Northwest Dive Club

Cove 2 Thursday: 5ft down to 10', 30ft down to 70' and 15ft vis from 70' to 105'.

40-50' at brace point until the tide turned (in the eddy) and then a wall of algae bloom lowered vis to 20' or thereabouts

Huckleberry Island, 15'

Hood Canal, Dabob pinnacle 30-40' of vis and "warm" water at 66/53 at surface/bottom.

Two dogfish swimming near east wall came in very close for an exciting moment!

High tide at Crystal Springs pier- only about 8 ft, down to 60 ft. yuk.

Alki fishing reef yesterday, 25-30ish. At one point, I could see surface waves from 55 feet.

Alki was 30+ feet this morning before the students got in. A little chunky up top but very nice below 40 feet.

Cove 2 was very nice this afternoon. Easily 20-30 at the beams (get by without a light), and from 50' at the brick pile, you could easily see the surface ripples. Viz was certainly better down below about 40 or so.

Possession pt fingers viz was really pretty nice today 25-35 fsw. Great dives today!

Mukilteo t dock last night...5-10 for the first 20 feet or so then opened up to 20-25 after that.

ljjames wrote:40-50' at brace point until the tide turned (in the eddy) and then a wall of algae bloom lowered vis to 20' or thereabouts

Huckleberry Island, 15'

Was that Brace Point in Seattle near Fauntleroy or is there a Brace Pt near Huckleberry Is?

ohopdiver wrote:

ljjames wrote:40-50' at brace point until the tide turned (in the eddy) and then a wall of algae bloom lowered vis to 20' or thereabouts

Huckleberry Island, 15'

Was that Brace Point in Seattle near Fauntleroy or is there a Brace Pt near Huckleberry Is?

Seattle... I get around a bit

Cove 1 - Seacrest - 30'

Skykomish River - ridiculous.

Mukilteo yesterday was amazing...best viz I've seen there. 40 at least. Amazing!

8/26 super clear 35-40 feet @ redondo. Skates were everywhere.

stphnmartin wrote:8/26 super clear 35-40 feet @ redondo. Skates were everywhere.

Very cool!
At what depth did you find the skates?
Get some vid??
-Eric

YellowEye wrote:

stphnmartin wrote:8/26 super clear 35-40 feet @ redondo. Skates were everywhere.

Very cool!
At what depth did you find the skates?
Get some vid??
-Eric

Eric,

We found the skates anywhere from 80 to 30 feet (we dropped down to the carousel and then angled north up slope back to the line a bit before the VW). And, by everywhere, specifically we saw 4. But, I've only ever seen 1 ever, so they seemed very plentiful by comparison! The largest one we spotted was around a depth of 30 feet on our way out heading to a safety stop. All but one were actively swimming.

I brought my video camera with the intention to do video and the conditions were great. However I left my sola's at home, so the camera stayed in the car.

8/28 Redondo @ around 3:00 pm viz was 10' or less above 30', maybe up to 15' down to 90'.

8/31 Sunrise beach 15-20'.

9/2 Redondo about 3' viz 0-35', then opened up to about 15' viz below that.

9/4, 0630 Cove 2, almost 0' low tide. Shallows, 2-3', opening up to maybe 5 down to 35 fsw, then about 10 at the beams. Might be combo of tides and recent rain, but it's the definition of "craptastic".

Redondo - 09-03

0-10 fsw - opaque
10-20 fsw - chocolate milk
20-40 fsw - mix of coffee and dishwater
40-60 fsw - miso soup
below 60 fsw - manageable

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Where is our late summer viz?!?

Tom Nic wrote:Where is our late summer viz?!?

In Bonaire

Any viz reports from today? Any jellies in the water?
Thanks!

20-25 ft at Mukilteo today

Saturday at Sund Rock was a hazy 5-10ft and a warm 56F from the surface down to about 60fsw. Below that it was 25ft+ and a chillier 46F.