Last weekend I went out to St. Lazaria and did a couple of 90 - 100 foot dives looking for a sunken troller. I wasn't wearing vintage gear, but the viz was good enough that I thought I would try closer to town this week.
Here are the 2 lovelys set up and ready to go.
I met Herb at Magic Island, and off we went. I was shocked that the viz was worse than it was a month ago.
Here's a beam shot to show how much spawn and plankton are still in the water:
Viz was so bad, I couldn't even get a good vanity shot in... ha ha ha
The regs were working well though, I did drop down to 80 feet and noticed that there was a thermocline at about 50ft. A shallow thermocline is rare here, but they do happen in the summer. From 60 to 80 feet the viz opened up to about 25 - 30 feet.
My second dive was to go look for military dishes below one the old pill boxes on Alice Island.
Unfortunately, I found no dishes or cool bottles, just tons of mud. The Yellow hose Pheonix worked like dream though.
I did find a sunken warship near the bunker. Not sure what it is as all the lettering is gone now.
Anyway, hope you're all seeing better than I am these days. I'm looking forward to winter.....
