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Scuba Forum / UK Scuba / May 2004Plankton
Did anyone dive dear the IOW, Selsey or the Nab tower this weekend ? I went out on a boat in the Solent and the surface of the water was covered in plankton, it was like porridge. Just if anyone has any viz reports, I want to try and get wet this weekend. -- www.chrystianne.com Graded Grains make Finer Flour > Did anyone dive dear the IOW, Selsey or the Nab tower this weekend ? I went > out on a boat in the Solent and the surface of the water was covered in > plankton, it was like porridge. Just if anyone has any viz reports, I want > to try and get wet this weekend. Lots of fluff in the water off Brighton this weekend. Still light at 30m but getting pretty gloomy at 40. Vis about one diver length so 2 meters ish. I think we normally clear just a bit after places west of us. nigelH > Did anyone dive dear the IOW, Selsey or the Nab tower this weekend ? I went > out on a boat in the Solent and the surface of the water was covered in > plankton, it was like porridge. Just if anyone has any viz reports, I want > to try and get wet this weekend. We did the U1195 with Dave on Sunday - 12m vis, followed by the Mulberry 1-2 green metres. Near shore viz is pants. The previous weekend we had 6-8m on the Gasconey, low water Sapper dive 5meters, high water Sapper - Sish had 12m+ Best /F http://www.e-aquanauts.com Thanks both. Dave emailed me off group. I was thinking of doing the Camswan and then a drift off the Princess Shoals - I could see the bottom in Culver Cliff Bay on Sunday at about 3m deep - or the Puller Bank, but that may be too close to inshore. I'll have a look at the back of the Nab. > > Did anyone dive dear the IOW, Selsey or the Nab tower this weekend ? I > went [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > /F > http://www.e-aquanauts.com > > Did anyone dive dear the IOW, Selsey or the Nab tower this weekend ? I > went [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > We did the U1195 with Dave on Sunday - 12m vis, followed by the Mulberry 1-2 > green metres. Near shore viz is pants. Hehe. I was getting 30m+ this weekend... ;-) > Hehe. I was getting 30m+ this weekend... ;-) Here or abroad ? > > Hehe. I was getting 30m+ this weekend... ;-) > > > Here or abroad ? 30m in the UK?! I'd like to see it!!!!! (really, I would) Nah, spent last week in Lanzarote and enjoyed some surprisingly good diving around Puerto Del Carmen and - in particular - Mala. Dived the old harbour wrecks (awesome) but the highlight for me was Mala - an awe inspiring place to dive with gin-clear waters, loads of life and some amazing volcanic underwater scenery. >30m in the UK?! I'd like to see it!!!!! (really, I would) Hands Deep off plymouth last August Bank Holiday: Reality check time, felt like the red Sea -- Pete news 'at' melbourne 'dot' me 'dot' uk > >30m in the UK?! I'd like to see it!!!!! (really, I would) > > Hands Deep off plymouth last August Bank Holiday: Reality check time, > felt like the red Sea Seconded -- absolutely stunning visibility on Hands Deep last year. I can't remember if I was down there for August Bank Holiday, but pretty close to that. Sat at 35m and easily able to make out the ripples on the surface...  SignatureMichael I've done those dives off PDC too back in 2001, great Barracudas and Angel sharks an arm's length away from me :-) couldn't do Mala due to it being very windy when I went (February) but I've heard all about those dives from a buddy of mine. Done Tenerife too (in 1996), as Gordon described exactly my feelings on the scenery. I had my dive there (dive #3) videoed too, buoyancy must have been good to avoid all those horrible purple spiny urchins :-( Highlight of the dive was an octopus. Wouldn't go to Tenerife again unless someone could tell me it was better than the dives around Los Gigantes. I've had 18m off Weymouth ( Durdle Door), scallops were lovely :-) -c > > > Hehe. I was getting 30m+ this weekend... ;-) > > > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > to dive with gin-clear waters, loads of life and some amazing volcanic > underwater scenery. We've had 25m viz in Lerwick for the last few weeks, it's gone snotty over on the west coast, but so far the E is fine. However off to Plymouth on Friday for a week or so, anyone know what the viz is likely to be there? F The message <EzZsc.30$r31.24@newsfe3-win.server.ntli.net> from "Chrystianne" <diver@nospamchrystianne.com> contains these words: > > Hehe. I was getting 30m+ this weekend... ;-) > > > Here or abroad ? We had pretty good viz last week: (Could see the ripples from 30M, but the photo was from 20M, taken by my buddy) http://www.student.uib.no/~csa022/dykking/040511/images/IMG_5596-2.jpg But then the algea came, and on Tuesday from 0-12M it was 1-3M viz, but below 12M it was about 30M+ Funny coming up in GIN clear water, and then seeing this brown carpet above you! /Matt Bergen, Norway Matt - where was that lovely photo taken ? Here or in Norway ? -C > We had pretty good viz last week: (Could see the ripples from 30M, but the > photo was from 20M, taken by my buddy) [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > /Matt > Bergen, Norway > Matt - where was that lovely photo taken ? Here or in Norway ? > > -C Over in Norgey a week back mate. Same day we came up in a shoal of herring: http://www.student.uib.no/~csa022/dykking/040511/images/IMG_5581-2.jpg The viz here is very "Blue" from Nov-May, then we get the algea bloom in May-June, and then the viz is OK, but rather "Green" for the summer/late summer. Sept is usually nice, but there can be a layer of algea that causes it to be quite dark below 30M. The site we were diving is called "Tur?y" near Bergen. It's a typical little club dive spot really. The instructions to reach it are on my site here: http://www.diving-in-norway.com/portal/index.php?page=6 But I'm afraid it's in norwegian! :) Oh well, at least the maps can be read. /Matt |
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