Sunday I got reports of 70' of visibility (from reliable sources) out by Seamount, and even Monday I got reports of 40' shallow on the Great Pinnacle. So yesterday (Wednesday) I finally got out to the Great Pinnacle...and was sadly disappointed. All the way down to 120 fsw it was a maximum of 10' of visibility. Plankton growth is literally exponential as long as there is enough sunlight, something that has been in abundance in Monterey the past few days, and the plankton has simply exploded out there. What was interesting, though, was how many colonies of pelagic tunicates I could count just in a cu. ft. of water! They were very thick...it made the stops on the way up absolutely fascinating.
After the GP, we went over to Thumbs Up to see if it was any better. It looked way worse, so we bailed on Lobos and went up to Outer Butterfly. Conditions were much better there--about 30' of visibility from the top down.
These days, you truly don't know what you're going to get from one day to the next. Today could well be a totally different affair from yesterday. Now, if I could just figure out a way to explain that to all the people who keep hammering me for a report on what it's going to be next Sunday.
Bruce
After the GP, we went over to Thumbs Up to see if it was any better. It looked way worse, so we bailed on Lobos and went up to Outer Butterfly. Conditions were much better there--about 30' of visibility from the top down.
These days, you truly don't know what you're going to get from one day to the next. Today could well be a totally different affair from yesterday. Now, if I could just figure out a way to explain that to all the people who keep hammering me for a report on what it's going to be next Sunday.
Bruce
