Dive reports with beach/weather conditions

[2TH DIVR]

2/8/2019
Service Club
looked good from the beach.
vis 5' between beach and sandbar
1'-2' at the base of sandbar
0 at the reef line
Lot of silt in between rows
Water temp 61
did find a few small teeth

 

[aquacat8]

Is the silt from dead red tide stuff... or what? Sorry you had crappy viz! Is that normal in winter?

 

[adurso]

Is the silt from dead red tide stuff... or what? Sorry you had crappy viz! Is that normal in winter?

The viz is always low in that area.

Lot of particulate matter.

 

[2TH DIVR]

It's just the silt settling out of the water column after 3 months
of back to back cold fronts keeping it stirred up.

 

[2TH DIVR]

3/1/19
Service Club
One of the dive boats was way off shore so I figured I might get some vis.
Water Temp 71
Vis 0
Max depth 21'

 

[aquacat8]

Thanks for your report… I was just down there swimming and didn’t even try to dive, no viz!

 

[2TH DIVR]

3/13/2019
Service Club
Time 9 am
Seas Flat
Wind E @10
Water Temp 70
Vis 1'-5' dependent on bottom and silt
Finds usual small, stuff left behind a big vert. didn't want to carry it

 

[Insta-Gator]

Weather was beautiful. I'm gonna like it here.

 

[2TH DIVR]

3/15/2019
Service Club
Vis is gone till about 23'-26' then only had about 3' in the good spots.
Did hit a few spots going out that had about 1'

Will really get bad with the front coming this weekend.

 

[Aristakat]

Sat today off manasota beach 30 ft of water vis is top to bottom