July 31, 2014 Enterprise Channel (Victoria) video

[MarkH]

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[VicScubaVentures]

Looks like a great little dive! A couple of questions if I may ...
1) Do you follow the old sewer pipe out, or take a compass bearing from the shore (and what would that bearing be)?
2) I always thought the currents in Enterprise Channel were non-diver friendly. Do you use the Race Passage current table and adjust (by how much), or are you using tide/ current tables specific to Enterprise?
3) Didn't look like it is a deep dive ... what was max depth and your bottom time?
Thanks,
C.

 

[MarkH]

Looks like a great little dive! A couple of questions if I may ...
1) Do you follow the old sewer pipe out, or take a compass bearing from the shore (and what would that bearing be)?
2) I always thought the currents in Enterprise Channel were non-diver friendly. Do you use the Race Passage current table and adjust (by how much), or are you using tide/ current tables specific to Enterprise?
3) Didn't look like it is a deep dive ... what was max depth and your bottom time?
Thanks,
C.

1: I usually follow the old sewer pipe out since that area has the most life. I don't know what the compass heading is. I just swim to the outside of the small bay and end up finding the start of the boulder pile maybe 30' deep.
2: The currents there are usually too strong to deal with. The swirling ripples of current are pretty obvious just by looking out on the surface. I don't know of a current or tide reference that works here. I've tried them all and they're hours off for here. I've had the best luck using Race Passage and going in when it shows almost max ebb.
3: The end of the pipe is about 65 feet deep. It only gets to about 70' at high tide. Most of the dive was around 45-50' deep. My bottom time was around an hour and 10 minutes (119 cubic-foot tank).