Venice Beach Conditions

[BHB ScubaTroll]

There appears to be enough concern about the conditions, and enough people near VB willing to report them.

This seemed like a logical thread for requests and reports.

Everyone agree?

 

[michaelb51]

Friday, 7:16 pm, low tide + 2.5 hr.

The last couple of tides have come in without fishcadaver. The water looks somewhat par. The odor is almost nominal. The forecast is light winds in the morning, with Saturday's forecast possibly a little nicer than Sunday. I'm optimistic.

 

[michaelb51]

Saturday 9am. Right after high tide.

Not bad. There's a dive boat right off Golden, but no floats in the water off Alhambra.

 

[Walter]

I'll be there (with my dive club) tomorrow morning.

 

[tlawler]

I'll be there (with my dive club) tomorrow morning.

I'll be there as well, but I've got to be early...probably in the water around 7ish. I've gotta be back home in time to take the wife and kids to church.

I think the idea of a VB conditions thread is an awesome idea. Maybe even worthy of a sticky? I'll help out where I can and post after every visit I make.

I agree with thedaddy that looking for sharks teeth makes you feel like a kid...the thrill of finding something. It's very fun and addictive.

 

[BHB ScubaTroll]

Almost forgot to post this one

The best information about beach diving for teeth at Venice Beach.

Reefguy's Venice Beach Tooth Finding Guide

Read this and most of your questions will be answered before you ask...

 

[K Mejean]

That was a great run down of the beach diving down there. I would like it a lot if there were a constant thread about the conditions down there. I would post every time I went. I don't know how much that would be but I would still post.

 

[tlawler]

Conditions this morning were calm with slight surge. Vis was up to 15 ft. in some areas, but seemed to drop to about 5 ft. farther out. No odor or other signs of red tide.

 

[Walter]

Flat calm when I went in (9:38 AM), 1 ft breakers when I finished my dive (11:20 AM). I found viz to be about 2 ft in shallow, increasing to 6 ft at a depth of 15 - 20 ft. Folks who dived south of the pipes reported better viz.

 

[sharkboy1515]

any good finds?