Viz Reports Thread

LCF · Post by **LCF** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 10:32 pm

FANTASTIC viz at Redondo today! At LEAST 30 feet, maybe even a bit more. Some whale snot in the water, but it didn't interfere with the viz as much as the dozens and dozens of moon jellies did

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 11:40 am

Crap viz at Edmunds today, maybe 5 feet.

Jeff Pack · Post by **Jeff Pack** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 1:17 pm

Salt Water State Park. Above 40, 15-20 if not abit more. Really clear!

Below abit murkier, but still 15ft easy.

Made nice diving.

LCF · Post by **LCF** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 9:12 am

The algae bloom is back -- viz at C2 last night was poo above 25 feet (I mean poo -- hovering maybe two feet off the bottom, the bottom was all blurry). Below that, to about 90, it was a delicious 15 or so . . .

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:06 pm

Hudson Point in Port Townsend viz was horrible yesterday. Wonderful, critter filled dives, 5' viz. Four person buddy teams - not the best idea, though we did pull it off.

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:50 pm

Day Island Wall on this afternoon's slack - jaw dropping awesome. 25' putting our fins on and 30-40' on the wall. Best dive here ever, and I've had some good ones! Perhaps Bassman or Bucknaked will do a dive report.

Rockfish · Post by **Rockfish** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 11:45 am

Mukilteo Oil Dock yesterday 12 PM 5 feet and that is being generous below 30 feet it was like a night dive :(

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 1:17 pm

I wonder why the viz at Mukilteo and Edmonds has been so bad compared to the south sound lately.
?

Rockfish · Post by **Rockfish** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 2:56 pm

Lots of snow melt lately with the warm temps. The Snohomish is running high and we are having a late plankton bloom.

Nwbrewer · Post by **Nwbrewer** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 3:31 pm

Rockfish wrote:Mukilteo Oil Dock yesterday 12 PM 5 feet and that is being generous below 30 feet it was like a night dive :(

Yeah, Pauli and I were over at the lighthouse park in the afternoon. We had varying vis from ~5-10 to pretty much braille.

**Note** When the vis goes to 0 it's best to take the CUDA out of gear 8. Otherwise you may tow your dive buddy into the bottom with out realizing it, followed by a nice sawtooth profile between 15 and 30. This is no fun in drysuits. I think pauli looked like the michellin man when we hit 15fsw......

mz53480 · Post by **mz53480** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 6:22 pm

Nwbrewer wrote:...**Note** When the vis goes to 0 it's best to take the CUDA out of gear 8. Otherwise you may tow your dive buddy into the bottom with out realizing it, followed by a nice sawtooth profile between 15 and 30. This is no fun in drysuits. I think pauli looked like the michellin man when we hit 15fsw......

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 7:42 pm

Norrander's reef was 20-25', tons of life, very nice! My first dives on the site.

Diver_Dave · Post by **Diver_Dave** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 8:23 pm

Sitka harbor 25-30ft...

Grateful Diver · Post by **Grateful Diver** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 8:55 pm

Major plankton die-off at the 'Dond today. When I got there this morning at 8:30 there was just the slightest wisp of floating plankton on the surface. At depth it was beginning to clump up into chunks the size of large snowflakes, and at 20-30 feet it was quite thick. By noon there was a noticeable reddish-brown sheen on the surface and those clumps below were noticeably larger and beginning to elongate. At 6 PM when I went back down for my fun dive the surface looked like someone had dumped buckets of red-brown paint in the water ... it was, literally, opaque goop for about six inches to a foot. Below that it cleared up rather nicely. What plankton remained below was in snot-strings several inches long, and below about 60 feet it was basically clear.

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Diver_Dave · Post by **Diver_Dave** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 10:03 pm

Grateful Diver wrote:Major plankton die-off at the 'Dond today. When I got there this morning at 8:30 there was just the slightest wisp of floating plankton on the surface. At depth it was beginning to clump up into chunks the size of large snowflakes, and at 20-30 feet it was quite thick. By noon there was a noticeable reddish-brown sheen on the surface and those clumps below were noticeably larger and beginning to elongate. At 6 PM when I went back down for my fun dive the surface looked like someone had dumped buckets of red-brown paint in the water ... it was, literally, opaque goop for about six inches to a foot. Below that it cleared up rather nicely. What plankton remained below was in snot-strings several inches long, and below about 60 feet it was basically clear.

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Yuk......I say.

mz53480 · Post by **mz53480** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 10:16 pm

Hoodsport: 7-15-12
schmutzy down to about 30fsw, then 'cleared' to ~10-15ft viz below that.
!!!J E L L Y F I S H!!!

Diver_Dave · Post by **Diver_Dave** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 10:23 pm

Sitka harbor 25-30ft.....

mkmc · Post by **mkmc** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 10:00 pm

Edmonds this evening was at least 40 feet if not more, really spectacular.

renoun · Post by **renoun** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:19 pm

Cove II was great tonight. Viz. was greater than 30' from the surface to 80fsw and there wasn't a huge amount of particulate matter in the water either. Somehow despite the improved viz. the egg yolk jellies are still running into the Jack straw pilings.

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Novice · Post by **Novice** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:42 am

35 feet at Muk. Come get some.

DecidedlyOdd · Post by **DecidedlyOdd** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 12:53 am

I was at Redondo around 7:30 for Dive Around the Clock. Awful vis (like 2 feet) down to about 20fsw or so, then it immediately opened up to great vis--probably 30ft. It was pretty dark though with all the muck from the thunderstorms floating on top.

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Diver_Dave · Post by **Diver_Dave** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 1:55 am

30ft of vis and below 40' there was like 50ft

coulterboy · Post by **coulterboy** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 7:49 pm

Muk T-Dock at 1630 , viz at least 20 fsw from 50 fsw and deeper.

lundysd · Post by **lundysd** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:13 pm

Cove 2 was a milky 20 last night -- not bad, but not earth-shattering by any means

coulterboy · Post by **coulterboy** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:20 pm

EUP at 1930 from the third yellow buoy (Jetty Way) and further north was at least 25 fsw. Awesome dive.

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