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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bruce Kemp (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #14) on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 1:42 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Could someone please give me some info on what the current level of viz is? I read a post here on BT that cited viz up to 150' last December. Is it still that good? Here's hoping.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jake Richter (Moderator - Post #3926) on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 1:58 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Bruce,

Visibility is consistently about 90-110', once you're on the reef slope. In the shallows (10-20' depth) it's usually a bit less (60-90') because of greater amounts of sand and particulate matter that close to shore.

The vis this morning in my backyard (Small Wall dive site) was true to the average numbers I started the above paragraph with.

Jake

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bruce Kemp (BonaireTalker - Post #15) on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 2:02 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Outstanding! Very helpful info Jake. Thank you.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Sue Ryan Goodman (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #6) on Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 12:47 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

We were in Bonaire last week & found the viz on the Northern half (Andrea I & Oil Slick) much better than Southern end (Margate Bay, Angel City, Hilma Hooker & 18th Palm). Winds were quite strong from the East and seemed to be stirring up the silt farther south.

FYI - That is my happy family on the Webcam on 16 Feb around 1pm...trip report will be coming once my body adjusts to the 17F temps in NYC...

 


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