Bloomin' Algae

[akirawut]

Think much more north for the runoff from the melting snow...

 

[tregrrr]

ya ya but it's so much more fun to blame Vanoc

 

[mikediveguy]

yaaa vis is gettin crappy up here too, had only 30 ft or so above 40ft depth, and 40 ft below that!! lol

 

[DaleC]

Excellent 10am night dive at Kelvin grove today. 2-3' vis till 30 or 40' then clearer but still murky after that. 5 of us had to visit the VGH chamber afterwards. I'm not ashamed to say I wanted to hold Randys hand on the descent.

 

[wedivebc]

30ft vis at Snake Island today. Can see the algae getting thicker though.

 

[tregrrr]

Excellent 10am night dive at Kelvin grove today. 2-3' vis till 30 or 40' then clearer but still murky after that. ....

how much of that 'algae' was algae and how much was rich people poop??

 

[akirawut]

Signed on to do a dive at porteau cove next weekend. First dive since being OW certified, and first dive in the home town. Sounds like it could be _interesting_.

 

[Sintax604]

Signed on to do a dive at porteau cove next weekend. First dive since being OW certified, and first dive in the home town. Sounds like it could be _interesting_.

I did Porteau on Saturday... even at the deck of the Grant Hall vis was only about 5 feet... below the deck it was a little better but still terrible. If you can, try to go somewhere that you can get a bit more depth.

Anybody have a feeling for how long these blooms typically last?

 

[Sintax604]

Well, it's not entirely gone yet but it's a heck of a lot better. Just got back from Whytecliff and we've downgraded from full on algae blizzard to large suspended algae snotballs in the water.

Vis above 40' = 10'
Vis below 40' = 20-25'

Get out there before the weather warms up again!

 

[Sintax604]

The Big Brown is back.

Last night doing the Lookout Express vis was around 5'. It cleared up a bit below 60' but it was still like swimming through diarrhoea. Mmmmmmmm.