Went up to do some land based fossil hunting in Venice and heard the beach renourishment project had begun. Came back the next day and it looks like they started at Golden Beach.
I began diving Venice in 2007 and at the time the bottom was, for the most part, free of the silt (began seeing that around 2009, looked like it was just starting to clear up in 2014). I'm wondering what this will do to the quality of the fossil diving. Are there any board members familiar with what diving was like after previous renourishment projects in Venice. How long did it take to clear up? Did the bottom return to the way it was pre-renourishment? How was the diving (finding wise) in the months following the project?
The crew that is working on the beach portion of the dredge operation is definitely finding things. I watched them empty the beach pump screen. Lots of sand dollars and shells, and about 5 of the most pristine .50 caliber shells I've ever seen pulled out of Venice. Made me want to volunteer.
Venice Beach renourishment project underway - Sarasota News | Mysuncoast.com and ABC 7: Local News
I began diving Venice in 2007 and at the time the bottom was, for the most part, free of the silt (began seeing that around 2009, looked like it was just starting to clear up in 2014). I'm wondering what this will do to the quality of the fossil diving. Are there any board members familiar with what diving was like after previous renourishment projects in Venice. How long did it take to clear up? Did the bottom return to the way it was pre-renourishment? How was the diving (finding wise) in the months following the project?
The crew that is working on the beach portion of the dredge operation is definitely finding things. I watched them empty the beach pump screen. Lots of sand dollars and shells, and about 5 of the most pristine .50 caliber shells I've ever seen pulled out of Venice. Made me want to volunteer.
Venice Beach renourishment project underway - Sarasota News | Mysuncoast.com and ABC 7: Local News