Diving School Sink (Wayne's World)
The NSS-CDS as part of a joint partnership with Pasco County Schools System purchased School Sink in 2004. The purchase was for approximately four and one-half acres, of which the NSS-CDS acquired one acre with the remaining going to Pasco County.
School Sink is an advanced cave dive with low visibility, depths to 160 feet, and varying flows due to tidal influence. School Sink is considered an advanced cave dive and the access policy is written with this in mind.
GENERAL DIVING REQUIREMENTS:
- NSS-CDS owned and managed sites are for the use of NSS/NSS-CDS members only. Divers shall be current NSS and NSS-CDS members and present a current membership card.
- Diver must show proof of completion of full cave training.
- No fees, including travel and incidental expenses may be charged by those guiding dives.
- School Sink shall not be used for training.
- A completed waiver is required for each diving day for each site dived even if a waiver was completed the day before. The waiver shall be given to the Property Manager or designee prior to commencing the dive. Guided dive School Sink waivers will be processed by the guides.
- All dives shall be planned in accordance with the contributing factors of incident analysis as published by the NSS-CDS.
- The use of Diver Propulsion Vehicles (DPV's) is allowed for post-guided dives.
- Parking is allowed in designated areas only.
- No camping is allowed on the property without NSS-CDS BoD approval.
- Diving is at your own risk.
- The dive team is responsible for keeping the gate locked while diving and insuring that it is locked upon leaving to prevent unauthorized access or "piggybacking".
- Contact the Pasco County Sheriff's Department and report trespassers.
- Report vandalism to the Site Property Manager.
- Violators of this policy will be barred from future access to all NSS-CDS sites. This action may be appealed to the NSS-CDS Board of Directors. Appeals shall be made in writing to the Chairman.