MarkH
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10-15' in the Chain Islets area (off Oak Bay) today.
Victoria Vis conditions?
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MarkH
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About 20' at the outside of Chatham Island (Oak Bay area) today.
MarkH
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15-20 at Ten Mile this evening.
MarkH
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20-30' in the Chain Islets (Oak Bay area) this morning.
sschlesi
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~15' at Ten Mile yesterday morning/early afternoon. We did two dives, current was zero for a bit, and very light the rest of the time. In the next couple days there are some good opportunities to get out to Ten Mile.
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DaleC
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sschlesi
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If you can get there on a good current day, Ten mile would be worth it with only 5' vis.
There is so much life there, you would be hard pressed to find a square inch that doesn't have some macroscopic animal on it. Most things are small, so you end up getting pretty close for a look and vis doesn't matter much. There is bigger life too, we played with a good sized GP Octo (and a small one), and we saw the largest Cabezon that any of us have ever seen, along with many buffalo sculpin, a brown irish lord and various rock fish. On a poor vis day, you would miss out on the panoramic views of the kelp forest, and the walls covered in Plumose, but you would see so much, I don't think you would feel you missed out.
There is so much life there, you would be hard pressed to find a square inch that doesn't have some macroscopic animal on it. Most things are small, so you end up getting pretty close for a look and vis doesn't matter much. There is bigger life too, we played with a good sized GP Octo (and a small one), and we saw the largest Cabezon that any of us have ever seen, along with many buffalo sculpin, a brown irish lord and various rock fish. On a poor vis day, you would miss out on the panoramic views of the kelp forest, and the walls covered in Plumose, but you would see so much, I don't think you would feel you missed out.
r2t
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Well looks like I have 20 teachers to smack up the side of the head for booking my school on what sounds like a great dive I had to miss.
Willis PT yesterday was a good 40ft under the 30ft surface layer.
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naclydogg
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Best be carrying a big knife and watch for shadows on those low vis days if you are diving deep. Maybe these guys are headed north. BBC NEWS | Americas | San Diego menaced by jumbo squid
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