Certified cave divers will want to check out Branford, well-known as the cave diving capital of the world. Also in Branford, as well as Gainesville, guided cave, cavern and open-water diving instruction and excursions are available from master instructors. At Ginnie Springs, services provided for divers include full-service dive center and air station, dive equipment rentals, resort diving instruction, cavern and cave diving instructions, open water training referrals, and water entry decks, pavilions and bathhouses. Ginnie Springs covers more than 200 acres of unspoiled northern Florida forest with the Santa Fe River and nine natural springs at the heart of its beauty. It has canoe, tube and snorkeling rentals, riverside nature trails, private boat ramp and picnic tables with grills.
Camping is also available here.
Fishing With all this water, you're bound to catch some fish. World-record size tarpon are caught off the coast of Hernando County. Cherry Lake in Madison yields excellent bass and the Aucilla, Suwannee and Withlacoochee rivers are also good for bass, as well as pan fishing. Go to Dixie County, where you'll come across Suwannee, a fishing village on the Suwannee River at the Gulf of Mexico. The area attracts fishermen from all over as it offers some of the best in freshwater and saltwater angling opportunities.