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Ginnie Spring

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Open Water suggestedOverhead environment2–15 m (5–50 ft) depthShore entry

Ginnie Spring at a glance

Ginnie Spring is a shore dive site in Florida, United States with depths of 1.5–15.2 m (5–50 ft). Typically most favorable Nov · from 3 years of archive data. Divers commonly see Bluegill, Largemouth bass, and Channel catfish. Check the latest conditions and entry details before you go.

No window today· next: tomorrow 8:00–9:00 · moderate

Wind forecast for this hour · 18:00 · run 17 h ago
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Dive windows this week

Lightest wind: Sat
SunNo window

14 kn wind (14 kn wind)

Mon8:00–9:00 moderate, 12:00–19:00 moderate

12 kn wind (12 kn wind)

Tue10:00–19:00 moderate

13 kn wind (13 kn wind)

Wed11:00–16:00 moderate, 16:00–17:00 favorable, 17:00–19:00 moderate

12 kn wind (12 kn wind)

Thu8:00–11:00 moderate, 17:00–18:00 moderate

12 kn wind (12 kn wind)

Fri8:00–13:00 moderate, 13:00–16:00 favorable, 16:00–19:00 moderate

11 kn wind (11 kn wind)

Sat9:00–11:00 moderate, 11:00–19:00 favorable

10 kn wind (10 kn wind)

Favorable windowModerate window— no window

Every forecast dive window each day, site-local time, from wind forecasts. Numbers under each bar are daylight averages.

First light 7:15 · Sunrise 7:39 · Sunset 18:50 · some windows run past sunset

Source: Open-Meteo wind · updated 25 Oct, 01:23 GMT-4

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Recent diver reports

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What Divers Say

Known for: Bluegill, Largemouth bass, Florida gar
Best time: Year-round, 72°F constant; visibility best (often 100 ft+) when the Santa Fe River is low — high river stages can tannic-out the runs; weekdays avoid the tuber crowds.

Based on community reviews and site data. Conditions vary — always verify before diving.

Best months, historically

What conditions have historically been typical at this site, month by month — not a forecast.

  1. January, 89% of days have historically been favorable, wind has typically been 9 knots
  2. February, 92% of days have historically been favorable, wind has typically been 9 knots
  3. March, 86% of days have historically been favorable, wind has typically been 9 knots
  4. April, 91% of days have historically been favorable, wind has typically been 9 knots
  5. May, 96% of days have historically been favorable, wind has typically been 8 knots
  6. June, 93% of days have historically been favorable, wind has typically been 8 knots
  7. July, 99% of days have historically been favorable, wind has typically been 7 knots
  8. August, 96% of days have historically been favorable, wind has typically been 8 knots
  9. September, 97% of days have historically been favorable, wind has typically been 8 knots
  10. October, 97% of days have historically been favorable, wind has typically been 8 knots
  11. November, 100% of days have historically been favorable, wind has typically been 7 knots, historically most favorable
  12. December, 97% of days have historically been favorable, wind has typically been 8 knots

November has typically had the largest share of favorable days here. Conditions vary year to year — this is historical context, not a forecast.

Based on 3 years of archive data. Bar height shows the share of days each month whose conditions have historically scored favorably.

Marine life seen at this site

Species noted at this site — not a promise of what you’ll encounter.

Species seen here

Rough labels: “Commonly seen” usually means two or more recorded sightings near this site in public dive logs (GBIF), “Occasionally seen” one; “Seasonal” and “Rarely seen” come from dive-guide research. Not a measured rate.

Fills & rentals nearby

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Data updated July 2026

Site details

Ginnie Spring is the flagship spring of the privately owned Ginnie Springs Outdoors park on the Santa Fe River and one of the most famous freshwater dive sites in the USA. Open water divers can enter the Ballroom, a large grated cavern reaching about 50 ft with exceptional clarity, while the adjacent Devil's Eye/Devil's Ear system offers world-class cave diving for certified cave divers. The park offers camping, on-site air/nitrox fills, gear rental and 24-hour diving for guests.

caveshore

Overhead environment — the Ballroom cavern is grated at the back (cave system inaccessible from Ginnie basin), but the adjacent Devil's Spring system (Devil's Eye/Ear) is an open cave with ~30,000 ft of passage and strong flow — cavern/cave certification and strict no-lights rule for uncertified divers there; weekend crowds, swimmers and tubers overhead; mild Santa Fe River current at the spring run mouth.

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