January 25, 2017 - Poor Vis again at Molasses!

Great surface conditions again dictated a day of diving with Dave R.  Our first stop was Snappers.  We aborted when we noted the poor visibility.  Usually you can see the bottom in 20' feet.  We saw nothing.  We then moved east to nearby Pickles, where we moored in really shallow depth at Bouy #3 near the wreck.  Visibility at the 15 ' depth was at least reasonable.  Water temp was down to 72.  Its starting to get chilly.  Time for the winter 4/3 mil wetsuit.  Lots of schooling fish at this site.  Big thick balls of grunts - a protection mechanism.

2nd Dive was at Molasses.  Again the current was strong and visibility was poor.  We worked the sand channels on the shallow end of the reef. I consumed a lot of air fighting current.

 I was able to capture was decent images up close.  On the boat I had mentioned to Dave that we hadn't seen an eel in awhile.  This dive we did!  I also captured a nice image of a barracuda.

A gallery of other mages can be found below.