Florida’s eastern coast water visibility?

[WVScubaSteve]

I will be lobster diving and Spear-Fishing the first week of August. Curious as to the water conditions. Thx

 

[DeepSeaExplorer]

Florida must have 1,000 miles of coast line and the conditions vary considerably. It would help to know where in FL you’re interested in diving.

 

[tekkydiver]

Especially if water management opens the spillway gates

 

[johndiver999]

visibility could vary between less than 2 feet to maybe 150 ft. You need to be a lot more specific, often within a 10 mile range and depth matters as well. Oh yeah and temps might vary between the low 50's to mid to upper 80's (if that helps).

 

[WVScubaSteve]

One dive approx 10-20 miles off Palm Coast and the other 200-300 yards off Vero Beach. Thx

 

[Johnoly]

.. and the other 200-300 yards off Vero Beach.

With the bottom scrubbing storm swells, combined with the afternoon down pours and runoff lately, Vero's viz has been brutal. You might get a teeny tiny window but all reports from Wabasso beach (Vero shore entry point) say it sucks.

 

[WVScubaSteve]

Ty

 

[Texasguy]

Last boat dive near Fort Lauderdale was 50' of viz. Not too bad but rainy skys made underwaters colors look very gloomy.

 

[WVScubaSteve]

Ty, we dove about 12 miles off Palm Coast 80’ dives on two different reefs but current was like 2 knots so it was hard to hunt. Visibility was about 20-30 but still enjoyed ourselves.