Viz Reports Thread

FlyinV · Post by **FlyinV** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 8:57 am

Sat Dec 17th

I am terrible at estimating viz but at Octopus Hole in the Canal -- You could see the sun glowing thru the surface from the top of the wall. So it was really really good.

Verticle viz seemed better then horizontal viz but it was considered an epic dive

pogiguy05 · Post by **pogiguy05** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 10:55 pm

Today at Redondo was great vis at the surface you could look down 20 fsw and see clearly the pump at the bottom. So I would say 25fsw easy today

coulterboy · Post by **coulterboy** » Sat Dec 24, 2011 12:08 pm

Dove with Rob3 today at EUP. Went down around 0800. Viz was just marginal around 15 fsw.

fnerg · Post by **fnerg** » Thu Dec 29, 2011 7:07 pm

Mukilteo fuel dock, today. Viz was less than five feet. Reportedly, it opened up when you got deeper than 60, but my computer was acting up, and I wasn't willing to go that deep.

Total bottom time: a few minutes.

BAH.

Lonestar · Post by **Lonestar** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 10:29 pm

Redondo was pretty poor above 30-40 fsw, about 5ish. Opened up nicely at the bottlefield, 12ish!

E_Mo · Post by **E_Mo** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 12:49 pm

Redondo New Years eve, about the same, a foggy 5' or so, down to about 70', then opened up to 10' or so.

RoxnDox · Post by **RoxnDox** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 4:27 pm

Gig Harbor, Tides Tavern dock - about 15 ft, until the silt got all stirred up digging bottles out, when it went down to right about zero... But we had a damn fun time and found some cool bottles!

Jim

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 7:57 am

Snomageddon turning into slushmageddon turning into rainmageddon next week...viz might not be too hot for awhile.

At Mukilteo Monday the first 20 feet was maybe 5 feet viz, then opening to 20 feet viz or so below that.

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:50 pm

Mukilteo today was maybe 10 ft.

enchantmentdivi · Post by **enchantmentdivi** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 1:43 pm

Redondo, 1/22--15 ft with some suspended silt. Much better than I had anticipated with run off. However, it was COLD, COLD, COLD!!!

Ranbal · Post by **Ranbal** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 9:18 pm

1/22/12 Mukilteo T-Dock perhaps nearly twenty feet of vis. A great dive with little current. Octazilla still hanging out at the boat.

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 9:57 pm

Ranbal wrote:1/22/12 Mukilteo T-Dock perhaps nearly twenty feet of vis. A great dive with little current. Octazilla still hanging out at the boat.

Yep, the old timer is hanging in there. Wonder how many more days he has left...

airsix · Post by **airsix** » Sat Feb 04, 2012 9:32 pm

13 days since a vis report? Are you people crazy? Had a fantastic Alki junkyard night dive with Kees yesterday. Visibility was about 20 feet. GO DIVING!

We had a great dive with several personal firsts for me and at least one for Kees. I got fist bumped by a squid, body slammed by a seal, head-butted by hundreds of little not-shiner-perch (we couldn't identify them), played peek-a-boo with a juvenile wolfie, saw a new shrimp I need to go home and look up, and played in a field of shiner-perch that were spread out on the bottom like coins in a fountain. Great conditions. Again, GO DIVING.

Ben

Grisimal · Post by **Grisimal** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 4:06 pm

I was at EUP today around 11:00, viz was about 20ft. There was little current and we were attacked by 2 cabezons. The first of which slammed into my arm.

Gdog · Post by **Gdog** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:40 pm

Vis Sunday at Titlow, approx 20'....

cardiver · Post by **cardiver** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:41 pm

Viz @ Redondo today was a "snotty" 30 fsw......

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-Feuu5B ... AAAAAAAAAA[/youtube]

fnerg · Post by **fnerg** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:03 pm

Dude, that's a sea lion, and that's awesome!

cardiver · Post by **cardiver** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:12 pm

I wasn't sure if it was a sea lion or a big seal. I couldn't tell if it had ears or not.....

fnerg · Post by **fnerg** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:38 pm

The easiest way to tell is to see if they swim with their pectoral fins, or with their hind fins. Also, a seal's pectoral fins are relatively small, while the guy you saw has big ol' pecs.

On a side note, viz at Edmonds was around 15', with tons of cabezon on eggs:

BASSMAN · Post by **BASSMAN** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 12:03 pm

Cool video!

LCF · Post by **LCF** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 5:14 pm

Viz at Redondo today was superb -- at least 30 and maybe more, as long as you were where the classes weren't.

Novice · Post by **Novice** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 7:46 pm

Viz last night at muk clay walls was a mucky 10-15 all the way to 75ft

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 10:32 pm

15 ft at Edmonds today.

oldsalt · Post by **oldsalt** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:46 pm

Vis at Mukilteo T-dock 2/18/2012 - 30 ft. High winds generated a little current.

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 3:59 pm

Visibility at Sund Rock on Friday Feb 17th was a solid 30' - very nice for Sund!

An added bonus was that the visibility extended to the shallows - somewhat of a rarity for the rock, and a welcome event since much cool like lives in the shallows!

A great couple of dives, thanks Tim!

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