Nice long dive today at high tide along the east flank of the beacon island left of the boat ramp. Vis was pretty good. Then straight north to about 40ft where the vis turned really bad. Headed east to the pipeline and home. Overall an excellent long dive in improving vis.
After last week's bad vis and continuing reports of herring run bad vis up and down the island, we decided to swim around the 'lighthouse', the red and white marker buoy on the island beside the boat ramp. Vis was terrible and we ended up very shallow. We got about 2/3 the way around the island before shallows made us turn and retrace our route around the island and then back to the boat ramp. OK dive - most important we got to dive.
Tried to swim to dry docks but vis was so very, very bad that we abandoned plan and swam along in shallows, then returned to ramp. Long-ish dive with OK visibility above 17ft and at least something to see.
Chemainus VideoScootered with tether to pipeline and along to wall off-point, then swam around in crappy viz for a while then scootered back in. OK dive except for hurting back and crappy vis.
Swam to the dry dock #1, then over to #2 and around, over to the small wall and along, then back to dock 1 and home. Excellent dive.
Once again we scootered up pipeline to turnoff (wheel) then NW to boat rocks. Toured boat rocks then scootered back SE to pipeline and home. The replacement battery I built for the heated vest worked well and kept me warm. Awesome dive.
Chemainus VideoScootered up pipeline to turnoff (wheel) then NW to boat rocks. Toured boat rocks then scootered back SE to pipeline and home. One battery on the heated vest was dead this morning so it was a cold and shorter dive. Otherwise an awesome dive.
Chemainus VideoScootered up pipeline to turnoff (wheel) then NW to boat rocks. Toured boat rocks then scootered back SE to pipeline and home. Awesome dive.
Chemainus VideoScootered to the lighthouse then NW and found the boat. It's a really great wall by the boat, and we found a few lingcod on egg masses. Swam around the wall and returned to the boat. Then then scootered back to the pipeline and home. Overall a great dive!
Chemainus VideoScootered to the lighthouse then NW and found the boat. It's a really great wall by the boat, and we found a few lingcod on egg masses. Swam along, then scootered back to the pipeline and home. Overall a great dive!
Chemainus VideoExcellent dive today. Splashed and scootered to lighthouse, then NW until we found a wall, missing the boat. Swam E along the wall before turning and scootering back to pipeline and back home.
Excellent dive today. Splashed and scootered to lighthouse, then NW until we found a wall, missing the boat. Swam E along the wall before turning and scootering back to pipeline and back home.
Chemainus VideoExcellent dive today. Splashed and scootered to lighthouse, then kina-sorta NW (scooter compasses acting up) and found airplane wall. Swam to debris field then scootered to pipeline and back home.
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