Underwater/scuba Caches?

[+li_kao]

I've been an avid diver since I was a wee bairn and strapped on my first tank when I lived on St. Thomas. I'm very interested in how geocaching and SCUBA might play well together. Does anyone have any experience with underwater caches, or any guidance with creating/placing one?

[+BadAndy]

I've done a few. Ammocans are still the best underwater containers. Just fill them with scuba related gear or other items that can get wet and flood it to keep it on the bottom (an anchor is a good idea also). Items like spare orings, mask straps, slates, dive charts etc are great scuba swag.

 

The trick seems to be getting the coords right. A ziplocked gps so you can take a reading on the surface before submerging is key, unless it's a boat dive.

 

Another method is to make it a Multi. Coords are for the shoreline entry point, then a compass heading for x number of yards.

[The Psion]

I'd love to do a SCUBA cache (NAUI certified), finding a slate would be so cool (or it could be a kind of log where each person cleans it off from the last find and then leaves a message for the next)!

[+cudlecub]

I have one out there that's yet to be found. There's been a lot of people sending me e-mails about coming to do it but none have followed thru. Check it out here.

[+srt4guy]

here's one i have.

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...23-5009d97df1f8

 

starting location was hard for this lake. the first finder signed the log while standing in the lake the second guy draged it to the beach and shared the stuff in the can with people on the beach, read the logs, i'm thinking the can is gone.

Tim

[+Ace3]

This summer we did a cache that was a memorable and a fun one that cosisted of a shallow water dive. We tried it without much gear and didn't have a lot of luck. I bought some fins and mask and away we went again. my two sons were with me when we found it. The cache was a multi cache with the first stage under water (coordinates were painted on a 2x3 sign) and this led to a 2nd stage about three miles down the lake up in the woods. The water on the first stage was usally about 6-7 feet deep but with unusal rains it was about 9-10 feet deep. The lake was Lake Hickory in North Carolina. Like I said it was a most unique cache. Here is the waypoint so you can check it out. GCPWK1 and the name of the cache is "Party at the Sandbar". Ace3

[+ShowStop]

Here is a bookmark list of Scuba caches if it helps:

http://www.geocaching.com/bookmarks/view.a...df-965e7785b236

[+li_kao]

Thanks to all of you who responded! I greatly appreciate it. It seems that one of the caches listed in the SCUBA bookmark list that was provided is at a nearby lake that's popular for people who are doing their checkout dives. I might have to check that out when I get back from Honduras.

 

Happy New Year to you all!

[+Chuy!]

Contact gator4798 about this cache. Someday...

[+Dew Crew]

Underwater Geocaches A thread I started awhile back.