Viz Reports Thread

[mz53480]

Alki, Cove 2. Viz: Need map and flashlight to find one's own ass..

About the same at Hoodsport today.

[H20doctor]

dove today ... EUP ..YUK, and Craptastic

[Jeremy]

Anyone seen signs of improvement yet?

[Tom Nic]

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Anyone seen signs of improvement yet?

Don't hold your breath. Viz will vary from zero to 10' until late June or July, typically, with a few exceptions on the odd day.

One of the advantages of threads like this one is that you can go back in previous years and get a general read on the viz.

This has become my least favorite time of the year for diving. But it is perfect for a Bonaire trip!

[pogiguy05]

Three Tree today 4/25 was 5fsw at best.

[Jeremy]

I-90 bridge and King St Scow, 20-25 ft.

[LCF]

We came down from Nanaimo yesterday on the ferry. It was amazing . . . the water at Nanaimo was choppy and blue, but about an hour out, we crossed a vivid dividing line into water that was light brown, and that's what we had all the way to Tswassen. The particulates coming down out of the mountains are amazing. I suspect the viz won't get better until the flow rate in the rivers goes down again.

[Jeff Pack]

Redondo Saturday, a big whopping 5ft, occasional squinty 10 at depth.

Leschi Wall Sunday was sweet with 20ft viz at tec depths. Probably gonna be Lake Diving for awhile

[Scubie Doo]

Redondo on 5/2 - 3:30 splash = 20-25' and a little hazy at depth
Redondo on 5/2 - 5:30 splash = 15'-20' and still hazy at depth

Almost zero viz from 25' up

[Jeremy]

Woo hoo, I can live with that!

[mpenders]

Salt Creek, a hazy 20' from the surface to 39fsw (our max depth on both dives).

Lake Crescent, easily 50'+. The water is cold at 46 degrees with no thermocline down to 90ffw.

[Gdog]

Penders, what was your water temp at Salt Creek?

[DecidedlyOdd]

Vis at Three Tree Point North this afternoon was cruddy but manageable. I'd say 5-10ft with it being a little bit better at depth than in the shallows. Lots of chunks in the water as opposed to cloudiness. There was also some surf--nothing too bad, but more than the absolutely nothing we normally have.

[mpenders]

Penders, what was your water temp at Salt Creek?

Salt Creek water temp was a balmy 45 degrees.

[olalladiver]

Hood canal - Pinnacle and Pulani west wall- 2-3 ft up top - green 'n clumpy... 10 ish at 60 ft+

[BillZ]

Cinco De Mayo at Sunrise
A hazy 10 foot with occasional clearing to 15 ft.

[KneeDeep]

Redondo PM ebb hazy chunks till 60ft

[DecidedlyOdd]

Cove 2 this evening looked pretty good off the dock, but once under the water around 8:30pm it was only about 10ft of vis. Pretty clear in the first couple feet above a halocline, then cruddier down a ways before opening up a little bit at depth. Not great but manageable.

[Jeremy]

Mukilteo tonight was 2-5 ft in the top layer, opening up to a nice 20+ ft once you hit 40 fsw.

[doubtingGunnel]

Three Tree last night was actually nice. About 15-20ft regardless of depth. I mean, the water is still "chunky" with plankton, but the water was otherwise very nice.

[jerryehrlich]

Sund Rock MCA on Saturday AM was clear to 15, murky and chunky to 55 very clear below 60

[ljjames]

Chunky monkey 20 on high tide last night...

[coulterboy]

Mukilteo tonight at least 20 fsw at 40 fsw and deeper.

[Scubak]

Was 15-25 at redondo at 2 pmish

[GMan]

Alki cove 2 Monday 6pm. 20' below 70, progressively worse towards the surface (tide going out).