not so ugly conditions @ elbow reef today 5/25/12, pics

[deeper thoughts]

80 ft Spiegel today. Kudo's to OD for finding the elusive blue water this weekend. Hmm- so do we get another 10' tomorrow on Molasses?

Any reports on MO? 40-60 feet in Islamorada I heard

 

[conchrandy]

a whopping 20 ft on Molasses today. Don't want to even think about KL Dry Rocks. Only real vis was Elbow and Spiegel. Feel bad for all the KL tourists, hope they don't get the wrong impression.

 

[deeper thoughts]

a whopping 20 ft on Molasses today. Don't want to even think about KL Dry Rocks. Only real vis was Elbow and Spiegel. Feel bad for all the KL tourists, hope they don't get the wrong impression.

still 20 feet yuck

 

[reefman]

i heard; 60FT viz spiegle, 40FT eagle and an islamorada offshore reef and 20- 60FT @ winch hole and fire coral caves@ molasses yesterday. zero wind this AM.
staying @ the dock today, way to crowded on the water for that variable viz,,,
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reefman
key largo

 

[deeper thoughts]

We should be heading out. I will post when I get back

 

[SnorkelLA]

Where I come from 20ft is spectacular! hope it isn't like this when I'm down there in July

 

[fisheyeview]

luckly we headed north this AM to double south carysfort deep. intially dissapointed as the viz @ our carysfort site was nil(zero!). we observed blue water and dive boats south towards the elbow(slates creature feature on friday AM) and cruised south. abundant sunshine, light winds and 1FT seas. double on E1(only deep buoy @ the elbow), light to zero current, blue water, viz 70+ above 20FT and reducing midway thru the 1st dive to 35-50FT @ the pin(50FT deep). odd thermocline and water mixing @ depth, water temp 78F on the surface decreasing to 73-74F @ 50-91FT, it was cold on the dropoff!! as stated in an earlier thread, viz was dreadfull from molasses north until reaching the elbow. OD and rainbow reef were @ the elbow today seeking blue water! a pod of 7 bottlenose dolphins as we were leaving(hung around for about 15 min). photos courtesy of timg,




reefman
key largo

Nice pictures Tim. 3 differenf Hamlet species. Love seeing this.

Thats a pretty decent run for OD. Nice of them to hunt the blue water

Above and beyond. Great job OD.

 

[timg]

Nice pictures Tim. 3 differenf Hamlet species. Love seeing this.

Thanks FE. Also see Black Hamlets in this area quite often, and saw a shy hamlet the other day.