johnnyseko
Contributor
Been quiet around here....time for a dive report!
Got out with Thatssomebadhatharry, RIOceanographer, Mstudley. Winds were from the south and after checking several sites decided on the cove to cove swim at wetherill. I asked a woman getting out how the vis was....."It SUCKED" she exclaimed! Well thats normal for around here.... So dropping down in the left cove, vis was @4-6'. Thatssomebadhat and I were following, and the vis just seemed to be getting worse the further out we went. When we got out past the 'short cut' between the islands, vis really dropped and the cloud we were following only made it worse. I signaled to my buddy we should turn back hoping the vis wouldnt be so bad if we werent following. So we went back along the wall checking things out. Vis varied 5-10'. Saw a decent tautog hiding and a few short bugs. So we hung out on that side for the dive, making it close to an hour. Not much fun when you cant see a heck of a lot, though. Water temps averaged @62F below 15'. Finally got rid of my dry suit and went wet without the hooded vest! Dropped 8# off my belt!
For the 2nd dive it was just Thatssomebadhat and I. Due to the crap conditions we decided to go for some quahogs at potters cove. Well, the water there looked like tea! Vis was @2-4'. Instantly became a solo dive, even without digging for clams. This site really looked a lot different than the last times I've gone. It was a barron wasteland on the bottom. I saw a few large dead spider crabs, not empty shells, just dead. The usual million hermit crabs werent around, just a few here and there. Even the eel grass seemed to be all but gone! It was pretty wierd... I managed to get @20# of quahogs, though. Now I wonder if they are safe to eat! When I got back to the house in Matunuck, there was a newspaper about the state of the Narragansett bay. Very interesting reading....and what timing after that dive!
Anyone else get out??? How's cape ann??
Got out with Thatssomebadhatharry, RIOceanographer, Mstudley. Winds were from the south and after checking several sites decided on the cove to cove swim at wetherill. I asked a woman getting out how the vis was....."It SUCKED" she exclaimed! Well thats normal for around here.... So dropping down in the left cove, vis was @4-6'. Thatssomebadhat and I were following, and the vis just seemed to be getting worse the further out we went. When we got out past the 'short cut' between the islands, vis really dropped and the cloud we were following only made it worse. I signaled to my buddy we should turn back hoping the vis wouldnt be so bad if we werent following. So we went back along the wall checking things out. Vis varied 5-10'. Saw a decent tautog hiding and a few short bugs. So we hung out on that side for the dive, making it close to an hour. Not much fun when you cant see a heck of a lot, though. Water temps averaged @62F below 15'. Finally got rid of my dry suit and went wet without the hooded vest! Dropped 8# off my belt!
For the 2nd dive it was just Thatssomebadhat and I. Due to the crap conditions we decided to go for some quahogs at potters cove. Well, the water there looked like tea! Vis was @2-4'. Instantly became a solo dive, even without digging for clams. This site really looked a lot different than the last times I've gone. It was a barron wasteland on the bottom. I saw a few large dead spider crabs, not empty shells, just dead. The usual million hermit crabs werent around, just a few here and there. Even the eel grass seemed to be all but gone! It was pretty wierd... I managed to get @20# of quahogs, though. Now I wonder if they are safe to eat! When I got back to the house in Matunuck, there was a newspaper about the state of the Narragansett bay. Very interesting reading....and what timing after that dive!
Anyone else get out??? How's cape ann??
