Swan river blue's
G'day I went for a dive last night down the swan to see if the silt had lifted a bit as I haven't been since December due to the poor vis from the dredging. Thought i would at least get a feed of prawns and maybe a couple of blue swimmers ( i usually get between 30 and 100 prawns, 10 to 30 cms long and the odd crab ). Dissapointingly the silt was everyware it was as bad a i could remember vis in les than 12m was 1.5m being generous and deeper than 12m you struggled to see your outstreched hand. However i did end up with a few Blues for my troubles ( i couldnt stand it any more after 40 min ). Sadly i only got 4 yes thats right 4 prawns i have never gotten this few i hope this is'nt a sign of how the future of the river will be. I think I would have seen more than 25 flatties poor buggers must have been starving! On a possitive side the sea horses seem to be doing well in the silty conditions as they were everyware.
sarcasm0
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Bummer Graham
Im going to dive the coombe twice today for a mapping/navigation assignment and was thinking about comming back for a night dive later. We had heard through some people at tafe that the vis was getting better:/
What area if you dont mind me asking?
Still good fun to tangle with the big blues underwater though.
Bryan
GrahamM
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Not far from the Coombe at
Not far from the Coombe at all but maybe im just fussy but i thought the vis was shit
till
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The word on WA Divers is that
The word on WA Divers is that the vis is still shit. Hopefully we get some decent flushing rains this year.
soupster51
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Blues
Looks like you got a couple of solid blues though. It will clear up eventually and the kingies will be there in numbers.
The best reason for doing what's right today is tomorrow.
sarcasm0
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I got 8 crabs and a scallop
This morning at the coombe. Vis was pretty poor but we still did our two dives anyway.
petervb
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Date Joined: 18/12/09
faark all prawns about. I've
faark all prawns about. I've been diving weekly since december and the vis has been average to say the least. seems to be getting worse as of late.
did manage about 20 prawns one night but that was probably early december.
Dicey
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Date Joined: 23/07/10
Yup vis definitely not
Yup vis definitely not improving at all seems to just hang around and not settle down even after rains and right wind conditions water stays full of silt and stringy crap.