"It ain't easy being green." At least it isn't easy diving in green water. The fresh water run-off from Isaac and the recent almost-daily thunder showers have given the water at the bridge a strong green color with vis of less than ten feet. Normally I avoid weekend dives at the bridge, but since today's high tide was at 9:02 I knew parking would not be a problem (the word "issue" is overused!).
My four advanced open water students were willing to get up early so we braved the low vis and attacked our skill set which involved compass and bag work using finger spools. The vis was good enough for what we needed to do, but when we started to venture under the east bridge to look around it was so dark that I decided to abandon the under-bridge exploration and return to somewhat brighter water south of the bridge. The water temperatue was eighty-two which was very nice for our one hour, thirty-one minute dive. In a three millimeter suit I was very comfortable. If the "newbies" kicked up the bottom, it was the perfect day to do so; nobody would be able to tell the difference! Get in the water (even if it's green), Ham
Dive Report 16 September
