A silty 15 feet, 20 feet in the shallows (low tide)
Predicted tides at Tahlequah modeled our dives better than Dalco Passage currents. Dalco showed a small double-bump of floods mid-day in a day of otherwise big current. First dive, we had a strong current running northwest as we headed down to the bulkhead anchoring the yellow buoy. Fog banks of suspended silt surounded us. A low-effort second dive coincided with the low at Tahlequah. A freshwater eddy along the pilings sent us back to the entry site. 47 - 49F.
Most creatures wisely hunkered down and out of sight. A single (!) Shiner Perch in the lee of a plumose anemone. A sizeable leafy hornouth snail. Gargantuan shaggy mouse nudibranchs in the pilings.
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