Northwest Dive Club

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

About the same at Hoodsport today.

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

Anyone seen signs of improvement yet?

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Jeremy wrote: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!

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

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

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.

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

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

Woo hoo, I can live with that!

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.

Penders, what was your water temp at Salt Creek?

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.

Gdog wrote:Penders, what was your water temp at Salt Creek?

Salt Creek water temp was a balmy 45 degrees.

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

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

Redondo PM ebb hazy chunks till 60ft

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.

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

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.

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

Chunky monkey 20 on high tide last night...

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

Was 15-25 at redondo at 2 pmish

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