Launch "Inverted!" - A Look Underwater

[BigR]

So, show us your launch along with the "inverse" side. It may help to distract some of us that are in extended wind waiting mode.

Ours in Tampa is too mucky, nothung to see unless you go 3 miles offshore

[ricki]

Originally Posted by BigR

Ours in Tampa is too mucky, nothung to see unless you go 3 miles offshore

Three miles, that is fair game then. Some guys heading out probably get into the neighborhood at times. I am not sure what you can see there though. We did a coral reef survey 20 miles off Tampa Bay in the early 80's, something related to the Port of Tampa. The water was surprisingly warm for December and the viz. and hard bottom community pretty good. There was the pea soup fog to complicate getting back to the mother ship though. So, if anyone has some shots, let's see them.

[ricki]

I was just out at the wreck doing some light training for a free diving course this weekend with Martin Stepanek, http://www.martinstepanek.com/. The viz downward was about 8 to 10 ft. still even after several days of offshore wind. All that beach restoration must have brought in a lot of fines. Anyway, the waves have exposed more of the wreck, at least the two portions that I had a look at, the boilers and the hull section to the NW. The boiler was exposed another 2 to 3 ft. while the hull section was excavated another 2 to 4 ft.. It is likely that once the normal onshore wind returns the excavation will fill in somewhat particularly around the hull section. So, even though viz. is kind of poor it might be worth a look Saturday. It would be good to checkout the other sections of the wreck and see what has changed there too. This applies to other wrecks and reefs in the area, they have likely gained a few feet of exposure, for now. Maybe someone can even grab some shots this weekend if it clears up enough. It would be good to learn what else has shown up after the storm.