Non current sites...

[Jaksonbrown]

Whats the best boat dive site around Whidbey island that would not be current sensitive? Any suggestions...?
It looks like this weekend is gonna be pretty much a big current weekend all day long....

Cory-

[Norris]

Any help would be appreciated, Ive been scouring the world wide innertube, but info is minimal.

[dsteding]

Others will chime in that know Whidbey well, but my first reaction (given the topography of the area) is that one doesn't really exist.

Langley maybe?

[Jaksonbrown]

What about up in Port Susan? Anybody know of anywhere up there??

[CaptnJack]

What about up in Port Susan? Anybody know of anywhere up there??

Mud!

Langley has the most stuff to see. You could try up on Fidalgo. Bowman Bay area is doable at slack.

[Jaksonbrown]

Unfortunatly, Slack this weekend is at 7:30am and 3:30 pm....
Hence the need of a non current site as we will be diving mid day...

[LCF]

The biggest problem is that a lot of the possible dive sites off Whidbey Island are just slopes of silt with sea pens. You might PM Jan K, as I think he has the most experience on and off Whidbey, but this is the challenge of Puget Sound diving. There are simply some weekends where the best places to dive are not very interesting, unless you are a critter person who is willing to look for the little stuff, or the things you don't see unless you dive over the muck. Sometimes it's fun to go investigate a site where nobody habitually dives, but I think you guys are low on experience to do that. Talk to Jan -- maybe he'll have some info for you.

[divemaster08]

try asking lonewolf. i heard he knows of a few places to get in the water.

[mattwave]

Gedney Island barges I have been told can be protected on an ebb, but I have heard of current stories there so I dive it on slack tide. Langlely is ok, fidalgo I hear has terrible vis right now. Looking at the exchange it's hard to say there will be slack anywhere.

[Jaksonbrown]

And the forcast continues to get better.... Now calling for rain and 18-25kt winds. This is forcasted to produce 3-5 foot wind waves....Makes for rough boat diving....

[Dusty2]

Makes for unsafe Boat diving! I would say Pass on the boat dive Idea. It's not going to be a fun day no matter where you go.

[Nwbrewer]

Shouldn't be much current in the lake....

[dsteding]

Shouldn't be much current in the lake....

That's where were headed, the Dawn/Hauler on Saturday. Figured with the crappy tides it was a good day to lounge in the Lake.

[Nwbrewer]

Nice. Probably a little out of the OP's depth range though. There's always the sunken forest.

[Norris]

Whats the depth?

[Nwbrewer]

Of the Dawn/Hauler, or the forest?

[dsteding]

Nice. Probably a little out of the OP's depth range though. There's always the sunken forest.

Yeah, was just making an off-handed comment, not a destination suggestion for the OP.

Dawn is ~110 ffw to the mud, Hauler is ~120 ffw to the mud.

[BDub]

Dawn is ~110 ffw to the mud, Hauler is ~120 ffw to the mud.

Definitely 18/45, or even 15/55!

[dsteding]

Dawn is ~110 ffw to the mud, Hauler is ~120 ffw to the mud.

Definitely 18/54, or even 15/55!

10/70, don't breathe until 15 feet. Duh.

[camerone]

Yeah, was just making an off-handed comment, not a destination suggestion for the OP.

Dawn is ~110 ffw to the mud, Hauler is ~120 ffw to the mud.

The problem with those isn't the depth...it's the fact that the viz usually sucks, and there's lots to get tangled up on with 'em. You can be inside the Dawn without even knowing you've penetrated it.

-C

[dsteding]

No kidding-it is dark, dark, dark down there.

The problem with those isn't the depth...it's the fact that the viz usually sucks, and there's lots to get tangled up on with 'em. You can be inside the Dawn without even knowing you've penetrated it.

-C

[Nwbrewer]

No kidding-it is dark, dark, dark down there.

The problem with those isn't the depth...it's the fact that the viz usually sucks, and there's lots to get tangled up on with 'em. You can be inside the Dawn without even knowing you've penetrated it.

-C

I treat dives in the lake with about a +30' factor. A 70' dive in the lake feels like a 100' dive in the Sound. YMMV.

[dsteding]

I treat dives in the lake with about a +30' factor. A 70' dive in the lake feels like a 100' dive in the Sound. YMMV.

Yes, 150 feet in the lake is uber dark-the Bomber is still a great dive, however.

The joy of helium, I don't think I'd want to be below about 80 feet in the lake without it.

[Burntchef]

i love lake

i love lamp

[BigFameOne]

So I can literally hit a golf ball into the lake from my home (and I can't hit a golf ball for anything) so of course the Lake is an appealing dive destination for me, BUT I am only OW certified. Anything there I can do?