+Dew Crew Posted September 2, 2005 Posted September 2, 2005 Here's one that I haven't found, and I'm not sure I really want to. Holy Wastewater (WE4NCS) Anybody got any cool underwater caches? Quote
+RussellM Posted September 2, 2005 Posted September 2, 2005 I thought you could not have a under water/ground cache. Quote
+dkwolf Posted September 2, 2005 Posted September 2, 2005 I thought you could not have a under water/ground cache. Ahh, not true, young tadpole. There are caches out there that require all kinds of special equipment; SCUBA gear being one of those. I seem to recall one being at a significant depth, at that-almost at the limit of recreational diving. There was a thread on here not too long ago about one located several hundred feet inside a storm drain--definately underground. And they have been placed in caves also. I personally hope to place an underwater in one of the many lakes in the area (SCUBA not needed, snorkel will help) but I've got a couple other caches I awant to get out first. And....pretty soon the water is going to get hard here. Quote
+Dew Crew Posted September 2, 2005 Author Posted September 2, 2005 Yep, I would like to place one here in Upper Michigan but the water's gonna get hard here soon too. Quote
+Ed_S Posted September 3, 2005 Posted September 3, 2005 Down in Florida there's one, but it's archived now: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...e3-02fbe6826305 Hopefully he'll come up with Towelie 3. Quote
+Wreck Diver Posted September 3, 2005 Posted September 3, 2005 Ahh, not true, young tadpole. There are caches out there that require all kinds of special equipment; SCUBA gear being one of those. I seem to recall one being at a significant depth, at that-almost at the limit of recreational diving. dkwolf, you might be thinking of 'The Rapture of the Deep' - (Scuba MultiCache) by The Artful Dodger, though it is only in 90 feet of water. Quote
Dave from Glanton Posted September 7, 2005 Posted September 7, 2005 Anybody got any cool underwater caches? There's this one, but judging by the name I think it's warm rather than cool Quote
geomonies Posted September 11, 2005 Posted September 11, 2005 i was thinking about puting one at the bottom of the sparks marina Quote
+SS D.S.K. Posted September 11, 2005 Posted September 11, 2005 Here is one in nothern michigan in higgins lake no scuba needed somtimes when water is calm can be done from a boat http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...94-c134d534dfe9 Quote
+BadAndy Posted September 12, 2005 Posted September 12, 2005 (edited) Heres an easy scuba cache in Denver. Props to my bro for sinking an ammocan. Curts can't touch this cache Edited September 12, 2005 by BadAndy Quote
aragorn05 Posted September 23, 2005 Posted September 23, 2005 Ocoee Rock Hop (GCJQA7) First stage is under water, in the river, very fun Quote
Black Mage Posted September 26, 2005 Posted September 26, 2005 Here's one at the bottom of the Great Salt Lake, here in Utah. Sleeping with the Brine Shrimp It's been up since June 12th, but so far no one has gone to get it. Quote
+Wreck Diver Posted September 26, 2005 Posted September 26, 2005 CCD & Lady Di also have the Scuba School II geocache in Hyannis, Massachusetts. The cache is onboard the wreck of the "Field and Sea," a thirty five foot cabin cruiser sitting upright in thirty feet of fresh water. Though the cache was listed back in May, I decided to wait to log it in hopes that the unfound cache would encourage a few cachers to become divers as well. Quote
bogleman Posted September 26, 2005 Posted September 26, 2005 Aquacache is hidden underwater but you can grab it from shore. No swimming required, no special tool required and you don't even have to get your feet wet. Quote
+Jet Blast & the Non Rever's Posted December 16, 2005 Posted December 16, 2005 We've got one in Arizona. Yes we have water in Arizona to hide a cache, we bring it in 1 gallon containers and dump it in the lake. The cache is called "Minus 30 scuba cache" Team Jet Blast Quote
+Dew Crew Posted January 11, 2006 Author Posted January 11, 2006 Here is a few more. Deep Dam Cache 20,000 leagues under province lake Yukon Diving (SCUBA, Underwater) Quote
DiverMan Posted January 11, 2006 Posted January 11, 2006 I would love to see some in the Monterey Bay area of California. Does anyone know of any there? Quote
+sTeamTraen Posted March 12, 2006 Posted March 12, 2006 Here's one in Germany: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...34-ff283334b8d4 Quote
+Dgwphotos Posted March 12, 2006 Posted March 12, 2006 That one was nicely done! I can't read German though. Quote
+Touchstone Posted March 12, 2006 Posted March 12, 2006 I would love to see some in the Monterey Bay area of California. Does anyone know of any there? Underwater SCUBA Cache at Breakwater in Monterey Quote
+Dgwphotos Posted March 12, 2006 Posted March 12, 2006 I see that one brought some new cachers on board! Quote
Trail bandit_blood hound Posted March 13, 2006 Posted March 13, 2006 I think underwater geocaches are awsome i did one in june and it is already listed Quote
+FollowMeChaps Posted March 20, 2006 Posted March 20, 2006 Can caches also be placed in caves where potholing experience is required? Quote
prestonbond Posted March 28, 2006 Posted March 28, 2006 The rock hop is a good cache the first leg is under water. and you got to read the coords underwater Quote
+bob&emily Posted April 20, 2006 Posted April 20, 2006 ATLANTIS....in the Hamptons, Long Island, New York GCQGMQ Quote
+Highpointer Posted April 20, 2006 Posted April 20, 2006 (edited) Here is the cache Minus 30; SCUBA Cache (GCH5FJ) in Saguaro Lake, Arizona. Edited April 20, 2006 by Highpointer Quote
+Recdiver Posted April 25, 2006 Posted April 25, 2006 There are a couple in Washington state, one in the Puget Sound near Tacoma and the other in Eastern WA in Lake Chelan. Hmmm we are having our campout at Lake Chelan this year...I may have to get the scuba gear out of mothballs and get it serviced for this summer. Quote
+ClayJar Posted April 27, 2006 Posted April 27, 2006 This is my personally filtered list of scuba required caches (as of this morning). Any not on the list either don't have the attribute, or I couldn't tell that they were actually scuba-required. (GCPRAC) Scuba Cache:Innerkip Quarry (Ontario, Canada)(GCJMTR) Ambitious Snorkeller (Ontario, Canada) (GC213E) Allveeaare / Underwater stash (Estonia) (GCK181) Phobias IV - Hydrophobia (Finland) (GCNQ40) Horka - Pumpenhaus (Germany) (GCTA90) Plaetzle (Germany) (GCTRRP) 20,000 Leagues Under The Pub! (United Kingdom) (GCH5FJ) Minus 30; SCUBA Cache (Arizona, United States) (GCT98H) Underwater SCUBA Cache at Breakwater in Monterey (California, United States) (GCVGCH) Scuba Steve's First Time (California, United States) (GCGM0D) Neptune's Trident (Idaho, United States) (GCTYBA) Sinker (Idaho, United States) (GCNWR2) Scuba School II (Massachusetts, United States) (GCQGMQ) Atlantis (New York, United States) (GCPTP0) Bluestone Diver - Road to the Abyss (North Carolina, United States) (GCK9PV) The Deep Dam Cache (Tennessee, United States) (GCKDPR) Dean's Deseret Dive Destination (Utah, United States) (GCR35X) Jorsted Junk (Washington, United States) (GCPVAM) Got Lungs? (Wyoming, United States) I really must start planning some scubacaching trips (now that I have my card). Quote
Bungo Posted April 28, 2006 Posted April 28, 2006 Wish I had some SCUBA equipment to do some of these. WOW! Quote
+ClayJar Posted May 9, 2006 Posted May 9, 2006 Wish I had some SCUBA equipment to do some of these. WOW! Might I suggest learning German while you're saving up for your openwater cert and gear? (GCPX5K) Attersee "Unterwasser Pavillon" (Austria)(GCJMTR) Ambitious Snorkeller (Ontario, Canada) (GCPRAC) Scuba Cache:Innerkip Quarry (Ontario, Canada) (GCPDXD) LA CACHE SOUS-MARINE SACACOMIE (Quebec, Canada) (GC213E) Allveeaare / Underwater stash (Estonia) (GCK181) Phobias IV - Hydrophobia (Finland) (GCPM44) Atlantis (Germany) (GCGWK8) Fishermans Cache (Germany) (GCNYGM) FROGGY-DIVE (Germany) (GCN8MZ) Gluckgluck - Nur f�r Taucher - Divers Only (Germany) (GCNQ40) Horka - Pumpenhaus (Germany) (GCR7HZ) No Subs * * * Scuba Cache (Germany) (GCTA90) Plaetzle (Germany) (GCTRRP) 20,000 Leagues Under The Pub! (United Kingdom) (GCH5FJ) Minus 30; SCUBA Cache (Arizona, United States) (GCVGCH) Scuba Steve's First Time (California, United States) (GCT98H) Underwater SCUBA Cache at Breakwater in Monterey (California, United States) (GCGM0D) Neptune's Trident (Idaho, United States) (GCTYBA) Sinker (Idaho, United States) (GCNWR2) Scuba School II (Massachusetts, United States) (GCQGMQ) Atlantis (New York, United States) (GCPTP0) Bluestone Diver - Road to the Abyss (North Carolina, United States) (GCK9PV) The Deep Dam Cache (Tennessee, United States) (GCKDPR) Dean's Deseret Dive Destination (Utah, United States) (GCR35X) Jorsted Junk (Washington, United States) (GCPVAM) Got Lungs? (Wyoming, United States) Quote
+ClayJar Posted May 17, 2006 Posted May 17, 2006 Does anyone speak Estonian or German? There are just a few caches with the scuba required attribute that I cannot comprehend to know whether to mark them in the yes or no column: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCHRWD http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCTCMZ http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCPCH7 http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCV2G6 http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCVYDY Not counting those five, the current tallies are: 129 Scuba *NOT* required. 28 Scuba required/advised. 3 Not enough information. (For a total of 165 caches with the attribute. As you can see, there are a lot of misinforming hiders out there.) Quote
+PassingWind Posted May 17, 2006 Posted May 17, 2006 Here is a few more. Deep Dam Cache 20,000 leagues under province lake Yukon Diving (SCUBA, Underwater) Your missing this one: Yukon Diving (SCUBA, Underwater) PassingWind Quote
+SNSPRT Posted May 18, 2006 Posted May 18, 2006 I hope Too many caches in New England don't fall under this catalogue. Right now. Quote
+ClayJar Posted May 19, 2006 Posted May 19, 2006 Okay, I *was* going to wait to post this until some of the vast number of misuses of the "requires scuba gear" attribute were cleared up (some people seem to be in "Oooooh, pretty..." mode when it comes to attributes). Since there has been no apparent progress on the abuse situation, I've done some more updates so that it can be at least a bit useful, even in spite of the pollution (can we CITO attributes yet?). In no way am I upset about the wheels of cleanup moving slowly, by the way, but there seems to be no legitimate reason not to share this in the meantime, so, without further ado... ClayJar's "Scuba" Cache List Quote
+Dew Crew Posted May 19, 2006 Author Posted May 19, 2006 Okay, I *was* going to wait to post this until some of the vast number of misuses of the "requires scuba gear" attribute were cleared up (some people seem to be in "Oooooh, pretty..." mode when it comes to attributes). Since there has been no apparent progress on the abuse situation, I've done some more updates so that it can be at least a bit useful, even in spite of the pollution (can we CITO attributes yet?). In no way am I upset about the wheels of cleanup moving slowly, by the way, but there seems to be no legitimate reason not to share this in the meantime, so, without further ado... ClayJar's "Scuba" Cache List Thanks!! Quote
+Wreck Diver Posted May 20, 2006 Posted May 20, 2006 As an active public safety diver and an active geocacher, it didn't take me long to start searching for "SCUBA" caches, assuming that SCUBA keyword searches or the SCUBA attribute would provide an accurate list. As ClayJar has noted, a search using these techniques produces a massive list of domestic and international caches that may involve SCUBA, snorkling, wading, or they may have nothing whatsoever to do with diving. I may have accumulated added deco time penetrating U-boats and watched Das Boat far more than Dive Princess can tolerate, but I apparently haven't absorbed enough conversational German to be of use in deciding if a SCUBA cache in Frankfurt requires my doubles to get to, or if the owner simply fell into the attribute icon craze. If you're watching some of the renowned SCUBA caches like 'The Rapture of the Deep' - (Scuba MultiCache) or Yukon Diving (SCUBA, Underwater), then you've probably noted that the caches appear on my SCUBA caches bookmark list. All of the caches that appear on my SCUBA caches bookmark list are in the Continental United States or its territories, the cache pages are in English, and unless you're Jacques Mayol or Carlos Coste and have the capabilities and support personnel on standby to freedive, then SCUBA is mandated. That drops the list down to about 10% of the initial search results. As a side note, under the premise that the SCUBA requirement automatically increases the difficulty to 5 under the Groundspeak guidelines, I think that this in itself warrants the creation of an independent cache type, and cache type icon. Quote
+ClayJar Posted May 20, 2006 Posted May 20, 2006 Hey, Wreck Diver! I love your bookmark list. If I can get the time, transportation, and requisite buddies to do geocaching-on-scuba, they will be at the top of the list (or they may even *be* the list). I'm currently collecting dive time in my log book and trying to talk some buddies into diving to place my own true SCUBA cache to get a spot in your bookmark list. I hope my being an information junkie and making a comprehensive overview doesn't make me come across as a paper diver. I just like learning and analyzing things, and hydrocaches are the latest relevant topic on which I can play with data. Quote
+blazius Posted May 23, 2006 Posted May 23, 2006 www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCJMGA Quote
+Wreck Diver Posted May 26, 2006 Posted May 26, 2006 I finally got a day off, so I had a chance to post the request in the Geocaching.com Web Site forum to request that SCUBA and rappelling cache type finder/owner icons be developed to recognize the extreme commitments that cache owners are showing in developing these difficult caches, and the finders that ultimately set aside weekends to search for them. http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=133665 Quote
+ClayJar Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 Incidentally, thanks to a friendly European cacher, a few more caches have been categorized. There have also been a few new caches (including one or more *real* ones) added to the list. http://www.clayjar.com/gc/scuba/ Quote
+ClayJar Posted June 26, 2006 Posted June 26, 2006 Figured I'd mention that, as of Friday, I have upgraded my provisional membership in the scubacaching club to full member status. The Deep Dam Cache was quite the enjoyable dive (although as my log notes, it did get rather chilly by the third level, 85' down). Quote
+nineyearsapart Posted July 15, 2006 Posted July 15, 2006 One close to us that my husband wants to mark off our list ...... he has a local fellow geocacher to beat! http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...52-d4694aab7e5c Quote
+Grandad Brian Posted July 18, 2006 Posted July 18, 2006 Here's one in Eastern Kentucky... Divers Do It Deeper http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...52-d4694aab7e5c GCWJEN Quote
+wavector Posted July 18, 2006 Posted July 18, 2006 I have placed an underwater cache that is designed to be found by diving in a mask with fins. It is at the bottom of the Echodale Lake in about 12 feet of water. I did a maintenance visit today and I will admit that I think it is the most fun I ever had doing a maintenance check on on one of my caches. It took a total of 6 dives to the bottom with multiple helpers to retrieve the cache. The first layer of protection had failed but layers 2 and 3 were both fine, the cache log was dry. It is very difficult to find as the fine silt on the bottom disturbs easily, turbidity is always high and the cache is disguised to look like the lake bottom. Other rocks on the silt bottom further confuse the search, it is very tough. I wasn't sure I was going to find it, how embarassing would that be. This type of cache can be a lot of fun and it really is a 5 star cache for terrain, the 4 stars for difficulty also seem accurate to me after today's visit. Quote
+Super_Nate Posted September 14, 2006 Posted September 14, 2006 A Cache Down by the River is disabled.....but it was underwater when it was there. Quote
+ToolkiT Posted September 18, 2006 Posted September 18, 2006 most caches in Schotland are under water most of the time .... Rain that is Quote
JustAne Posted June 17, 2007 Posted June 17, 2007 We've been thinking of placing an underwater cache for a while, one that only requires snorkel equipment (approx. 10-15' deep). I was wondering if anyone had any advice for putting the cache together; Containers, writing materials, anchoring ideas, etc. Any advice would be appreciated, thanks. Quote
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