After a few recent trips with some pretty good chop on the surface, yesterday was a real treat. We had sunny skies, no wind, and glassy surface conditions. As we arrived a the buoy I looked down the line and could see the crud hanging in the water. As we went down the line it didn't get better, just darker. As I looked over the edge into the dark I thought, oh well I guess thats what a compass is for. The bad viz made certain things stand out in my light. There is a nudi hatch going on in the canal that seems to happen each year about this time. The nudis are really tiny, about the size of a pencil eraser. About halfway through our first dive it seemed like we got a little ambient light. I am not sure if we really did get more light or my eyes were just adjusting to the dark.
The surface interval was amazing. There was a fog bank hanging to our south, fog was almost rolling over the cliffs. We had bald eagles out giving us a show, the seals were coming close to check us out. The week before we had an eagle snatch a fish right behind our boat. Everything about this day is why I love diving in the NW.
