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Twin Caves SILT OUT Dive! | JONATHAN BIRD'S BLUE WORLD

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Jonathan and Todd explore the long and winding passageway of Skiles Passage in Twin Caves. This is one of the caves located on Merritt's Mill Pond in Marianna, Florida. They have to overcome being unfamiliar with the passage, some confusing cave lines, and a tight, silty restriction. This restriction is impossible to pass without sidemount gear and without silting out the cave. It's a cave diving adventure!

WARNING!! CAVE DIVING IS DANGEROUS! DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DIVE CAVES WITHOUT PROPER EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING!

JONATHAN BIRD'S BLUE WORLD is an Emmy Award-winning underwater science/adventure series featuring underwater cinematographer/naturalist Jonathan Bird.

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Chapters:
0:00 Tease/Open
0:29 Introduction
3:29 On the boat
6:35 The Dive Begins
12:28 We get Lost
14:23 The restriction!
17:32 Another confusing intersection
19:30 On our way out
23:54 Credits

20 Comments

@airlessballoon7804 1 year ago

Easily one of my favorite episodes. The video quality is mind blowing and shows just how beautiful caves really are. But what really made it standout was watching you guys solve problems in real time. You two make a great team and are truly inspiring to watch.

@random_chaos.mp4 1 year ago

i've been watching blue world tv since i was 5 years old and it never gets old ❤

@christophermarin9125 1 year ago

Well, I panicked in the narrow restriction silt out, and I'm just watching your video!

@ATCGuardian 1 year ago

Really enjoyed this episode and how you guys showed the problems you had and how you solved them instead of just cutting them out. Twin Caves is one of my favorite systems so far. I was in there earlier this year taking classes with Edd. I made it to the First Pit on my Intro to Cave course and then I made it to the double arrows (shown in the video) in the Training Room during my Apprentice Cave class. Such a stunning cave system. I was wondering what was down that tunnel when I passed it, really glad you guys went back and did another video!

@floyddarmody81 1 year ago

Who else sees the eagles head on the left at 12:26? Pretty cool!

@DIVETALK 1 year ago

Great job guys!!! Wish we were there together so Todd wasn’t the only one in zero viz through Sidemount Restriction. Gotta love that feeling of swimming through Skiles Passage and thinking “it can’t get any tighter than this” and a few minutes later you’re in zero viz 😂

Awesome awesome awesome episode.

@nadcat_ 1 year ago

After spending a week watching cave dive disaster videos and then finding this channel after deciding I wanted to see some actual dive footage, seeing the confusion about lines a real silt out really drives home why even experienced divers can start panicking (and it also confirms that I would never want to live through that first hand). But I absolutely love how I can experience cave diving through your videos with great visuals and narration and I definitely understand why it has such a draw on some

@DigitherTMGamingandtech 1 year ago

I didn't even start watching yet and I already know this is criminaly underrated!

@benderbendingrodriguez420 1 year ago

I think the fact you had unexpected lines added a wonderful insight into tje decision making process you guys must be under pretty much all times. Love living vicariously through these videos

@MRnautilus9 1 year ago

It never occured to me how good of a friend you two are to each other 😮
Blind faith in whatever the other is doing, which direction, and even outside of the dive you both seem to go along flowlessly

@ginko1921 1 year ago

Thank you so much for the video!! So glad to see the channel going strong from the last time I checked in 🙏 Wishing everyone super health and happiness ❤🎉

@Woodworktom 1 year ago

I did this section with Edd during my cave class. We didn't do the whole circuit, but this video brings back memories of the narrow passage.
Thanks for sharing. This is easily the best video of the cave I've seen!

@pinchy08 1 year ago

The most interesting cave dive I ever witnessed.

@Extreme1567 1 year ago

Jonathan,

Some of us will never have the chance to travel and explore all the different wonders of the world. We appreciate your sacrifices, effort and time for creating these fantastic videos. Thank you for taking us with you on your journey. As always, dive safe so we can continue to travel alongside you.

@jaxd3034 1 year ago

This is a really really good episode. I appreciate how earnest you guys are in this one. The gravity of cave diving is readily apparent while still showing that you guys had a good control of your situation.

Also tod has a nice narration voice as well!

@DJZLOY 1 year ago

Awesome video guys!

@FreedomWanderer 1 year ago

I love watching Blue World!!!

@leftthechatsound 1 year ago

Florida cave divers: "Let's swim past all these gorgeous spring ecosystems with copious wildlife so we can get to the dark empty holes in the ground." 😄