Conditions Better or Worse after Storm

n2diving · Sep 21, 2003

Anybody care to guess if Mid-Alantic diving conditions will be improved as a result of the Hurricane.
Water temps have been unusually COLD and viz has averaged 5-10ft all summer within 20 miles of the Virginia coast. Hoping the storm may have brought in some warm water from the gulfstream.....

Bmer

BradfordNC · Sep 21, 2003

in North Myrtle Beach this weekend the water temps were mid 70s, but the viz was between 10 and 20 feet.

best viz was about 30 miles out. and that was were we got the 20 feet.

ScubaCollin · Sep 21, 2003

Still alot of sand floating around i guess

RichLockyer · Sep 21, 2003

Just got back from Columbus Isle... viz was pretty bad. Actually, it was good by California standards, but it was pathetic by "tropical" standards. Water was 85.

Any warm water dragged in will be long gone by the time the mud settles out.

ScottyK · Sep 22, 2003

Went diving last night a bit north of you. The temp was about 70 and the water still seemed more stirred up and murky then usual. I'd be stretching it to call the vis 5'. We got knocked around quite a bit too.

As far as the east coast goes, I don't think anything will salvage this crappy dive season. I've barely got 50 dives in so far this year and I'm usually closing in on 100 by the end of September.

Hopefully. it gets better by this coming weekend.

Scott

Soggy · Sep 22, 2003

In New England, the water temps raised 6 degrees in the past two weeks....So, I'd say "better."

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