Hi all! I am very happy to file this report for Saturday, May 8, 2010:
Saturday was a beautiful day at Marietta. The sun was bright and the sky was blue! Air temperature was unrecorded but very comfortable with no wind.
Visibility in the water was averaging about 6 ft. In spots it opened up, in spots it was reduced to 6 inches. All in all, it was a typical Murray day. I never got below about 35 - 36 ft depth. Water temperature was a balmy 68 F. There was a bit of temperature shock getting in the water; but after 15 seconds everything seemed fine. It was a great dive! I would happily go do it again.
I didn't see or smell any evidence of any stinkin' fish kill (no pun intended - or maybe there is a pun there). The channel marker buoy that Bryan speaks of, it must have broken free from its' mooring 'cause it was floatin' in about 1 ft of water at a distance of about 3 ft from the beach entry point. I didn't stop to investigate.
There were lots of fish there to greet us divers. I had a formation of about 6 fish that flanked my every move on most of the dive. It looked to me that they were hungry. Every time I would reach down to grab a bottle, stick, rock, thing, trash, etc., there was a swarm of about 6 fish on the spot to greet whatever marine creature might crawl out from underneath. It was kind of interesting; but moreso, it was a little disturbing.