Vets Park mud-slick

[Ken Kurtis]

FYI, I had a meeting in Redondo today and decided to slip over to Vets just to take a peek. Very depressing. There's a huge mud slick in the general area in front of the stairs and strecthing pretty much all the way to the Pier. IMHO, it's certainly undiveable for today and likely another day or so.

It certainly seems to be coming from the beach renourishment project and working it's way north. I'm going to make some more calls to the folks I've been talking to about this and see if we can change anything.

- Ken

 

[MaxBottomtime]

There were flakes of sand shimmering in the surface water over the barge last Sunday, 3/4 mile offshore. I think it would have been more practical to transfer the sand via trucks from Marina del Rey. Using Vet's as a temporary storage dump has really dampened local conditions for the past month.

 

[Spg01]

Once you get below 20'-30' it usually starts to clear up and once you get down to around 80'-100'+ it is great. Getting through the muck on the way in and out does suck though.

They must also be bringing all the trash with the sand. I usually try to pick up the bits and pieces I come across, but my pockets are not big enough to even put a dent in the amount of stuff that is down there recently.

 

[MaxBottomtime]

There is an article about the project in the Log at The Log Newspaper | California Boating & Fishing News - MdR-Dredging-Moves-Sand-to-Replenish-Redondo-Beach

 

[scubatomwetzel]

Welcome to politics, ones who don't understand and don't care of the diving world and marine life.
I remember, sample, diving there early 70's, squid from the berm, 35ft, to greater than 140ft, from the pier to almost the
jetty, solid squid eggs. After the Redondo King Harbor dredge, killed all marine life for 4 to 5 years before it began to come back. Then the Marina Del Rey dredge, the silt and sand shot on the beach did it again, until the silt washed away.
Around 3 to 4 years later. Then the marine life started coming back.

Now until it's over, then we will know how much damage.