Northwest Dive Club

Anybody been diving in the last day or two and can give current viz info? We are contemplating heading up there from Portland for a couple of dives on Wednesday. BUT, considering it's the day before Xmas eve the drive back to Portland has the potential of taking extra long. I really want to be able to get in a couple of good dives. Don't need stellar viz but at least good enough to want to do a second dive and have it be worth the possible 5 hour drive home. We haven't decided on a site yet but thinking either Redondo or Sund Rock depending on where the better viz might be. Any info is appreciated. Thanks.

Viz off Pac Adventures Saturday was really really nice.
30+ no muck layer really actually incredible.

Viz at Edmonds today was 10-15 feet a little milky, but still great.
Safe travels!

Three tree Saturday was a milky 15,10 in sections.

Thanks for the info. Seems worth the drive.

The viz at Cove 2 yesterday was 15 ft max, a little less shallower than about 30 ft. Did not go below 80 ft. I think the critters thought it was night time.

Sund Rock. 12-24-15. 1200 noon
Great! Mostly clear with a little haze, probably 15-20ft viz down to at least 80fsw. Cold too!

About 10 feet viz down at 70 feet at Redondo. Pretty hazy above that but still a lot of fun. Saw lots of Octos at the bottle fields and piles of Seacucumbers at like 40 feet.
Thanks to Bradmond & HoodSport Diver for the great time!

Three Tree was a hazy 20' this morning.

It "feels" like it's right on the verge of getting good. Perhaps if the rain holds off some more and the rivers stop flowing quite so strongly.

Dove cove 2 this afternoon with my buddy Randy, viz was about 20' but good dive went deep and rran into about 8 really big copper rockfish about 2'+

Les Davis Monday 12/28 4pm: Viz about 5-10 feet.
Redondo Tuesday 12/29 4pm: Viz about 10-15 feet.

Redondo today 12/30 in the morning, very high tide, viz 20-25', still hazy.

Thursday 30th - Keystone Jetty, low tide PM - silty, 8 feet :(

Thursday, 12/31 - Edmonds UW Park - low tide in the afternoon, vis was nice! About 20 feet or so. -Janna

At the yellow house, viz in the shallows is horrid, big freshwater layer. Even down deeper hazy, but not bad if you have beefy lights

Sat 1/2 - Blakely Rock: 20 feet, a bit hazy.
Sun 1/3 - Day Island Wall: 15-20 feet and still hazy.

EUP yesterday (Sunday 1/3). Vis was hazy 15 feet all the way out to Lopez pontoon
Small Ling guarding eggs near second buoy on Jetty Way bit my arm.

ohopdiver wrote:Small Ling guarding eggs near second buoy on Jetty Way bit my arm.

Oof! Ouch?

sunday 1/10/15
Tacoma Narrows east side: 10 ft vis
Fox Island east wall: 10-15 ft vis

Redondo 1/17/16 Vis awesome, 35' down to about 40fsw, then dropped to about 25'. Great ambient light all the way to bottle field.

Hoodsport, 1/16/16, 4pm:
Murky on the top 5ft, cleared up nice below that. A solid 20ft vis. Cold!!!


MZ

Octopus Hole, 1/17/16 at a really high tide, 20' vis below the 10' brown freshwater layer.

Edmonds, 1/18/16, at +12' high tide, 25' vis.

The viz at The Cathedrals: - Carl

p.s. Bonus pic. I felt like I was in Escher drawing with everything disagreeing with me about which way is up.

Today at Sund Rock, 25' vis below 5' of brown freshwater. Good light penetration down to 70'.

Fox Island 1/24 about 7 feet.