Water is still dirty

[MaxBottomtime]

Merry and I dived Halfway Reef yesterday. The ocean was calm but visibility was still a green, hazy ten feet at best. My 105mm lens doesn't like to focus in bad conditions.

The new motors run great. We're getting better mileage and faster speed than the old motors. The new Honda HD-4 gauge is a different story. It refuses to show an accurate number of gallons of fuel, especially in the port tank. Sometimes it shows zero, then 75 gallons. I've checked connections and settings but can't figure out a solution.

Ancula gibbosa laying eggs

Ancula gibbosa

Hermissenda opalescens

Serpula columbiana

 

[beldridg]

Merry and I dived Halfway Reef yesterday. The ocean was calm but visibility was still a green, hazy ten feet at best. My 105mm lens doesn't like to focus in bad conditions.

I was out in Pt Loma and Ocean Beach on Wednesday.

The Pt Loma dive was deep (275') and I think the haze didn't clear up until around 150 feet or deeper. Below that it was "clear-ish" but very dark -- essentially a night dive.

The Ocean Beach dive was 140-ish feet deep and was hazy and 5-10' vis all the way down and at the bottom.

I've heard that Catalina has good vis right now but I think anything near-shore is going to be bad for a while.

- brett