Northwest Dive Club

TTN last night 6/24 @7:30pm, floating layer of tomato soup over dense pea soup (5' viz) down to ~20', then Chinese egg soup (10' viz) to 60', then foggy 15-20' viz down to 90'.

Benoit wrote:TTN last night 6/24 @7:30pm, floating layer of tomato soup over dense pea soup (5' viz) down to ~20', then Chinese egg soup (10' viz) to 60', then foggy 15-20' viz down to 90'.

Mmm....soup....

With all of this warm weather has anyone noticed warmer water to go along with the bad vis?

Mike

Yes, I was very surprised yesterday. On the way up, there was a clear thermocline at 35' and another at 7'. I'll download the profile and check what those were exactly. And we are just in June! Hood canal will be in big trouble this summer if we don't get some storms and clouds soon... (unlikely)

Keystone today = suck

I hear the hood is the best viz around these days

Hood Canal bridge today (east side)... Egg drop soup down to 40'. Just dark and mucky below. Ick.

Well-mixed temps around 50F.

Edmonds on Wednesday (6/24) was better than we expected: 10 to 15 feet.

AM on 6/24, Cove 2 was probably 10 in the shallows, but a nice 15-20 deeper than 20' on a smaller incoming tide. It was somewhat better earlier in the week.

Weds 6-24, 6:00 splash Titlow park.

15'+ until the current turned and then the crap started moving.

Fri 3rd, Sat 4th dove in Kilsut Harbor, big mud flats, ribbon kelp and about 30" viz.

Sun 5th dove Point Whitney, started about 15-20' south of the junkyard and by the time we hit the pipeline it was 10'~. The water temp in the shallows was a balmy 70*!

Weds 8th, Redondo, 35'+ in the bottle field at 91'. Could see either side of the bowl, pretty incredible. Viz def tightened up on the way out the short line, but probably only 15-20' at the worst.

Thursday 7/8
Shangri-La was about 20' to 25' viz,
Metridium wall was +/- 15' viz and varied throughout the dive.

We went to Norrander's today (near Metridium) and viz was quite poor <10 all depths
Fun dive though!

Blake Island Reef and Waterman's Wall Saturday

Vis variable from 10-20 ft

7-11 & 12: Point Hudson 10~' viz in the shallows opening up to 15-20' at 95' out on the flats.

Sunday 7/12 Possession Fingers south end: vis was maybe 5 feet at the surface, 10 at 50 and 15 at 85.
Hundred Foot rock was hardly 5 at the surface and 10 at 90 feet but black as your pocket.

Mon. July 13, Three Tree: 1-2ft viz in the first ten feet, 10-15 below that.

Jeremy Axworthy wrote:Mon. July 13, Three Tree: 1-2ft viz in the first ten feet, 10-15 below that.

What time were you there? We were there at 9:30 AM (at extreme low tide--yuk!) and had 10-15 ft in the shallows and 20-25 ft at depth. Big difference!

Friday, July 10,
9AM - Saltwater State Park: decent: 5 down to 20 opened up to 15-20 below
Noon - Sunrise Beach: good, 10 at the surface and better down to the lower reef 25-30

Sat and Sun July 10-11
The Diamond Knot
- Mornings (8am) 15 at the surface and good on the wreck 25-45
- Afternoons (Noon) 15 at the surface and crappier on the wreck about 15-25

Does it sound like I'm bragging? I am!

Sunday 7/19/15
Leikers' - Blakely Harbor 5-10 feet
Horizontal Barge - Shilshole 10-15 feet.

The China Wall and Blakely Harbor buoys are missing.

Weds - Salt Water Park - 10'~ ish all the way out to 70'.

Thurs. - Sunnyside - 15'+, but the current was moving pretty good for a site that is billed not current sensitive.

Cove 2, Friday 0700. About 5-8' in the shallows for incoming tide, then opened up nicely to be able to see the entire Honey Bear. Very nice this morning.

Tues. 4th - Dickman Mill Park Tacoma waterfront ~20' at 70-80'

Thurs. 6th - Les Davis - <10' - Hazy and green.

Redondo, Thursday, Aug 06 - went for a dive around 5 PM. Vis from the surface all the way down to about 85 fsw was in the 4 to 5 foot range, with large, brown "snowflakes" in the water. Turned around when I realized I couldn't even find the carousel boat (and it's HARD to miss).

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Geez, I was just getting the camera prepped to get back into the water this week when I read this, Bob. Guess having the wide angle setup on it from Lake Crescent is something I'll have to change, or just leave it at home altogether!

Ain't this just the plankton bloom year from hell?
Did Muk. Lighthouse on Sat. Couldn't see your fins standing up. 4 of us agreed to stick really close together going out and still lost one guy on the way taking it slow and easy. Did clear up to ~ 20 below 30.