Divers Spear Fish Under Windmills
Sub-par conditions with above par crew, and some thoughts on a water quality issue across SNE.
The usual suspects were around–striper, tog, scup, BSB–but the toughest thing to find was clean water. Found pockets of 10-15’ vis (good for NE!) at the bottom below the thermocline, but you had to work for it.
The primary suspect for much of the recent bad vis in SNE is a huge bloom of an uncommon phytoplankton called coccolithophores that’s been giving waters from Long Island to Rhode Island a milky chalky haze for weeks now. Thanks to buddy @southforksalt for the early tip there.
Another buddy @toward_the_sea just told me via fancy offshore Starlink text that he’s still in dirty water all the way out at the canyons. In 2000+ ft of water. ~100 miles out. Not normal. Wouldn’t be surprised if it’s due to that same abnormally large chalky plankton bloom being pushed out by the recent / unrelenting SW winds.
Heading out for a 2 day trip to dive over the canyons tomorrow. Fingers crossed we find clean water.
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