Venice conditions - please, no off topic posts

[mseese]

Hey all, I find myself looking around from thread to thread trying to find current conditions at Venice. I thought we could try this- if you dive Venice, post a quick message detailing the visability and if you like, what you found. Please leave the "way to goes" for the seperate threads.

That said... I hope to head out on Thursday. Does anybody know current conditions?

 

[2TH DIVR]

This is what it looked like Sunday morning.
seas were 3'+
got out to 22' didn't find any vis on the way out

 

[darylb]

Great idea for a thread dude - way to go!

LOL!

 

[Reef_Haven]

There actually is a sticky on the Tampa Group. It's titled Gulf Water Temps. Maybe a Mod can change it to Gulf Water Conditions.
Yes, Walter; I know Venice is not in Tampa. Still, most people that dive Venice post in the Tampa Group.

 

[Siilverback]

Viz today was a max of 5 foot. The bottom was covered in a clay silt that stirred up very easy. On my second dive the viz was from 0-3 feet and I hit the bottom before I saw it.

 

[deepstops]

Has anyone been to the wreck of the Bayronto 35 miles off Venice lately.
I'd like to hear a report from anyone that has, especially if they've dove it before and may have noticed any changes.

 

[Orlando Eric]

Venice = Cold. Crappy vis. Of course I could just call this the West coast and everyone would know that.

East coast rules!!--

 

[deepstops]

Venice = Cold. Crappy vis. Of course I could just call this the West coast and everyone would know that.

East coast rules!!--

I detect a thread hijack beginning.

 

[reefcreature]

Went Wed Sept 17, from the parking lot near Sharky's. Vis ranged form 2-5' about 4/10th a mile from shore. ( take a gps with me on the surface). Lots of silt covering everything and a lot of sand on the "reefs". Not much for teeth, you barely touch the bottom with your hand and a cloud a silt bellows up. Where there was sand on the bottom, vis was about 5'. Lots of fish life, most the macro algae were ripped away and the sponges and tunicates are covered with sand. Water was slightly brown. An area I normally dive about 1/2 mile off shore, used to be a sandy area with large rubble chunks, was totally burried in 3-6" of very fine silt. Found one 1.5" meg and a couple dozen small teeth. Jelly fish were every abundant. Sea nettles with long tentacles that were hard to see in the poor vis. expect a sting or 2.

 

[safyrewulfie]

Cub and I made it to Venice beach this sat am. Water was smooth and a bit cool. Still about the same that reef said. The silt is there. The water temp was 82. Viz was about 5 ft and we swam out to about 20-21 ft. No real teeth. Cub found her first partial meg she was happy. I found jelly fish owww. So I have nice welts across my arm. Seen some new fishies but the bottom was barren in some spots, nothing but urchins.