The following list contains the 10 most recent condition reports made on CaveAtlas.com for the School Sink (Wayne's World) Cave System. To make a conditions report please visit the School Sink (Wayne's World) System Page
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| 11/13/2011 | Gypsy Diver | 30 ft in some areas | Dove School Sink Sunday morning at what looked to be very low tide, all but last small step was above water. Alicia and I did the circuit so she could get better familiarized with the system. Basin water was 68 degrees, system was 73 degrees. There were spots where the vis went straight to s---(at the far snap and gap)and others like Main Street where vis was 20-30 ft. It seems to be clearing up the more we don't get rain in the area. I checked the vis before the dive and the water was very clear but shallow, checked vis again after dive water was up and vis was down, milky due to incoming tide. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7/10/2011 | Eric Deister | 20 | Been awhile since anyone has been in there, viz was nice. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1/22/2011 | Rick H | 5 - 15 | First time in the system on over two years. Just did the circuit. Viz on Main St was absolute crap. Was a little better elsewhere. Still, was a great dive in one of my favorite systems! :-) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10/19/2010 | Brett | 30 | Went up Golden Brick Road to the Green Water Tunnel. Flow in Golden Brick Road was howling! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6/21/2009 | Don Currie | 30' | This was my first dive at Wayne's World. Did the circuit with Walter and Eric. From what I hear, the visibility was good for this time of year. I was happy with it. The haloclines were my favorite part, and they definitely keep you on your toes. The cave is really beautiful. Colt and Joe were headed in after us, I hope I didn't leave it in too bad shape :-) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6/21/2009 | Walter Pickel | 30' | Did a great guided dive of "The Circuit" for someone who had never been in Wayne's World -- he loved it! We dove on a flowing tide and had a nice positive flow to swim against down Main Street. Conditions are good in the system but it is very obvious that the Main Street side of the cave has not been dove much recently. Viz is consistently 30' and as Joe previously posted; hazy with an over abundance of haloclines - makes the dive that much more beautiful.
For more information regarding guided dives at Wayne's World, check out School Sink Diving. |
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| 6/15/2009 | Joe Tegg | 30-40ft | Basin : Slightly tannic with a green hue. Slight milky haze in the water column also. Vis 20-30ft. Cave : Vis was "pretty good" at 30-40ft. Pockets and areas of fresh water all over the cave passages (due to the rains). This created a lot of haloclines in the system. Mainstreet has a halocline for most of the passage, thus diver #2 (me) could do the dive without a mask. Surface : The new fencing seems to have helped with the local traffic. I saw no evidence of recent 4-wheeler traffic and very little evidence of foot traffic. There is erosion taking place at the steps from the water flowing into the sink. Steps are still solid for now. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7/26/2008 | Rick Hartman | 10 | Did a couple hundred feet down the deep salt tunnel and then turned on viz and did the circuit. There was tannic intrusion everywhere I went, along with a bunch of sulfide and haloclines. The best vis I saw was about 10'. Also, the mosquitos were terrible. From now on, repellant is going to be a permanant part of my dive bag. Dive time was 65 minutes plus 12 minutes of deco. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7/20/2008 | Rick Hartman | 15'-20' | The water in the basin is so high that it is spilling over the top. The first 10 feet are still quite tannic, but other than that the basin and the cave was very clear (at least until I got in there and started replacing line).
I replaced the gold line from the basin to the first T. Per Joe T's request, I put several loops in the line so he can hang bottles and stuff off of it. It looks pretty good, but I will go back in there to double check it next week and tighten it up if it stretches after a week in the water. |
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| 7/13/2008 | Rick Hartman | 15-20 | After all the rain, the basin is full all the way to the top. I've never seen it that full.
The basin is nasty and tannic with only a couple of inches of vis right up until you get to the actual cave entrance. Once inside the cave, it cleared up to 15 - 20' or so. All in all, it was a great dive. The gold line needs to be fixed. There are several spots between the basin and the "T" that are down to just a couple of strands. If that breaks while someone is in there on a lousy vis day, they might have a hard time finding their way out. I don't mind fixing it, but I probably won't be back there for a couple of weeks. Also, I would need to get my hands on some gold line - does anyone know where I can get some? In the meantime, if anyone is going there, you might want to think about running your own line from the O2 hanger line at 20' to the T. |
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