post Olivia conditions?

[tep]

We'll be arriving in Kona Saturday after Olivia passes through. I'm *guessing* that the runoff from the storm will cause some silting and viz problems for a while?

How long is a while? A few days, a week?

Of course, for someone coming from "OMG 20 ft viz!! WOOOHOOO!" land, I'm still expecting great diving

(Everyone stay safe and dry!)

 

[Aloha Joe]

Kinda hard to answer before it hits. The last one pummeled Hilo with rain but left Kona pretty dry. It was supposed to pummel Oahu but stopped dead in its tracks.

We had a bad storm on Oahu in April with tons of rain. 2-3 days after boats had to get out to the deeper sites to find clear water, but once we got there you’d hardly know anything happened. And of course it varies by each part of the island.

With Olivia expected to hit tomorrow, I’m not too concerned about my plans to dive this weekend. If she decides to slow down and hang out then who knows...

 

[CollinR]

Basically nothing happened here in Maui.

 

[Aloha Joe]

We got a little rain on Oahu, but nothing to speak of.

 

[tep]

And I saw they even lifted the tropical storm warning for the big island and Kauai before it even got there...

Glad it was less "exciting" than the last one! I've heard that 'way north Kauai is still digging out and rebuilding.

 

[SleepySlipper]

Water doesn’t look to bad just driving around south Maui, and we supposedly took the brunt of what turned out to be another rainy day.

 

[Aloha Joe]

I guess I spoke too soon - half of O'ahu has a brown water advisory through Saturday afternoon. Dive club is cancelled this weekend but the south side boats shouldn't be affected. I didn't see any related advisories for the Big Island though.

 

[divinh]

I dove the day after a Cat 3-4 typhoon from Ishigaki and it was amazing clear.