SeaYoda
Contributor
I decided to give the jetties another look today. High tide was around 9am so I got to the parking area about 8:30 to lug the gear to the water. Parking was no problem - May is not a busy tourist month around here. I met some people on the way in that were fairly new divers and wanted to know where I was going and how conditions were. I told them that I didn't expect too great of conditions and the first question was "Why, because of the oil?". No oil to be seen anywhere around the Destin area yet we must have struck a secret gusher at the jetties .
The water looked nice from the surface. Not many divers, just a few that probably had finished up a class. A couple boat loads of snorkelers / snuba-ites and a few families made up the rest of the crowd.
Under the surface, things were pretty ugly. Viz was about 8 to 10 feet with lots of particles floating around. I went down to 40 feet and did not see or feel any better water. Water temp was 73* at 30 feet.
I spent the rest of the hour trying to get decent pictures through the crud. There are no award winners but here is what I salvaged:
I had brought the extra tank for dive #2 but decided not to waste the air on such bad conditions. Maybe the water will clear up again one day?
The water looked nice from the surface. Not many divers, just a few that probably had finished up a class. A couple boat loads of snorkelers / snuba-ites and a few families made up the rest of the crowd.
Under the surface, things were pretty ugly. Viz was about 8 to 10 feet with lots of particles floating around. I went down to 40 feet and did not see or feel any better water. Water temp was 73* at 30 feet.
I spent the rest of the hour trying to get decent pictures through the crud. There are no award winners but here is what I salvaged:
I had brought the extra tank for dive #2 but decided not to waste the air on such bad conditions. Maybe the water will clear up again one day?