The only thing missing from the picture - DIVERS !
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These were exactly my thoughts when I saw the rig.LCF wrote:Man, what was the occasion? If hot pizza is on offer at Keystone, I'd dive there more often!
Hi Dave, you got to come to Whidbey. Maybe not a pizza waiting for you, but lots of sea life ...LowDrag wrote:Hi Jan. I have never heard or seen anything on Keystone before your thread. Can you post a link for this location that would give some good info? Also, is this a good site for rookies or is it a more advanced site? You know, current sensitive, depth requirements and so on? Thanks, Dave
PS: The pic you post is really cool..did you take that?
Keystone is a dive where one would consult Current Charts/Tables since the state of water currents are are dependent on the tides but don't directly correlate with the tidal state. The tide tables will give you a rough idea of the magnitude of the currents but without significant local knowledge you won't know when to exact peak and slack currents based solely on tide tables.LowDrag wrote:Sounds like a bit more experience reading tide charts is in order.
Yeah.renoun wrote:Keystone is a dive where one would consult Current Charts/Tables since the state of water currents are are dependent on the tides but don't directly correlate with the tidal state. The tide tables will give you a rough idea of the magnitude of the currents but without significant local knowledge you won't know when to exact peak and slack currents based solely on tide tables.LowDrag wrote:Sounds like a bit more experience reading tide charts is in order.
NOAA is the source of both current data and predictions that are often republished in a variety of formats by other entities. xTide is a popular open source computer program that many other programs, apps, and web sites with tide and/or current predictions are based on. Generally in any given region actual measurements are taken at a handful of stations and predictions for other locations are interpolated from the direct observations. The predictions don't consider real world conditions like flooding rivers or strong winds that can have significant effects on tidal heights and current strengths.
Northwest Shore Dives by Stephen Fischnaller is out of print but a used copy will have his corrections from known stations for many dive sites. You can compare them to the listings here and elsewhere (Perfect Dive, Shorediving.com, Shop web sites, etc.) and hopefully get a better understanding. Finally you will probably find watching an animation of Puget Sound currents more helpful than anything I just wrote.