Freediving Hospital Hole aka Fish Hospital: Weeki Wachee River, Florida

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  • čas přidán 28. 05. 2016
  • May 13th, 2016. Enjoyed a beautiful day freediving in Hospital Hole on the Weeki Wachee River.
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  • @CSXer
    @CSXer Před 7 lety +4

    lived up US 19 in the Heather for a couple years. The hole was my fav place to hang and free dive on those hot FL. days.

  • @jerrynapp
    @jerrynapp Před 8 lety +2

    This is awesome! Thank-you for doing this. We live on the Weeki Wachee River & teach Paddleboard Lessons & Tours off our dock. We take people out to Hospital Hole all the time. So very cool to see someone dive it!

    • @curtiswhitwam1
      @curtiswhitwam1  Před 8 lety

      +Jerome Napp that's awesome! Feel free to use any of our videos to promote your business. If you could credit is and direct people to this channel that would be awesome too! We have several other Weeki Wachee videos on the channel.
      Also we would be happy to shoot and edit something for you if you'd like :)

  • @hikewithmike4673
    @hikewithmike4673 Před 8 lety +4

    Wow that is a cool place and dang! You can hold yourbreathe for a long time beautiful place!

    • @curtiswhitwam1
      @curtiswhitwam1  Před 8 lety +2

      Yeah it is a super cool and unique spot. It is also a great place to see Manatees in the cold months.

  • @TheTurtleOfGods
    @TheTurtleOfGods Před 3 lety +1

    Still the best vid on Hospital Hole. I might be able to get some clear shots in the winter

  • @guitarson4545
    @guitarson4545 Před 8 lety +1

    Awesome video. Spent many days there and a little farther at the jumping tree. Love that area for river rafting.

    • @curtiswhitwam1
      @curtiswhitwam1  Před 8 lety

      +Bill Melater thank you! Glad you liked it. Love those jumping trees.

  • @FloridaWaterAdventures
    @FloridaWaterAdventures Před 7 lety +3

    Finally went to Hospital Hole today, but it was totally browned out. Couldn't dive. Bummer.

    • @curtiswhitwam1
      @curtiswhitwam1  Před 7 lety +1

      +Greg Hammack aww man that's lame. I guess the flooding from Hermine is still affecting the river. Many times, if you dive down like 10 feet it clears up as you pass through the thermocline. Last time I was there it was brown at the surface and clear in the hole.

    • @SnapShineStudios
      @SnapShineStudios Před 5 lety

      @@curtiswhitwam1 Yep, it got clear a little way down when I dived with my sister.

  • @asia9792
    @asia9792 Před 4 lety

    this was so relaxing that i almost fell asleep omg

  • @karenmcgrew6383
    @karenmcgrew6383 Před 3 lety +1

    Please research this before diving it! You need to dive only in drought conditions, because people have died in the caves due to water flow from the spring after rains.

  • @Daveg99
    @Daveg99 Před 4 lety +2

    I was there today for the first time. Probably 15ft of viz. When I was there I didn't even know what hospital hole was until after I got home and researched it. I dove down about 20 feet and didn't see bottom and was like WTF is this. Loved paddling the river though

    • @curtiswhitwam1
      @curtiswhitwam1  Před 4 lety

      Yeah it’s pretty spooky down there but that’s one reason I like it!

  • @956zombie956
    @956zombie956 Před 8 lety

    I love your dives, you could make longer videos?

    • @curtiswhitwam1
      @curtiswhitwam1  Před 8 lety

      Thanks! Check out some of our other videos under playlists and we have a bunch of longer ones. Glad you enjoy them. Share with friends!

  • @jerrynapp
    @jerrynapp Před 8 lety

    Our business is SUP Weeki. Our brother-in-law, Wes Lapp, is a free diver and he has fun when he comes to visit diving Hospital Hole.

  • @ShooterDiver300
    @ShooterDiver300 Před 5 lety +1

    Looks nothing like that anymore unfortunately. Water is murky and limited vise. Dove it at 70’ July 4th 2019 and had 1 foot visibility

    • @funkiestoyster
      @funkiestoyster Před 4 lety

      yes it does look just like that still. sorry you had a bad day there.

  • @FloridaWaterAdventures

    Nice! Added this spring to my list. Since The Map is currently unavailable, can you comment on how to access this?

    • @curtiswhitwam1
      @curtiswhitwam1  Před 8 lety

      +Greg Hammack yeah it's easy. It's about 1/4 mile upstream of Rogers Park on the right side of the river (if headed upstream).

    • @FloridaWaterAdventures
      @FloridaWaterAdventures Před 8 lety

      Awesome! Found it.

  • @tango9207
    @tango9207 Před 4 lety

    Florida sure is holey

  • @infam0us828
    @infam0us828 Před 4 lety

    my phone fell out of my kayak in the fist small hole you went through lol

    • @curtiswhitwam1
      @curtiswhitwam1  Před 4 lety

      Oof that sucks. It’s like 150 feet deep there too. Sorry to hear that.