MarkH
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20-30' at Cudlip Point (Bentinck Island) and 20' at nearby Pilot Bay (wreck of the Barnard Castle) today.
Victoria Vis conditions?
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Visibility was a good 50 feet plus at Tyee this morning, after you got below about 40 feet. Upper levels visibility was probably 10 - 15 feet. We were going to dive at Madrona, but it looked like the herring run / fishery had been in the area and stirred things up. So much for good visibility for the next few weeks. Good thing I am off to Cozumel soon. 
Divegoose
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MarkH
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The usual 10-Mile Point murk today, except probably even worse than usual. Visibility was a dark, green 10'. Besides the expected Haro Strait sediment flowing by in the current, things seem to be starting to spawn.
MarkH
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Some of the worst visibility I've ever seen up in the Nanoose area today. I did a dive at Moorecroft Park. Visibility in the shallow bay wasn't too bad (6-8'), but outside the bay, the water was a yellow-brown muck. I couldn't see my outstretched hand, so I'd say it was about 2'. I kept swimming into the bottom since I couldn't see it. This continued down to about 30' deep, where it started to clear up. At this depth it was black like a night dive. I went down to about 100', where the visibility was pretty decent. I'd say it was about 40', but I could only see what was in the beam of my old Pelican Submersible flashlight. When I looked straight up, I could see a faint, brown glow from the surface.
MarkH
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A decent 20' in Enterprise Channel this morning. -Then the wind came up. About halfway through the dive I started to feel the surge and the visibility decreased. Is I neared the shore, the stirred-up visibility was too bad to swim through without banging into things so I surfaced and rode the breakers back to the bay.
It looks like the whole Victoria coastline is going to be stirred up from the wind today.
It looks like the whole Victoria coastline is going to be stirred up from the wind today.
MarkH
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A nice 30' at the end of the Ogden Point breakwater this morning.
MarkH
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About 25-30' at the end of the Breakwater this morning.
MarkH
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Visibility started out pretty good today in Becher Bay. It was about 30' until suddenly a large cloud of stirred-up sediment flowed in from somewhere, dropping the visibility to 10' below 30' deep. I did a second dive nearby and visibility was 15'.
Dove at Tyee Cove this morning. Back to "cold water" reality after my trip to Cozumel. :depressed: Vis was about 40' at depth. Both wolf eels are in the den to the right, but I did not see the egg cluster that has been there for awhile.
Divegoose
Divegoose
We were at Maple Bay on Saturday and vis was crap. Less than 5' I would say. I think the technical term used by my friend was "diving in snot" and that about described it. 
Ogden Point on Sunday though was great for vis, about 30'+
-Pippi
Ogden Point on Sunday though was great for vis, about 30'+
-Pippi
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