Victoria Vis conditions?

[MarkH]

Visibility was surprisingly good for the time of year up past Nanaimo in the Nanoose area today. At Dolphin beach it was 30 feet or so in the shallows. There was a band of more-murky water between 40-60' deep, where visibility was a still-decent 20'. Below 60-70' deep visibility was around 40 feet. It was similar at Tyee/Blueback later in the day, but maybe a bit less overall from all the divers in the water.

 

[wedivebc]

Great vis on the Gulfstream and Capilano yesterday

 

[MarkH]

Visibility wasn't quite as good up in the Nanoose area as it was last weekend, but it was still pretty good for the time of year. I went to Moorecroft Park and the visibility was 20' in the shallows. There was a thermocline 20' deep and below that visibility was 30-40'.

 

[MarkH]

A not-too-bad 15-20' in Enterprise Channel once out away from shore. It was about 10' closer in.

 

[Divegoose]

About 10 - 15 feet visibility at Wall Beach last night. :depressed:


Divegoose

 

[MarkH]

Great at the Sooke Potholes today. -Maybe 40'.

 

[Divegoose]

Estimate around 30 feet of visibility at the big wall at Madrona this morning. Vis got better as we went deeper.

Divegoose

 

[ScoobyDo]

I was diving at Albert Head yesterday morning. The vis was ok maybe 15 to 20' at the best. Lots of kelp from near the shore to 19' then sand bottom after that. I saw a nice 6" Nudibranch and a snake-like fish about 12" long and orange. Lots of Jelly fish. It was fun.

ScoobyDo

 

[VicScubaVentures]

Ogden Point Breakwater ... 5-10' on Sat June 20 late morning. Lots of classes in the water, almost not even worth the effort.

 

[MarkH]

In the last 18-or-so years of diving I've only ever quit a dive twice because of bad visibility. Today was the 3rd time. Visibility was the worst I have ever seen it in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. I was trying to dive in the Secretary Island area (near Sooke). I could barely see my knees when I looked back so I'd say visibility was around 3 feet. At 10' deep, it was too dark to see the kelp I kept swimming into and 15' deep it was black like a night dive. Since the Strait of Juan de Fuca doesn't have that Strait of Georgia thing where there's a layer you can get under into clearer water, I didn't bother trying to blunder my way deeper.