Viz Reports Thread

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Broken Point West and James Island North were maybe 3'. Yep. That's three. Tons of life. More tons of brown particulate in the water. And THE happiest Orange Sea Cucumbers I have ever seen. Thousands....
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9/2 Cove 2 was a nice 15+ft on a low tide
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Allen Bank - 20 ft viz
Waterman's Wall 10 ft viz
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09/02 Sund Rock was 20+ below 35fsw


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DIW Saturday night about 20'+ until the tide turned, then dropped to about 15'
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9/3 T-Dock- 15'+ down to 130fsw
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9/4 Cove- 8-10ft on a very low tide
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Saturday Sund Rock, clear to 25ft, less than 10ft to 30ft, then a nice 20+ all the way to 235.
Sunday Lake Wa (Leschi wall) good viz to 170, and then around 2ft afterwards. Meh.
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UW Wall & the inside of Long Island in the San Juans were both 30' viz Saturday
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Star Date : 2017090.4
Long Island Wall 50+ Viz
O'Neil Island 30 + Viz
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ScubaJess wrote:Star Date : 2017090.4
Long Island Wall 50+ Viz
O'Neil Island 30 + Viz
Wowsers!! :partydance: :supz: :partydance:
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Three Tree North September 6th, very low tide, 20' in the shallows, 30' below 40 fsw - very nice!
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9/9 Alki Junkyard 30 feet! Get it while its great!
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Three Tree 9/10 seemed like a solid 40ft. Dropped to 25ft+ for the second dive.
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theonly_JT wrote:Three Tree 9/10 seemed like a solid 40ft. Dropped to 25ft+ for the second dive.
Both the first and second dive at Three Tree today I was able to see the surface from 55ft down. Obviously less when looking to the side, but still pretty darn good.
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Redondo was easily 30ft horizontal yesterday (9/16). Vertical vis was 40+.
We found thee red octos at various places along the deep line, plus a friendly juvenile wolfie. Lots of gunnels and gobies about. The amount of light still available on the bottom was amazing, even at 80 fsw.


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Octopus Hole 9/22, muck down to 40fsw, clearing below with 25' vis.

One big octo with its chromatophores going full tilt. White-gray, then turning deep red. Way cool!
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9/23 Cove 2- 20+ft, viz dropped a little after 100min due to OW classes. New personal best, 1hr 50min dive this morning. :taco:
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Saltwater State Park and KVI Towers (off Ocean Quest), 9/24 -- 18-20ft near the surface, improving with depth. Probably 30 feet of visibility deeper than 20fsw.

Or in other words: the clearest water I've seen here in the Sound since I started diving here this spring. :)
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Star Date 2017092.3
Long Island Wall
20-30 feet +
The outer San Juan's are having fantastic viz these days! Also the orcas swam right past us. It was Epic!!!
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DIW 9/28 Pretty decent. a little hazy but... 15ft i'd say? maybe less, maybe more.
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9/30 Cove 2 15-20ft on a low tide this morning. Muk TDock this afternoon- 8ft down to 30fsw. 15-20ft viz at the geodome and mannequin
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10/9 Cove 2--super clear, 30 feet.
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10/11 Mukilteo TDock great viz on top, maybe 20ft? Got worse with depth, a murky 15ft.
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Junkyard today was probably 30 ft for the first dive, and about 20ft on the second dive.
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