Eagles Nest Cave 2000 feet upstream 

Brings back memories. I made my first dive into Eagles Nest in 1962 when I was in college. Things were really different back then. I was 18 and nothing scared me. I'm 72 now so those days are long past. I still miss the feel of the exploration. You probably weren't even born yet when I was diving into that cave. I wish I could find my old photographs. I would send you copies.

Oh I forgot to tell you. A well known Florida diver during the sixties was Don Ledbetter. I'm pretty sure he was probably the first diver to dive Eagles Nest. I learned of the cave system from Don and made my first dive with a friend shortly after that. We were only able to venture a short distance beyond the ballroom, but it was a thrill just the same.

I’ve often wondered just who it was that discovered these tunnels. Think about it, what would give someone, anyone, the idea that there may be tunnels caverns down inside this small pond.

I'm a very experienced diver dove Devil's Den in Florida. Eagles nest from what heard is beautiful, but I would never leave the Ballroom. Great video thanks.

I love how they portray cave diving in a light that isn't so scary, showing the beauty of it. Yes it can be terrifying and accidents can happen, but there _is_ a reason that people do it.

Thanks to Mr Ballen for sending me here

Nice to see that safety line running all the way through.

No thanks. I'd rather blast off on the space shuttle and fly to the moon.

A father and son died there on Christmas day this year. This shit is dangerous if your light goes out.

Thank you for videotaping this dangerous and alluring underwater large intestine.

This is amazing. Thank you for doing this. I just watched a video about how dangerous this cave is to dive into, I knew someone had to have a video. Thank you for the risk you all took. Be careful out there.

no joke..If your not certified and prepared..stay out of the caves

Who was brought here because of MrBallen?

2 men died here recently...RIP to them and i hope their family finds peace

scares the complete shit out of me, so i thank you for being brave and showing us this video. always good irish luck and welfare to you, specialty cave divers. god bless and god speed

Can't thank you and your friends enough for your bravery and upload. It was scary but amazing to see how calm you all stayed at such depths!

@BeckyKagan Thanks so much for uploading this video Mrs. Kagan!! I hope to get my cavern certification this summer. I've been wanting to get it after diving 'The Ballroom' at Ginnie Springs, Blue Grotto, Morison Springs, and Devils Den. I loved going into the cavern zones! It was so intriguing, beautiful and fascinating!

a well organised and safely conducted dive which makes you feel the thrill of exploring caves. Quite a lot of life closer to the opening. The Pit was quite worrying, how brave to venture into such a narrow gap with all these bottles! They bear the scratches of many close encounters with the rocks, lol. Well done, and beautiful video. It must make for a great memory.

Just really amazing. Thanks for sharing and not to mention doing the hard work of planning and taking of video footage.

Worth watching every second… you are so brave! I was totally mesmerized watching this video!

Beautiful video, very well shot and edited. Brings back some memories of Eagles nest. Too bad the visibility was a little cloudy on your dive.

Ah Helium voices while you guys were on the loop, pretty awesome...

WOW IM NOT A DIVER, BUT I COULD SIT & WATCH U GUY'S ALL DAY. THAT MOTHER EARTH IS SO BEAUTIFUL & THE MUSIC JUST AS GREAT THANK U GUY'S & GAL ♥️ FROM 🇦🇺 AUSTRALIA 👍 ON YA MATEY'S

Man that's a remarkable video. Well done.

Amazing quality on the video. You guys are crazy

Great video and awesome conditions.

Thanks. I dove Devil's Eye in Jenny Springs, once. It was cold, dark, and cramped. Kind of like being in the womb, only worse. I won't ever go back to either place.

Awesome footage and nice equipment you guys have

Nice work 2000 feet dip down cave 🏊‍♀️🏊‍♀️

I'm stealing background music for church vidios cause sometimes we get a little funky

Wow, that’s incredible!!! Not something I’d do, no matter how beautiful it is, I’d be scared of dropping the flashlight or getting lost😭 Thanks for sharing the view though, it’s aww striking 😍

No way in hell would I ever go down in those tunnels, or any, Any tunnels.

Amazing video! What video camera, lenses, housing, and video lights did you use? Thx for share!

thanks for the video . I use to go swimming in the springs around Ocala and Silver springs when I was a youngster, I remember we would go to the heart shape spring . Not sure if you heard of that one. just to swim and chill nothing like what you do much respect..

Like how your bailouts are positioned correctly. Streamlined

Majority of my dives are wreck dives on Nitrox, or or shark dives. Cave dives kinda worry me. But very specialty beautiful if you can handle the feeling that if you make the slightest mistake it's over

This is awesome 👌

Sounds like the underwater donkey Kong stages.

Do you guys ever bring capsules,for future generations to discover?

I shit my pants many times watching this 😂😳

So beautiful, hopefully one day I'll do the same 💯

Can you imagine being one of the first people to ever explore this place. Mental.

What is on the cave wall at 6:39??

Great HD video!

Am i the only1 that the only thing that scares me about this is getting eaten by some weird ass creature sitting next to the sign waiting for me?

Hi Becky and Liquid. Thanks for the great video. Heard the news today, very sad. I've heard of this cave before, but haven't thought of it in a long time. I went to look it up and guess what? There's no wiki on it. I would start something, but I know nothing of this cave except the news and YT. Do you know of anyone that can fill in the blanks on it? Thanks! Dunwyche~

I'm getting claustraphobic just watching this

lol at the chatter voices towards the end XD

“if you do to much of it you end up with bugs” -Brett 😂😂😂

Question: from a statistical and fact based standpoint, how dangerous is cave diving if you know what you're doing and take the necessary precautions? The media likes to spin things by focusing on the dangers of cave diving. The rule of common sense tells me that experienced cave divers don't take this lightly and they're probably better prepared (redundancy, backup, etc) than an experienced diver who prefers innocuous ship wreck diving looking at some coral and moray eels.

ohh yeahhh very beatiful.. SALUDOS DE BOLIVIA Becky Kagan Schott

VERY INTERESTING, Thanks for sharing. Can someone tell me what I am seeing 13:14-13:21. It looks like some type of rock creature camouflaging themselves in the cave. Maybe it's the lighting or shadows?

Im open water certified and nitrox certified and mostly dive and spearfish in the keys because I live in Florida... I have done a few "cavern" dives but don't know much about cave diving.. but is there a reason yall aren't running a guide line? is it always required? or is it just a preference?

Imagine there were some alligators just chillin in there

fantastico!!

Exactly this is in my worst nightmares. How brave you are! Thank you for sharing this to someone like me that will never do this.

Can you free dive some of these caves or no ?

Ok, question: If this is such a dangerous dive, yet, extremely important for divers, cave geologists, scientists, etc then why isn't the cave properly signed and marked? Obviously a sign was put down there and has held up over the years as a warning, so why not more signs? What I was thinking was high visibility signs to mark each section's height, width, and depth, but also pressure and where your breathable gas levels should be. There can be a high vis rope or line installed to give guidance along the entire length. Each large section has a sign and instructions. Each maze pathway has prewarnings. We have the tech and equipment now to do it. As for protecting the untrained public just make it mandatory that if you want to dive this cave system you have to get access permission and plan the date. Then if anything should happen emergency crews are already prepped and on alert. With the tech we have we can map this cave accordingly to prevent deaths and post it on the website so people who want to dive it can look up the experience and equipment requirements before asking and paying for permission. Even experienced divers are dying in this cave and rescue crews are risking their lives for someone else's thrills. If this isn't enough then just leave for scientific research only and leave it at that.

These guys look like they know what they're doing unlike some of the people who have been into this crazy place.

Is that fresh wateR?

Y’all crazy

Risk your whole life to go look at some underwater rocks 👌

is this sinkhole fresh or salt water? I thought it was fresh until I saw a traditionally saltwater "shaped" shrimp. Now I'm curious.

Are you guys using systems that dont make bubbles? I'm no diver...

what if your scooter fails?

im crying inside , what if i was lost in the middle of th cave

Its great and all but is it worth it too look at rocks under water?

lol@“It’s all about sex...Deep holes. Big scooters.”

Who took out the rubber chicken?

@4:50 where does that jump go?

Oh my god I will never do this ..

SO much water, and not one fish?

Lots of people died in eagle nest it's scared me people still venture in these caves

Im daane nice viedo

Rebreathers and dual bail outs?! Y’all are pretty geared up

Man,you guys went 2000 ft deep into eagles Nest, quite an achievement. I heard the most u can go is 5000 ft and how are u not scared of your oxygen cylinder, it can go empty

They must have used Duracell for those lights...

I'm both: scared and amazed

I'd only dive here when I don't have any friends who'd cry on me. I wanna dive but if I die I dont want anyone to be sad.

Nem morta eu vou ai

Is something lurking in there

music @ 7:33 ? Amazing video

And I was just there lol

music like donkey kong water level lol

What's that from 13:18 to 13:21?

They need to put down a heckuva bed of gravel on that road. I’d say, oh, 4 inch to 5 inch bed. That should do it.

The balls must really replace some weights here.

I'd love to do things like this, too bad I'm a huge chicken LOL

Why is there so little wildlife?

Why???? Because it's there, I suppose.

mrballen

Yea this shit is batshit crazy. I would def not be going thru there

Are there ever any spaces so small that you have to take off your oxygen tanks and push them Infront of you whilst breathing? Or is that a big NO NO?

munble talking underwater.... effective?!?!?!

This absolutely petrifies me.

So many people died there it's sad

Now try freediving it xD

This looks fun and amazing but not for me.

How did divers die here?

are you sure that is safe like why you are risking your life but we will not liy you will get a 10000 like and Suscribirse so ya byyyyyy