Cypress Spring
Vernon, FL · Panhandle
Cypress Spring boils up at the end of a quarter-mile paddle down Holmes Creek, and you only reach it by canoe, kayak, or paddleboard from Cotton Landing. Roughly 65 million…
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Florida's largest dive park pushes out 28 million gallons a day at a steady 68 degrees, and you can see the limestone basin floor from the entry stairs before you ever put your face in. Spend the morning floating the lazy spring run, riding the rope swing, or just drifting over the submerged forest where divers descend toward the cavern mouth at 58 feet. Open-water snorkelers get the bright green water and the sloping shallows; certified cave divers head past the locked gate into a system that runs more than 1,600 feet back into the aquifer.
Highlights
Florida's largest diving facilitySteady 68F, 28 million gallons a dayOpen swim, snorkel, and lazy spring runRope swing and platform into the basinGated cavern dive for certified cave divers
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