Thank you Bill. I will likely dive Venice in 2010. It's just too much fun to pass up. Beautiful water, flat surface, sunshine, no surge, low current, short boat rides, 30 foot dives, WITH visibility! It's interesting to hear the Venicestonians complain about the viz. My perspective on the Venice viz was, its 3ft WITHOUT a flashlight. That borders on excellent viz to me. But then I am use to black water diving with zero viz. The only problem with black water is when the turbidity is EXTREMELY high, even using a high powered flashlight you can only see 1 inch in front of your mask. When I find myself laying on the bottom with my facemask ON the bottom, the words "this is ridiculous" goes through my mind and "I am bailing out" comes next.
If things line up correctly I will hook up with Jamie Bostwick for diving April 11th and 12th. Jamie is a great guy and I recommend him highly. He just happens to have a great boat! It's called the Aristakat.
Be forwarded. The fossils offshore Venice are completely covered with the same pink and white growth everything else. They are very camoflaged. One HAS to look for "shape" or you will not find a thing.