Victoria Vis conditions?

[aaen]

Well we didn't have much of a blow out last year from the herring spawn, well that I remember. Now the summer on the other hand was some of the worst vis I had seen on the island in quite awhile. here is hoping we have a great summer for visibility.

 

[MarkH]

A nice 30' at Church Island and Smyth Head today.

 

[MarkH]

20-30' at Beechy Head (East Sooke Park) today.

 

[aaen]

Vis at tyee today was maybe 10 feet in the shallows and about 20 feet at depth.

 

[aaen]

Vis at tyee wasn't much better today then it was yesterday, although below the 90 foot mark the vis was drastically better. There was two open water classes (one with about 6 divers and the other group looked to be about 12) that were doing their dives in the shallows,which stirred up the much a bit, but it didn't affect the vis deeper then 30. Good to see a new crop of divers coming up!!

0-30 feet, vis was about 5-10
30-90 feet, vis was about 20-25
below 90, vis was about 30-40

 

[MarkH]

15-20' at Saxe Point today.

 

[aaen]

Went to Tyee up here in Nanaimo to work on a few projects I have on the go, and vis at about 6pm was maybe 5feet. The water was also starting to look a bit stringy like it does in the summer with algae blooms. Fingers crossed it was just because it was low tide.

 

[MarkH]

Pretty good at Strongtide Island (off Oak bay) today. -About 30'.

 

[Divegoose]

At best 10 feet of visibility at Wall Beach today

Divegoose

 

[MarkH]

Maybe 50' at the Sooke Potholes today.