Thursday, October 15, 2015

Data: Porth Yr Ogof. 11/10/2015. Mark Vaughan. Dived.

Your name: Mark Vaughan Observation date: 11/10/15
Site Visited Porth yr Ogof

Church Sinks Observations
The river water was Flowing under the bridge
Church sinks flora: sorry not observed.
Church sinks fauna:
Church sinks water temperature:
General Church Sinks observations:

Top Entrance Observations
Accessible by walking up the riverbed?:
Top Entrance Flora:
Top Entrance fauna:
Top Entrance water temperature:
Top Entrance general observations:
Dives done into Top Entrance?: No

Top Entrance Dive Log
Top Underwater Visibility:
Top Water flow:
Tope entrance underwater fauna:
Top Entrance other observations:

Tradesman's Entrance Observations
Tradesman's flora: None
Tradesman's fauna: 3 no trout
Tradesman's water temperature:
Tradesman's water level: below
Did you dive at Tradesman's Entrance?: Yes


Tradesman's underwater visibility: 3 mtrs
Tradesman's water flow: unknown
Tradesman's underwater fauna: 2 trout with usual bright colour's and 1 with white color's no pigment
Tradesman's general observations: None observed


Main Entrance Observations
Main Entrance flora:
Main Entrance fauna:
Main Entrance water temperature:
Main Entrance general observations:

Resurgence Observations
Resurgence flora:
Resurgence fauna:
Resurgence water temperature:
General resurgence observations:

Little Neath River Cave Observations
LNRC Observations:

Final Observations
General Observations: the general color of the water was very brown which i found was not in keeping with the small flow.

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Data: Porth Yr Ogof. 11/10/2015. Mark Vaughan. Dived.

Your name: Mark Vaughan Observation date: 11/10/15
Site Visited Porth yr Ogof

Church Sinks Observations
The river water was Flowing under the bridge
Church sinks flora: sorry not observed.
Church sinks fauna:
Church sinks water temperature:
General Church Sinks observations:

Top Entrance Observations
Accessible by walking up the riverbed?:
Top Entrance Flora:
Top Entrance fauna:
Top Entrance water temperature:
Top Entrance general observations:
Dives done into Top Entrance?: No

Top Entrance Dive Log
Top Underwater Visibility:
Top Water flow:
Tope entrance underwater fauna:
Top Entrance other observations:

Tradesman's Entrance Observations
Tradesman's flora: None
Tradesman's fauna: 3 no trout
Tradesman's water temperature:
Tradesman's water level: below
Did you dive at Tradesman's Entrance?: Yes


Tradesman's underwater visibility: 3 mtrs
Tradesman's water flow: unknown
Tradesman's underwater fauna: 2 trout with usual bright colour's and 1 with white color's no pigment
Tradesman's general observations: None observed


Main Entrance Observations
Main Entrance flora:
Main Entrance fauna:
Main Entrance water temperature:
Main Entrance general observations:

Resurgence Observations
Resurgence flora:
Resurgence fauna:
Resurgence water temperature:
General resurgence observations:

Little Neath River Cave Observations
LNRC Observations:

Final Observations
General Observations: the general color of the water was very brown which i found was not in keeping with the small flow.

Saturday, September 12, 2015

Data: Porth Yr Ogof. 01/09/2015. Maxwell Fisher. Dived.

Your name: max Observation date: 01/09/2015
Site Visited Porth yr Ogof

Church Sinks Observations
The river water was
Church sinks flora:
Church sinks fauna:
Church sinks water temperature:
General Church Sinks observations:

Top Entrance Observations
Accessible by walking up the riverbed?:
Top Entrance Flora:
Top Entrance fauna:
Top Entrance water temperature:
Top Entrance general observations:
Dives done into Top Entrance?: No

Top Entrance Dive Log
Top Underwater Visibility:
Top Water flow:
Tope entrance underwater fauna:
Top Entrance other observations:

Tradesman's Entrance Observations
Tradesman's flora:
Tradesman's fauna:
Tradesman's water temperature: 12
Tradesman's water level: below
Did you dive at Tradesman's Entrance?: Yes


Tradesman's underwater visibility: 5m+
Tradesman's water flow: low
Tradesman's underwater fauna: small trout in entrance, larger one found between rawbolt & 4 ways airbell
Tradesman's general observations:


Main Entrance Observations
Main Entrance flora:
Main Entrance fauna:
Main Entrance water temperature:
Main Entrance general observations:

Resurgence Observations
Resurgence flora:
Resurgence fauna:
Resurgence water temperature:
General resurgence observations:

Little Neath River Cave Observations
LNRC Observations:

Final Observations
General Observations:

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Data: Porth yr Ogof. 18/08/2015. Maxwell Fisher. Dived.

Your name: max fisher Observation date: 18/08/2015
Site Visited Porth yr Ogof

Church Sinks Observations
The river water was Flowing under the bridge
Church sinks flora: small flow down river
Church sinks fauna: n/a
Church sinks water temperature:
General Church Sinks observations:

Top Entrance Observations
Accessible by walking up the riverbed?: Yes
Top Entrance Flora:
Top Entrance fauna: 2 trout just inside entrance area
Top Entrance water temperature: warm, 5mm wetsuit dive
Top Entrance general observations:
Dives done into Top Entrance?: Yes

Top Entrance Dive Log
Top Underwater Visibility:
Top Water flow:
Tope entrance underwater fauna:
Top Entrance other observations:

Tradesman's Entrance Observations
Tradesman's flora: green ones
Tradesman's fauna: 2 trout
Tradesman's water temperature: warm, 5mm wetsuit
Tradesman's water level: below
Did you dive at Tradesman's Entrance?: Yes


Tradesman's underwater visibility: 4
Tradesman's water flow: medium
Tradesman's underwater fauna: 2 trout
Tradesman's general observations: line ok all way to four ways airbell


Main Entrance Observations
Main Entrance flora:
Main Entrance fauna:
Main Entrance water temperature:
Main Entrance general observations:

Resurgence Observations
Resurgence flora:
Resurgence fauna:
Resurgence water temperature:
General resurgence observations:

Little Neath River Cave Observations
LNRC Observations:

Final Observations
General Observations:

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Blog post: Flood pulses and Secchi measurements....












There has been lots of work going on at Porth yr Ogof thanks to divers beginning to get on board with Project Baseline South Wales Caves.
Somerset Section Cave Diving Group divers Mike Thomas and Kevin Hilton have been visiting Porth over the summer and not only has the Secchi disc been installed, but the line leading up to the disc has now been tagged. This means that visibility measurements can be taken on the way in, without the need for a tape measure.

Please not the following message from Mike for details on the line and current conditions in Porth yr Ogof:

"On the 8/10/2015 on a trip to sump 8 and 9 in Porth yr Ogof we took the opportunity to fit distance marker tags on the line approaching the visibility disc. You now do not need a tape measure to work out the distance from the disc. 
From 5m back every 1m is marked with a line arrow, every 50cm is marked with a white cable tie and every 25cm with a red cable tie. So by counting the tags from the point you can see the disc until reaching the disc you now know what the distance is. Other work done was relining of sump 8 and 9. 
I would suggest the reservoir upstream of the cave has released a large volume of water recently as the line upstream of four ways junction was completely buried in sand and had to be dug out for around 10m distance. Also several line Belays found to be broken and a repair was made. I hope it was the same flood pulse that damaged the belays. As a point of note it's good practise to carry some belays on dives to repair stuff ..." M.Thomas


Sump 8-9 Porth yr Ogof Upper cave.
Photo M.Thomas

If you are visiting Porth for a dive, please make sure that the reservoir are not planning to release water while you are in there! 
Mike reported that he saw NO trout at all - of any ethnicity - and it is presumed that they have simply been flushed out by the flood pulse (but not entirely sure how we could prove this).

As a result of flood pulses, some of the belays have been destroyed. If you are diving here please make any repairs if you are able to, as it all helps facilitate a clean exit in low visibility conditions (that diver may be you!)

We are experimenting with a aide memoire sheet which Rupert Massey used to good effect recently. He came back with a very comprehensive set of data for the project. To download your copy, click here:

Project Baseline South Wales Caves (PYO) aide memoire

Mandatory post-porth icecreams.
Photo M.Thomas
It is advised to contact Welsh Water 0800 0520145 to find out the dates and times of when they plan to release water from the reservoir as it seems that the flow in Porth increases significantly, with sand some 10cm deep being found in a normally clean washed side passage (on approach to Esser's passage). 

"Dwr Cymru Welsh Water is carrying out essential investment works at Ystradfellte reservoir and dam. Between June and October, we may occasionally need to release some additional water from the dam, which could see an increase in river levels. We do not expect the levels to increase significantly but would ask that people undertaking any recreational activities in the local river and caves bear this in mind when planning their activities. Dwr Cymru Welsh Water does not accept any liability in respect of any of these activities. These activities are 
carried out entirely at the individual's own risk."


Monday, July 27, 2015

Data: Porth Yr Ogof. 25/07/2015. Rupert Massey. Dived.

Your name: Rupert Massey Observation date: 25/07/15
Site Visited Porth yr Ogof

Church Sinks Observations
The river water was
Church sinks flora:
Church sinks fauna:
Church sinks water temperature:
General Church Sinks observations:

Top Entrance Observations
Accessible by walking up the riverbed?: Yes
Top Entrance Flora:
Top Entrance fauna:
Top Entrance water temperature: 12 (Suunto Zoop)
Top Entrance general observations: A couple of items of litter (fragments of bin bag) removed from river bed. Top entrance clear of debris.
Dives done into Top Entrance?: No

Top Entrance Dive Log
Top Underwater Visibility:
Top Water flow:
Tope entrance underwater fauna:
Top Entrance other observations:

Tradesman's Entrance Observations
Tradesman's flora:
Tradesman's fauna:
Tradesman's water temperature: 13 (Suunto Helo2)
Tradesman's water level: 57cm BELOW
Did you dive at Tradesman's Entrance?: Yes


Tradesman's underwater visibility: 2.1m
Tradesman's water flow: (Purely) visual estimation: 1.5m/s
Tradesman's underwater fauna: 3 x trout within 20m of entrance. Between 8-12'' long.
Tradesman's general observations:


Main Entrance Observations
Main Entrance flora:
Main Entrance fauna:
Main Entrance water temperature: 11 (Suunto Zoop)
Main Entrance general observations: Again several pieces of plastic rubbish bag recovered. Foam observed in several pools inside Main Entrance.

Resurgence Observations
Resurgence flora:
Resurgence fauna:
Resurgence water temperature:
General resurgence observations:

Little Neath River Cave Observations
LNRC Observations:

Final Observations
General Observations: Dived from Tradesmans, made measurements then headed for the Top entrance/Upper cave junction as last time. Conditions were sub-optimal so decided to retreat and wait to visit the Upper Cave.

Saturday, July 4, 2015

Data: Porth Yr Ogof. 04/07/2015. Rupert Massey. Dived.

Your name: Rupert Massey Observation date: 04/07/15
Site Visited Porth yr Ogof

Church Sinks Observations
The river water was
Church sinks flora:
Church sinks fauna:
Church sinks water temperature:
General Church Sinks observations:

Top Entrance Observations
Accessible by walking up the riverbed?:
Top Entrance Flora:
Top Entrance fauna:
Top Entrance water temperature:
Top Entrance general observations:
Dives done into Top Entrance?: No

Top Entrance Dive Log
Top Underwater Visibility:
Top Water flow:
Tope entrance underwater fauna:
Top Entrance other observations:

Tradesman's Entrance Observations
Tradesman's flora:
Tradesman's fauna:
Tradesman's water temperature:
Tradesman's water level: Approx. 60cm
Did you dive at Tradesman's Entrance?: Yes


Tradesman's underwater visibility: Medium
Tradesman's water flow: Low
Tradesman's underwater fauna: 3 brown trout - not entirely albino, pale spots 4-5 bullheads 2 crustaceans possibly Niphargus or Gammarus (past Four Ways towards Top Entrance/Essler's passage junction.
Tradesman's general observations:


Main Entrance Observations
Main Entrance flora:
Main Entrance fauna:
Main Entrance water temperature:
Main Entrance general observations:

Resurgence Observations
Resurgence flora:
Resurgence fauna:
Resurgence water temperature:
General resurgence observations:

Little Neath River Cave Observations
LNRC Observations:

Final Observations
General Observations: Next time I will take a tape measure and camera and write record something of more quality!

Sunday, June 7, 2015

Data: Little Neath River Cave. 24/05/2015. Christine Grosart. NOT dived.

Your name: Christine Grosart Observation date: 24/05/2015
Site Visited Little Neath River Cave

Church Sinks Observations
The river water was
Church sinks flora:
Church sinks fauna:
Church sinks water temperature:
General Church Sinks observations:

Top Entrance Observations
Accessible by walking up the riverbed?:
Top Entrance Flora:
Top Entrance fauna:
Top Entrance water temperature:
Top Entrance general observations:
Dives done into Top Entrance?:

Top Entrance Dive Log
Top Underwater Visibility:
Top Water flow:
Tope entrance underwater fauna:
Top Entrance other observations:

Tradesman's Entrance Observations
Tradesman's flora:
Tradesman's fauna:
Tradesman's water temperature:
Tradesman's water level:
Did you dive at Tradesman's Entrance?:


Tradesman's underwater visibility:
Tradesman's water flow:
Tradesman's underwater fauna:
Tradesman's general observations:


Main Entrance Observations
Main Entrance flora:
Main Entrance fauna:
Main Entrance water temperature:
Main Entrance general observations:

Resurgence Observations
Resurgence flora:
Resurgence fauna:
Resurgence water temperature:
General resurgence observations:

Little Neath River Cave Observations
LNRC Observations: NO diesel smell anywhere in the cave. One small bullhead in Sump 1 LNRC. Water looked clear with brown tinge. No foam. Water levels average. White substance on the mud bank (rescue dump) subsided since last visit and only minor trace remains.

Final Observations
General Observations:

Data: Little Neath River Cave. 27/05/2015. Max Fisher. Dived.

Your name: max Observation date: 27/05/2015
Site Visited Little Neath River Cave

Church Sinks Observations
The river water was
Church sinks flora:
Church sinks fauna:
Church sinks water temperature:
General Church Sinks observations:

Top Entrance Observations
Accessible by walking up the riverbed?:
Top Entrance Flora:
Top Entrance fauna:
Top Entrance water temperature:
Top Entrance general observations:
Dives done into Top Entrance?:

Top Entrance Dive Log
Top Underwater Visibility:
Top Water flow:
Tope entrance underwater fauna:
Top Entrance other observations:

Tradesman's Entrance Observations
Tradesman's flora:
Tradesman's fauna:
Tradesman's water temperature:
Tradesman's water level:
Did you dive at Tradesman's Entrance?:


Tradesman's underwater visibility:
Tradesman's water flow:
Tradesman's underwater fauna:
Tradesman's general observations:


Main Entrance Observations
Main Entrance flora:
Main Entrance fauna:
Main Entrance water temperature:
Main Entrance general observations:

Resurgence Observations
Resurgence flora:
Resurgence fauna:
Resurgence water temperature:
General resurgence observations:

Little Neath River Cave Observations
LNRC Observations: Through bridge cave sump to sump 2 via canal, and a quick look about halfway back up to flood entrance. A few cut offs from zip ties found in sump (retrieved), 4 big fish (trout) is bridge cave sump. water quality fine throughout cave, no sign or smell of diesel.

Final Observations
General Observations:

Data: Porth Yr Ogof. 24/05/2015. Michael Thomas. Dived. (Christine Grosart - surface photos)

Your name: Michael Thomas Observation date: 24/05/2015
Site Visited Porth yr Ogof

Church Sinks Observations
The river water was
Church sinks flora:
Church sinks fauna:
Church sinks water temperature:
General Church Sinks observations: Not visited

Top Entrance Observations
Accessible by walking up the riverbed?: Yes
Top Entrance Flora:
Top Entrance fauna:
Top Entrance water temperature:
Top Entrance general observations: Not visited
Dives done into Top Entrance?: No

Top Entrance Dive Log
Top Underwater Visibility:
Top Water flow:
Tope entrance underwater fauna:
Top Entrance other observations:

Tradesman's Entrance Observations
Tradesman's flora:
Tradesman's fauna:
Tradesman's water temperature: 9 C
Tradesman's water level: 30 cm below ledge
Did you dive at Tradesman's Entrance?: Yes


Tradesman's underwater visibility: Secci: 4m hand held light monkey, 3m helmet mounted rude nora
Tradesman's water flow: medium - high
Tradesman's underwater fauna: 1 trout - all white
Tradesman's general observations: Secci Disc installed just upstream from Cwmbran junction


Main Entrance Observations
Main Entrance flora: Harts tongue ferns (CSG)
Main Entrance fauna:
Main Entrance water temperature: Not taken
Main Entrance general observations: Major new collapse on left hand cliff on the approach to main entrance. Large boulders on the path and another large boulder hanging above.

Resurgence Observations
Resurgence flora:
Resurgence fauna:
Resurgence water temperature:
General resurgence observations: Not visited

Little Neath River Cave Observations
LNRC Observations:

Final Observations
General Observations:

Sunday, May 24, 2015

Blog Post: Secchi Disc is go!

Secchi disc in Porth Yr Ogof
Photo: Mike Thomas
The secchi disc is in!

Following several false starts due to weather and quite a bit of discussion about how to do it, we've finally attached to secchi to a pot of concrete and found somebody else to drag it into the cave for us!

In seriousness, we're grateful to Mike Thomas, a CDG diver, for agreeing to take the disc in today and try some visibility measurements. He was headed over to Porth Yr Ogof for a dive in any case and I was heading to the next valley to take a group caving at Little Neath River Cave - where we also took a photo of sump 1 (station 7).
Mike pulling the Secchi disc into a fast flowing
Tradesmans Entrance, PYO

I ran over to Porth first to drop off the secchi and took some photos of Main Entrance (Station 4), Tradesman's Entrance (Station 3) and the River levels (Station 6).

I had been wondering, now that the secchi was about to be in place, whether there was any value in keeping the above ground stations. They all form part of the Porth story but seemed unlikely to change very much. Besides, this is a diving project after all.
Porth Main Entrance - in front of the new rock fall!
I considered dropping the surface observations and stations and only keeping the underwater ones - until I visited Main Entrance today!
I was very surprised to see what looked like a very recent collapse. A huge boulder blocked the path to the cave entrance and several other large, tv sized rocks had come down.
So much for nothing changing!
I'm inclined to keep the surface observations as part of the project for now - it just got interesting!


New rock fall by Main Entrance, PYO
Please take care when visiting Main Entrance - there is another massive   boulder just 'hanging' there above the path...

Mike took two viz measurements, one with a hand held light monkey (4m) and one with a helmet mounted Rude Nora 2 caving/diving torch (3m). He had already been upstream and was keen to point out that these were not 'true' visibility readings.
Significant rock falls close to PYO Main Entrance
He also noted one very white trout and shot some video - and also 2 bullheads.
This (in comparison to other reports) is quite a small amount of life, so it will be interesting to see if the abundance improves by the time another diver reports in.

Meanwhile, over in the next valley, I visited Sump 1 of LNRC (Station 7) and my eagle eyed cavers spotted a bullhead in the shallows. No trout this time though (that we could see). No foam and pleasingly, no diesel/paraffin smell. The white substance on the mud bank near the sump (@rescue dump) has almost gone.

Blog Post: Talk in Bristol on Project Baseline

On 14th May, Christine was very proud to represent Project Baseline at Portway Football club for various Bristol based BSAC clubs. The event was organised by Bob Rodgers and was well attended.
Christine talked about the inception of Project Baseline, what the project aims to do and how it is implemented at grass roots level. She talked about her own project at Porth yr Ogof in South Wales as well as the Portland Harbour Wrecks project.

If you would like Christine or Richard to give a talk on Project Baseline, please contact them via this Blog site.

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Blog Post: First PB SWC Seminar - and the new secci discs!

Project Baseline South Wales Caves has had something of a whirlwind last 48 hours!
We hosted our first online seminar and were proud to welcome half a dozen attendees. Vanessa Belz was able to join us from the States and kick of introductions.
The object of the seminar was to give visiting divers, cavers and walkers a better and more concise guide to what we would like them to do when they visit the sites and stations. 
This covered how and where to take the 'stake in the sand' photos and how to record visibiity measurements (ongoing) and temperature readings.
The seminar was well received and we are very excited that several attendees would be visiting Porth yr Ogof this coming weekend to try it out for themselves.

To view the slides and information therein, here is the link to the presentation:


PB SWC Seminar #1 23rd February 2015

We have also just received some secci discs so that we can really get down to the nitty gritty of getting some accurate visibility readings.
Visibility is always a guesstimate and depends on so many factors:
The lights the diver is using; where the lights are mounted; the brightness of the lights; any silt or mud previously stirred up; other divers in the sump etc.
We have some anecdotal visibility measurements already but would now like to begin measuring it more accurately.

We'll be putting up a special Blog post and also running a brief seminar once the secci disc is installed, to explain to divers how to take the readings.



Metrosigns website


We would like to thank Metrosigns for providing us with over a dozen hard wearing secci discs which will enable the project to continue for a very long time!




Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Data: Porth Yr Ogof. 10/02/2015. Michael Thomas. Dived.

Your name: Michael Thomas Observation date: 10/2/2015
Site Visited Porth yr Ogof

Church Sinks Observations
The river water was Sinking into the river bed
Church sinks flora:
Church sinks fauna: Trout
Church sinks water temperature: 4.c
General Church Sinks observations:

Top Entrance Observations
Accessible by walking up the riverbed?: Yes
Top Entrance Flora:
Top Entrance fauna:
Top Entrance water temperature: 4.c
Top Entrance general observations:
Dives done into Top Entrance?: No

Top Entrance Dive Log
Top Underwater Visibility:
Top Water flow:
Tope entrance underwater fauna:
Top Entrance other observations:

Tradesman's Entrance Observations
Tradesman's flora:
Tradesman's fauna:
Tradesman's water temperature: 4.c
Tradesman's water level:
Did you dive at Tradesman's Entrance?: Yes


Tradesman's underwater visibility: 4-5m
Tradesman's water flow: Medium
Tradesman's underwater fauna: Trout 10- 12 pigmentation high 2-3 bullheads
Tradesman's general observations: Line in reasonable condition buts lots of natural debris hanging on line belays


Main Entrance Observations
Main Entrance flora:
Main Entrance fauna:
Main Entrance water temperature:
Main Entrance general observations:

Resurgence Observations
Resurgence flora:
Resurgence fauna:
Resurgence water temperature:
General resurgence observations:

Little Neath River Cave Observations
LNRC Observations:

Final Observations
General Observations:

Monday, February 9, 2015

Data: Porth Yr Ogof. 07/02/2015. Tony Seddon. Dived.

Your name: ADS Observation date: 07/02/15
Site Visited Porth yr Ogof

Church Sinks Observations
The river water was Flowing under the bridge
Church sinks flora: None seen it was 21.00
Church sinks fauna: N/a
Church sinks water temperature: N/a
General Church Sinks observations: N/a

Top Entrance Observations
Accessible by walking up the riverbed?:
Top Entrance Flora: None, see below
Top Entrance fauna: As above.
Top Entrance water temperature: As above
Top Entrance general observations: Visited top entrance but actually entered and exited via Tradesman's
Dives done into Top Entrance?: No

Top Entrance Dive Log
Top Underwater Visibility:
Top Water flow:
Tope entrance underwater fauna:
Top Entrance other observations:

Tradesman's Entrance Observations
Tradesman's flora: None, it was 21.00
Tradesman's fauna: Trout (pale but stippled); bullheads
Tradesman's water temperature: Cool - cold
Tradesman's water level: 20cm below the step
Did you dive at Tradesman's Entrance?: Yes


Tradesman's underwater visibility: Good
Tradesman's water flow: Medium/ high
Tradesman's underwater fauna: Probably four / five trout, large pale and stippled Two bullheads, smallish.
Tradesman's general observations: Line generally good


Main Entrance Observations
Main Entrance flora:
Main Entrance fauna:
Main Entrance water temperature:
Main Entrance general observations:

Resurgence Observations
Resurgence flora:
Resurgence fauna:
Resurgence water temperature:
General resurgence observations:

Little Neath River Cave Observations
LNRC Observations:

Final Observations
General Observations: N/a

Data: Porth Yr Ogof. 08/01/2015. Michael Waterworth. Not Dived.

Your name: Michael Waterworth Observation date: 08/01/2015
Site Visited Porth yr Ogof

Church Sinks Observations
The river water was Flowing under the bridge
Church sinks flora:
Church sinks fauna:
Church sinks water temperature:
General Church Sinks observations:

Top Entrance Observations
Accessible by walking up the riverbed?: Yes
Top Entrance Flora:
Top Entrance fauna:
Top Entrance water temperature:
Top Entrance general observations:
Dives done into Top Entrance?: No

Top Entrance Dive Log
Top Underwater Visibility:
Top Water flow:
Tope entrance underwater fauna:
Top Entrance other observations:

Tradesman's Entrance Observations
Tradesman's flora:
Tradesman's fauna:
Tradesman's water temperature:
Tradesman's water level:
Did you dive at Tradesman's Entrance?: No


Tradesman's underwater visibility:
Tradesman's water flow:
Tradesman's underwater fauna:
Tradesman's general observations:


Main Entrance Observations
Main Entrance flora:
Main Entrance fauna: 1ft long fish swimming deeper inside mouth of cave
Main Entrance water temperature: Cold
Main Entrance general observations: Closed at the stile because of dangerous rock fall

Resurgence Observations
Resurgence flora:
Resurgence fauna:
Resurgence water temperature:
General resurgence observations:

Little Neath River Cave Observations
LNRC Observations:

Final Observations
General Observations:

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Data: LNRC. 20/11/2014. Connor Roe. Dived.

Your name: Connor Roe Observation date: 20-11-2014
Site Visited Little Neath River Cave

Church Sinks Observations
The river water was
Church sinks flora:
Church sinks fauna:
Church sinks water temperature:
General Church Sinks observations:

Top Entrance Observations
Accessible by walking up the riverbed?:
Top Entrance Flora:
Top Entrance fauna:
Top Entrance water temperature:
Top Entrance general observations:
Dives done into Top Entrance?:

Top Entrance Dive Log
Top Underwater Visibility:
Top Water flow:
Tope entrance underwater fauna:
Top Entrance other observations:

Tradesman's Entrance Observations
Tradesman's flora:
Tradesman's fauna:
Tradesman's water temperature:
Tradesman's water level:
Did you dive at Tradesman's Entrance?:


Tradesman's underwater visibility:
Tradesman's water flow:
Tradesman's underwater fauna:
Tradesman's general observations:


Main Entrance Observations
Main Entrance flora:
Main Entrance fauna:
Main Entrance water temperature:
Main Entrance general observations:

Resurgence Observations
Resurgence flora:
Resurgence fauna:
Resurgence water temperature:
General resurgence observations:

Little Neath River Cave Observations
LNRC Observations: Sump 1 Vis In: 0.5 Meters Vis Out: 2-3 Meters Fish out: 5 trout Lots of leaves

Final Observations
General Observations: