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Joe
12-27-2008, 08:32 AM
The Canal is now frozen over. The viz is down to about 10-15 ft.
serge
12-27-2008, 01:30 PM
The Canal is now frozen over. The viz is down to about 10-15 ft.

With the rain and warm temps today and continuing until tomorrow the ice may be mostly gone tomorrow.
Jen
12-27-2008, 05:31 PM
No ice on the canal... where diving is going on. You could hear the left over thin ice break up on the jug as the water flowed with the wind. Water level is up to two inches below the tops of the docks. Visibility was crap by the shore due to run off so expect the vis to be below that 10 ft fro the other day.
JohnG
12-28-2008, 12:48 PM
The visibility in the canal is down to 8' max with all the run off and wind. Water temp is a balmy 35f.
serge
01-01-2009, 04:12 PM
34F

2ft max at entry but about 15' at depth

currenly iced over so it's an overhead dive.

Serge.
Joe
01-09-2009, 06:10 AM
34f
Zero viz down to the car at 15 ft. At the shoe line the viz is 2-3 ft and 10 ft on the east side by the other cars. Ice cover is around 4 inches now.
JohnG
01-11-2009, 07:46 PM
34f
2-3 ft viz down to the car at 15 ft. At the shoe line the viz is 8 ft. In the middle the viz is getting better while the sides is getting a little worse.
Joe
01-18-2009, 04:10 PM
Saw 33f in the canal today. Still very dark with the snow cover. The viz is improving especially in the middle at 30 ft. John and I untied the jug line from it's weight and once back on the surface we cut the jug out of the ice. Run time was around 50-55 minutes.

Here is a couple of pictures showing the current conditions.

John after the dive.
http://diving.skycomp.ca/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3020&g2_serialNumber=2

One of the divers checking out our hole.
http://diving.skycomp.ca/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3017&g2_serialNumber=2

The hole is finally cut.
http://diving.skycomp.ca/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3014&g2_serialNumber=2
Joe
02-15-2009, 04:27 PM
The conditions at the canal haven't changed much since the pictures above were taken. The snow cover is gone but as of Thursday night there was still about a foot of ice cover. The viz is down to zero in spots but opens up to around 3-4 ft in spots.