Viz Reports Thread

no excuses · Post by **no excuses** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 11:14 pm

Netarts Bay OR, Sat. 1/31 and Sunday 2/1 about 2-3'

Dusty2 · Post by **Dusty2** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 12:06 am

Tonight at Redondo viz was great. At least 15' and probably more but that is about as far as the light would shine

Pez7378 · Post by **Pez7378** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:10 am

Dove into the Super Bowl yesterday. By the end of the game, vis was a little hazy at best.

dsteding · Post by **dsteding** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:45 am

The Hauler in the lake, vis was about 6 feet or so on Saturday, with a hazy layer from 20 feet to the surface.

Nwbrewer · Post by **Nwbrewer** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:06 am

I'm getting argon soon, and I want to go back to the lake. Glad to hear the vis is so good. I think last time I dove it vis was like 18".

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 1:23 pm

Viz at Three Tree North this morning was 40'. A bit of particulate in the water, but just beautiful, topside and below.

coachrenz · Post by **coachrenz** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:30 pm

Viz at TTN Thursday night was farther than the light would shine. Amazing.

renoun · Post by **renoun** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 11:49 pm

Alki Junkyard Thursday night 2/6/08 around low slack. Around 15'-20' down to 70FSW. The squid are out too.

ryanone · Post by **ryanone** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 8:09 am

coachrenz wrote:Viz at TTN Thursday night was farther than the light would shine. Amazing.

What kind of light?? ; )

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:04 am

ryanone wrote:
coachrenz wrote:Viz at TTN Thursday night was farther than the light would shine. Amazing.
What kind of light?? ; )

With what I've seen at TTN lately even Sounder's 50 watt Salvo water boiler would not have reached the edge of viz there.

Redondo last night was 20 - 30' at night. Nice even with lots of divers in the water. Great winter viz lately, at least in the South sound sites.

archaeofish · Post by **archaeofish** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:12 pm

Dove at Sunrise Beach today at 8:30 am, visibility was approx. 20'. Dive time was 30 minutes with a max depth of 65'. Current was variable depending on depth; southbound between 50-60' and northbound at 60-70'. One large GPO near the sound end of the wall in a large crack and one large wolf eel on eggs near the north end of the wall.

Post by **Phineas Gage** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 7:05 pm

Sund Rock this morning was 10', opened up a little bit around 100fsw, but not by much.
Quite a crowd out there today, barely enough room for all the vehicles. So as you can imagine, the silt clouds didn't help much for the viz either.

Still, it was an enjoyable couple of dives. The combination of a little good-feelin' narc, subdued ambient light, and a mini forest of slim white sea whips always makes for a good one.

But I'm doin' Muk tomorrow. I gotta see me a squid.

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 8:55 pm

Yikes!! That's not very encouraging. Heading out there monday morning. Hopefully silt will have settled a bit.

archaeofish · Post by **archaeofish** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 6:59 am

Phineas Gage wrote:
But I'm doin' Muk tomorrow. I gotta see me a squid.

If you don't have any luck finding squid at Mukilteo you might consider the Alki Junkyard. Had a great dive there on Thursday night and their were a pair of squid hanging around egg cases near the west end of the park. Have a great dive!

ryanone · Post by **ryanone** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 5:54 pm

After reading all the "good viz" reports for Les Davis, I decided to take the rebreather for a spin,,,,,Well,,,,,Les Davis is back to normal,,,,Maybe 12 feet at best...

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 8:53 pm

Sund Rock today 2-9-09, South Wall 10', North Wall 15'. I miss my Three Tree Viz, but love the Sund critters!

DiverBob · Post by **DiverBob** » Sat Feb 14, 2009 11:27 pm

My wife and I dove T.T.N. today, 2/14. First dive was about noon and second around 2pm. Viz was 15 ft. and maybe not that good on the second dive. Lot of silt in the water.

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:19 pm

DiverBob's report puzzled me and worried me a bit - 10 to 15' viz at TTN in the Winter is NOT normal. Today I found out what was going on.

Three Tree North - Monday 2/16 - 20' viz at depth, shot to heck in the shallows. We had a strong wind out of the Northwest that was pounding the north side of the point. Easily the highest waves / strongest surf I've experienced diving this site, and I dive it more than once a month year round. I'm not good at estimating wave heights, (I'm guessing 2-3') but there were a couple that broke over my head while we were putting our fins on. Tide was high and the seas were jumpin'! Surfboards would not have been inappropriate!

cardiver · Post by **cardiver** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:24 pm

Any pics from today, Tom?

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:42 pm

cardiver wrote:Any pics from today, Tom?

None yet. Check out the report .

DiverBob · Post by **DiverBob** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:22 pm

Tom Nic wrote:there were a couple that broke over my head while we were putting our fins on. Tide was high and the seas were jumpin'! Surfboards would not have been inappropriate!

Wow Tom, that sounds entertaining!! When we dove it on Saturday, it was at the ebb of about a 0 tide. A long walk back up the beach. There was not much wind then so the water was flat.

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:27 pm

DiverBob wrote:
Tom Nic wrote:there were a couple that broke over my head while we were putting our fins on. Tide was high and the seas were jumpin'! Surfboards would not have been inappropriate!
Wow Tom, that sounds entertaining!! When we dove it on Saturday, it was at the ebb of about a 0 tide. A long walk back up the beach. There was not much wind then so the water was flat.

My guess is that it would take the particulate a good while to settle... so even if it was flat tomorrow the viz still won't be real good for a couple of days. At least that's my theory and I'm sticking to it!

Diver_Dave · Post by **Diver_Dave** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:35 am

Vis was 80'+ (vertical vis). The rest 30' to 50'+

It was a good one today!

coachrenz · Post by **coachrenz** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:07 pm

Pt Whitney - 25 feet
Octopus Hole - 6 feet
Yellow House - 6 feet down to 20 fsw then opened up to maybe 15 feet deeper than 20. What ever it was it was enough to see more octos than I could keep track of including one on eggs.

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:14 pm

Sweet! Did you stay at the Yellow House or just dive there?

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