnie

53 19 98 129
201st Street

Spring
4.9 mi

51 Park
Entrance
5.7 mi
129 247

A
320 TRAFFIC
LIGHT
2.4 mi
152nd Street 252 9 AZTEC A
TRAFFIC

Chiefland A27
LIGHT STEAMBOAT
Manatee A DIVE INN
1.7 mi

D
27
Manatee Spring To Devil’s FLASHING
Den/Blue LIGHT
Catfish Hotel

Luraville 1.7 mi
Freidman Sink
Grotto
A SHACK
DIVE
129
FLASHING
LIGHT
180th Street To Peackcok,
Telford, Cow 19 98 Branford
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