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| April 2009 |
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St Pete Times
Picking up where he left off two years ago, Brett Hemphill pushed even deeper and deeper into the underwater abyss Saturday. Already, no one has ever made it any farther into a spring than Hemphill and his diving team.
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Hernando Today
In 2007, the worsening drought allowed divers to squeeze through a tiny opening below the mermaid stage at Weeki Wachee Springs and explore a new frontier of underwater caves.
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| February 2009 |
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Ground Water Conference Marries Science with Cave Diving
An Explorer's Perspective of Diving Underwater Caves at Weeki Wachee Spring and Other Localities in West-Central Florida is a featured presentation in the 5th Conference on Hydrogeology, Ecology, Monitoring and Management of Ground Water in Karst Terrains sponsored by the National Ground Water Association (NGWA). Cave divers Jeff Peterson and Brett Hemphill of Karst Underwater Research reached depths of 425 feet while exploring Caves at Weeki Wachee Spring.
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| January 2009 |
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3rd Annual Hart Springs Educational Cave Clinic
Paul is currently working with Karst Underwater Research in an effort to map and document the mysterious depth of Weeki Wachee Spring.
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| May 2008 |
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USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5023
Conduits were explicitly incorporated into the dual-conductivity model using cave-survey data provided by Karst Underwater Research, Inc.
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| September 2007 |
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Diver Magazine
Setting a record scootering down a freshwater cave near the base of Mount Doom!
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The Pasco Tribune
The divers let their rocket-shaped propulsion scooters pull them over the top of the high,
underwater peak named after the infamous mountain in 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy.
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CBS4
A Tampa based research team is exploring the world of Florida's famous mermaids. To a diver who has
explored the deep, naturally formed Weeki Wachee Springs, there's one word to describe being 403
feet down.
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| August 2007 |
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St. Pete Times
It's a world of sapphire blue, with boulders as big as houses and passages wide enough to accommodate a
jumbo jet. To a diver who has explored the deep, naturally formed Weeki Wachee Springs, there's one
word to describe being 403 feet down. "Humbling"
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Associated Press
With a depth of 403 feet, the cave system under Weeki Wachee Springs in Hernando County is now
regarded as the deepest underwater cave in the United States.
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Bay News 9
Imagine getting to see part of the earth that has never been seen by human eyes before or see a
cave the size of Raymond James Stadium. That's what divers exploring the caves in Hernando County
got to see last month.
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| July 2007 |
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Miami Herald
And this summer, for the first time since 1980, a small group of cave divers is exploring the deep
underground river that feeds the spring. At 400 feet deep, the explorers say it might be the deepest
water-filled cave in the U.S.
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St Pete Times
The home of the Weeki Wachee mermaids may also be the deepest underwater cave system in the country.
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Dive News Wire
Weeki Wachee Springs, home of the world-famous mermaids, may have the deepest underwater cave system
in the United States, according to experts who are conducting an ongoing exploration of the submerged
caverns.
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| June 2007 |
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Bay News 9
More people have been on the surface of the moon than inside of Weeki Wachee Spring's vast network
of underwater caves.
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