Hi divers
The wind required for cleaning the bay is just not really happening yet. From the data below (from MagicSeaweed) you can see that we should have had a lot more wind from a northerly direction yet we have had way more southeasterly days this month than the norm.
The result, well False Bay is not very clean and the visibility has been around 5 metres all week. With the southeaster tomorrow as well as both days of the weekend I am not expecting very good conditions for training dives. The sites further off shore may be better but I will take the boat out tomorrow and then make the call for the weekend.
Last weekend’s conditions were pretty much the same although Saturday was wind-free in the morning, and we dived Atlantis and Photographer’s Reef. The visibility was around 6 metres on the inshore side of the reefs but once you rounded the seaward side it dropped to around 3 metres.
On Sunday we went to take a look but called off the planned dives as the wind and surface conditions were unpleasant. Instead we went to the cement wreck just off the yellow buoy that can be seen from Long Beach, and explored there a little bit.
I have Open Water, Advanced, and Divemaster courses on the go at the moment. Those of you who need to do training dives will get a message from me as soon as conditions are suitable. If you’d like to be informed of weekend plans once they’re clearer, let me know.
Please don’t forget your dive festival bookings. The boats are filling up fast.
regards
Tony Lindeque
076 817 1099
www.learntodivetoday.co.za
www.learntodivetoday.co.za/blog/
Diving is addictive!
..very nice pics, Clare!