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Pacific Northwest Orca BaitWelcome to Oregon & Washington, home of the Giant Pacific Octopus, Wolfeel, Sixgill Shark and Orcinus Orca... come chum with us!
My husband and I had planned to head to Hood Canal to dive this weekend, or Seattle area. I'm guessing that with all this rain, that the vis is horrible. Any reports? Thanks!
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I dove Edmonds on Sunday, and the viz was pretty darned nice -- probably about 20 feet. Last Friday, viz at Cove 2 was poor in the shallows (fresh water layer) but below the halocline, it was very reasonable, in the 15 to 20 range.
I haven't heard anything about Hood Canal recently.
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Thanks, we're trying to decide if it's worth the drive from Portland or if we should wait. I hate it when we go that far, only to have less than a foot or so vis...
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Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bow lines, sail away from safe harbor. Explore, Dream, Discover.
Well, It's probably a moot point now as I 5 is closed do to flooding and we can't get there! Even Amtrak is suspended. Thanks for answering though. We'll just have to make our monthly trek later in the month!
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Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bow lines, sail away from safe harbor. Explore, Dream, Discover.
Judging from the way the Puyallup was running yesterday (about 24 million muddy gallons per second into Commencement Bay), I'd say that vis is going to be pretty rotten over the next few days. Besides that, all the trees and debris that got swept into Puget Sound could be kinda hazardous.
FWIW - I spent yesterday afternoon and evening filling, distributing and placing sandbags ... our team of about 75 people put down more than 8,000 bags here at the plant because the ACoE said there was a good chance the levy wouldn't hold ... it did, but only because levies further upstream didn't.
(Edit) ... here's a pic I just noticed in the Seattle P-I. Our plant is just beyond the bridge you see in the background. Commencement Bay is another quarter-mile downstream ...
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
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Figures....going to Hawaii Feb 1st, just got gear back from annual, this weekend is my weekend off and my chance to dive my gear before going tropical. Just my luck.
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Alki sucked last week (Sunday, Cove 1, just wanted to get wet). Vis was only in the 5-10 foot range, lots of particulate matter in the water, which made even a tightly focused light beam scatter a hell of a lot. It didn't clear up at all from the surface down to almost 100', so we didn't try to go deeper, and bagged it after only 30 mintues.
Lots of gunnels, stubby squid, baby octos, and other goodies, though, when you could see 'em.
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