Prediction: Good vis is on its way

dsteding · Post by **dsteding** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:13 pm

The cloud cover and cooler temperatures make me think it is time for the first good vis event of the summer. You heard it here first, and I'm so confident it will happen I am not even worried that this post is going to jinx us.

mattwave · Post by **mattwave** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:21 pm

We had a solid 30ft in places yesterday morning at Cove2.
I am ready to get a full face set up for jelly season though, no OOG's doug.

Nwbrewer · Post by **Nwbrewer** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:31 pm

Yesterday afternoon at Mukilteo T-dock the vis was a few feet until you got below 45-50fsw, then it opened up to maybe 20'. A lot of life in the water though. I was surprised my the amount of barnicals growing on the geodome already, and some BIG jellies.

Let's hope you're right. $\:D/$

Jake

Tangfish · Post by **Tangfish** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:44 pm

I will confirm tonight, hopefully.

dsteding · Post by **dsteding** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:47 pm

mattwave wrote:We had a solid 30ft in places yesterday morning at Cove2.
I am ready to get a full face set up for jelly season though, no OOG's doug.

We need to do a better job slicing and dicing the jellies.

You around on Saturday? Doing a skills dive in the AM at Cove 2, but if you wanted to scooter at some point, I'd be down . . .

GillyWeed · Post by **GillyWeed** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:08 pm

Had almost 30' of vis at Redondo last night. Prolly the best vis I have ever had there.. Lots of smutz in the water near the entry point but by the time we had swam to the end of the pier and looked down you could see all the way to the bottom and it was high tide...

Grateful Diver · Post by **Grateful Diver** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:20 pm

I'll be at The Office tonight and tomorrow night doing skills dives for my Trimix class ... hope the vis is decent, I'll try not to muck it up too badly for those of you out sight-seeing ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

lamont · Post by **lamont** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:54 pm

the rain is probably going to wash more fertilizer into the sound and when the sun comes out the algae is going to bloom up again... i don't think we're into the good viz yet...

girldiver · Post by **girldiver** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 5:27 pm

I was at Les Davis on Monday...THICK cover to 10'....then opened up to an amazing 30'. Pretty cool!

cardiver · Post by **cardiver** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 5:52 pm

All that viz and you still couldn't find your fin? $\:D/$
I'll be bringing you your 55 as soon as I can get down to the valley( or you can come up here)

Joshua Smith · Post by **Joshua Smith** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 10:40 pm

30' below 70 fsw tonight at cove 2- maybe 20 above that. Had a great dive!

Tangfish · Post by **Tangfish** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 11:01 pm

Vis was good tonight, though I can't tell if it was that way b/c of the water or my new light!

Sounder · Post by **Sounder** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:59 am

Calvin wrote:Vis was good tonight, though I can't tell if it was that way b/c of the water or my new light!

Whad'ya get?

Nwbrewer · Post by **Nwbrewer** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 9:06 am

All right Doug, I'm going to Mukilteo park today to test out your vis theory. I have my new camera with me and I'm hoping for some nice pics, you better be right about this vis thing......

Jake

Ken G · Post by **Ken G** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:23 am

That was the best vis at Cove 2 I have seen in a while. At one point I was sitting back taking in a view of just about the entire I-beams covered in plum anemones while Nailer and Calvin hovered slightly above. It was almost that diving in a fish bowl feeling I sometimes get diving warm water. Great dive last night!

dsteding · Post by **dsteding** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:56 am

Ken G wrote:That was the best vis at Cove 2 I have seen in a while. At one point I was sitting back taking in a view of just about the entire I-beams covered in plum anemones while Nailer and Calvin hovered slightly above. It was almost that diving in a fish bowl feeling I sometimes get diving warm water. Great dive last night!

Damn, that does sound nice. I am diving Saturday morning, but will be scooter-less, which is a bummer, I've yet to scooter in good vis. Need to work on kick-diving skills to do my fundies check-out.

Grateful Diver · Post by **Grateful Diver** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:04 pm

Ken G wrote:That was the best vis at Cove 2 I have seen in a while. At one point I was sitting back taking in a view of just about the entire I-beams covered in plum anemones while Nailer and Calvin hovered slightly above. It was almost that diving in a fish bowl feeling I sometimes get diving warm water. Great dive last night!

Was that you guys who came by while we were doing our drills at the base of the white can buoy? One of the divers was in doubles. We were kind've busy running lines and practicing failures, so I didn't get a chance to wave ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Ken G · Post by **Ken G** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:39 pm

Ya Bob that was us. You looked pretty busy when we passed so I did not want to interupt. How did your class go?

TCWestby · Post by **TCWestby** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 6:53 pm

Good news, I'm diving Cove 2 tomorrow afternoon with some friends. Can't wait to see that site again, getting titer of the pea soup at Mukilteo.

Nwbrewer · Post by **Nwbrewer** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:07 pm

TC,

You need to do your advanced class if you're gonna keep diving at Mukilteo. Vis in the upper ranges is often bad, but if you drop down underneath that it opens right up.

Tonight it was below about 20 fsw that it opened up. Kwbyron and I dove the clay walls and had 30+ foot vis at the wall. A great day of diving! $\:D/$

Doug's prediction was correct!

Jake

Joshua Smith · Post by **Joshua Smith** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:31 pm

Yep- 30 feet or better @ cove 2 tonight again. Very nice.

LCF · Post by **LCF** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:18 pm

We had at least 15 feet at Edmonds this evening, and no current whatsoever. TONS of life -- schools of young rockfish hiding in the anemones, as well as tubesnouts and shiner perch. I love fish! Very nice dive, and the quietest water I've had at Edmonds in a long time, despite the huge exchange this evening. Go figure.

TCWestby · Post by **TCWestby** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 5:51 am

Well, I'm oficially signed up for AOW beginning Sept 11. Can't wait to get to night dive.

As far as Viz @ Muk. to avoid writers cramp my logs are beginning to read Muk standard...

Maybe I'll see some of you @ Cove 2 tonight.

mattwave · Post by **mattwave** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:51 am

dsteding wrote:
mattwave wrote:We had a solid 30ft in places yesterday morning at Cove2.
I am ready to get a full face set up for jelly season though, no OOG's doug.
We need to do a better job slicing and dicing the jellies.

You around on Saturday? Doing a skills dive in the AM at Cove 2, but if you wanted to scooter at some point, I'd be down . . .

Yah, I am teaching tech at 7am, but just skills and then taking out some newer divers at 10:30am, if we could squeeze in a 9am X-Dive, I am down. Shoot that will make 6 mornings in a row at cove2, well off to 30+ vis.

dsteding · Post by **dsteding** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 8:04 am

mattwave wrote:
Yah, I am teaching tech at 7am, but just skills and then taking out some newer divers at 10:30am, if we could squeeze in a 9am X-Dive, I am down. Shoot that will make 6 mornings in a row at cove2, well off to 30+ vis.

I just sent an email to Peter (cc'd you) seeing if he can push the skills dive back to 11 ish, if so, I'll be at Cove 2 and we can scooter after your first dive is done.