{"id":45745,"date":"2023-10-22T20:24:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T20:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45745"},"modified":"2025-04-02T22:04:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T22:04:51","slug":"2nd-checkout-dive-devils-den","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45745","title":{"rendered":"2nd checkout dive @ Devil&#8217;s Den"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45742\">scuba dive<\/a>: the second <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45684\">checkout dive<\/a> is at Devil&#8217;s Den, which concludes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45629\">our training sessions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_5332-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-45747 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_5332-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The venue: Devil&#8217;s Den is overhyped.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><sup>Under &#8216;no camera&#8217; rule, &amp; 1st time use the dive phone case.\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The cave is tiny.<\/p>\n<p>Now is the off season and I found it to be crowded at time. The dive master said during the season, it was much more crowded.<br \/>\nThe iconic photo is all there is &#8211; which I saw long before the diving. So when I knew our checkout dive would be there, I was excited.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"#Devilsden #Williston #florida\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UAEhT-opEfA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; more pix at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/devils-den-prehistoric-spring-williston-2?hrid=yqEYI13_ZWzxKQwpsSArlA&amp;utm_content=review&amp;utm_source=ishare\">Yelp<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/t98iMeHzimYRDsHN7\">Google Maps<\/a> &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_5362-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-45750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_5362-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_5349-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-45749\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_5349-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_5332-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-45747\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_5332-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Through two sections of stairs (one is very narrow), that leads you down to the cave, you see the iconic photo.<\/p>\n<p>The cave is privately owned. It was formed by a <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Karst fenster\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karst_fenster\">karst window<\/a>. The human and animal bones found in the cave were of about the same age, 13,000 years ago. The spring water is 72\u00b0 year around. On a cold day, the \u00a0white moist rises through the opening on the ground, hence the name.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_5302-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-45751\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_5302-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_5310-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-45752\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_5310-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_5295-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-45754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_5295-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The place is popular as a training site for divers. The snorkelers are mostly tourists for photo ops &#8211; the language I heard were distinctively foreign.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DateStamper_1124-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-45757 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DateStamper_1124-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The diving experience: The terrain is rocky which makes it interesting but with too many divers, it feels uncomfortable. I bruised my legs from the <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">rockers<\/span>. What I\u2019m looking for in open water diving is wide opened space, leisurely pace, and colorful creatures. Hopefully I&#8217;ll accomplish them on my own dive.<\/p>\n<p>We met up at the shop at 7:30am, arrived at Devil&#8217;s Den at 10am. The next 50 minutes is spent on paperworks, signatures, orientation, waiting for the last mate to arrive &#8230; There are a lot of papers to be signed &#8211; so do leave enough time &#8230; &#8220;why not done this online?&#8221; They replied, online could not do all &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_9385.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-45755 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_9385-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Before the dive, we spent considerable time in the pool &#8211; because we didn&#8217;t get the last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45718\">pool time on Thursday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One of our mates is bit of timid who always needed extra TLC. Didn&#8217;t get out of the pool till 2:15. A little snack break, then heading to the Den at 3:10. 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