Viz Reports Thread

[LCF]

Viz in Pet Cemetery cenote today was 100+ . . . just sayin'.

[Lonestar]

Redondo was about 5 again last night. Lots of life though, GPO, Red Octo, Lumpsucker, Granny's Urn, Sailfin Sculpin, breeding Squid, breeding crab (biggest crab I have ever seen), Eelpouts, Stubby Squid, shrimps, and a Rat Fish.

[DecidedlyOdd]

I went to Redondo this afternoon for a couple of dives on an incoming tide. At about 20ft there appeared to be a halocline separating really muddy water (less that 5ft vis) from substantially clearer water below (+/- 15ft of vis). Sure beats the truly terrible night dive we did at Cove 2 on Friday where you couldn't even see a jackstraw piling until you were about to crash into it.

[Mateo1147]

Today saw a good 20 feet of vis at both dinner rock and long island wall. Thanks for another great dive Lujacks Quest!

[Grateful Diver]

Redondo this AM was 5 to 8 feet down to about 50 fsw ... at which point it opened up to maybe 10-12.

Cove 2 this afternoon was basically chocolate ... I cancelled my afternoon class dive due to poor visibility ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

[scottsax]

EUP at 8:45 tonight was murky. Maybe 5 feet.

[DecidedlyOdd]

Redondo this morning was pretty awful (about 3ft of vis) down to about 50ft. Below that it opened up to probably a little less than 10ft. With that, the deep line was definitely diveable but we gave up on the shallow line after putting up with the mud for a couple minutes.

[fnerg]

Cove 2, sunday 5 feet down to about 50-60 feet, after that, black as night, but maybe 15 feet of visibility.

Is there something wrong with me that I actually really enjoyed navigating around at 100 feet with just a flashlight and a compass?

It was also really cool seeing all the YOY rockfish swimming around before the 3-4 ling cod in the area gulped them all down.

BTW, thanks to Tom for making it a fun dive!

[PapaZ]

Tuesday night, June 7th,

Hood Canal - near Yellow House,

Nice dive, used 2500 air in 50 minutes, nothing unique, water temp at depth about 50 degrees,
Viz: maybe 3-4 feet. Blah! :angry:

PapaZ

[diverden]

Cove2 about 22 hours ago: viz up to about 8 feet!!!!!

[ljjames]

I woulda said 10-15 on the high tide

[Tom Nic]

I woulda said 10-15 on the high tide

...and where would that be?

[Norris]

I woulda said 10-15 on the high tide

...and where would that be?

If I had to guess...um maybe Cove 2?

It's Thursday and their group dives at Cove 2 every Wednesday. Just a guess though

[ljjames]

my bad, I was following up on dennis's post yes, cove 2 <grin>

[diverden]

At any rate... on the up (ish)

[LCF]

Despite all the doom and gloom I had heard, viz tonight at Cove 2 wasn't really bad at all. Below 30 feet, we had probably 15 feet of viz in most places. SOMETHING had been along the I-beams, and the downhill side was clear, but the uphill side was darned near zero viz. It could have been divers, but the rockfish there were really skittish, so I wonder if it was seals or sea lions who had been there.

Above 30 feet, it closed in quite a bit.

Zillions of water jellies, and krill.

[diverden]

Yes, it's definitely getting better. Go jellies!

[LCF]

Truly schizophrenic viz at Flagpole today! Below about 70 feet, it was a nice 20 to 25, and dark. 70 to 30, it was crud -- maybe 10 feet of heavy particulates. Above 30 feet, it was jaw-dropping -- tropical quality clear, blue water. Ever snorkeled in Puget Sound before? I surface swam and watched my husband taking photographs of a lion's mane in 15 feet of water (he had dropped from the surface when we saw it, and I couldn't follow him because my right ear wouldn't clear). Looked like Maui with metridiums.

[fnerg]

Saltwater state park: 10 feet down to 60fsw, then an amazing 10-15 as long as you can look past the floating crud.

[Grateful Diver]

Truly schizophrenic viz at Flagpole today! Below about 70 feet, it was a nice 20 to 25, and dark. 70 to 30, it was crud -- maybe 10 feet of heavy particulates. Above 30 feet, it was jaw-dropping -- tropical quality clear, blue water. Ever snorkeled in Puget Sound before? I surface swam and watched my husband taking photographs of a lion's mane in 15 feet of water (he had dropped from the surface when we saw it, and I couldn't follow him because my right ear wouldn't clear). Looked like Maui with metridiums.

Should also mention that there were a TON of lion's mane jellies in the water ... I got nailed ... twice ... scooters and a lion's mane infestation is a bad combination ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

[renoun]

Should also mention that there were a TON of lion's mane jellies in the water ... I got nailed ... twice ... scooters and a lion's mane infestation is a bad combination ...

Now we know how Bob got his profile avatar.

[diverden]

Viz in Lake Washington is still good. Found the bottom of the Leschi Wall last night and I'd say it could have been 20-25 ft. Dropping down the buoy chain was about 15 maybe 20 ft. Makes it easy not to crater into the bottom and the dive wasn't the usual haunted house type experience!

[LCF]

Redondo tonight was quite pleasant -- probably 20 - 25 at depth. Lots of fresh water on the top and a lot of wind-driven waves and some surge, so the top 30 feet or so wasn't very clear.

[diverden]

Cove 2 last night was much better than weeks past -- approx 20 ft below 20 fsw.

[Gdog]

Good to hear it is improving....hoping it will continue or at least stay the same for this weekend, fathers day. Father wants to dive!