Project Baseline, Hurricane Bay, Tahoe October 13, 2012
| Observation Date: | 13 October, 2012 |
| Dive Team Members: | Mike Soldswich, Marc Briseno, Martin McClellan |
| Begin Time: 10:45am | End Time:11:55am Bottom Time: 50min |
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| Weather Conditions: | Clear Calm 58f |
| Wind | Direction : n/a Speed: n/a Duration: n/a |
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| Water Conditions | |
| Surface | Flat Calm with some small surface ripples – Boat Wake present |
| Last 24 hrs: | Calm with no wind |
| Temperature: | Surface- 66f At Depth- 62 Site Gauge- 62 Diver Gauge- 62 |
| Visibility: | Vertical- 30 minus Horizontal- 20 – 30ft |
| Current: | Direction-N?A Speed-N/A |
| Site Depth Benchmark reading (Per the site gauge): 62 ffw Dive Team Gauge: #1– 59 ffw #2– 60ffw |
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| Animal & Plant Life | |
| Fin Fish | Description : Lahotan Shiners Quantity: large schools 100+ |
| Copepod | Est. Density: Low |
| Invasive Species | None Present |
| Mysis Shrimp | Est. Density: Low |
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| Team Observations/Comments: Today, NMDE divers established the PBTahoe site in Hurricane Bay at the site of the Alley Cat, a 30+ foot sail boat that sank some 10 years ago. We also cleaned off a 1 meter square area of the Alley Cat’s hull from algae and debris and took some photos of the Hurricane Bay site under water. Following the set-up of the site depth/temperature/visibility metering devices, we scootered south along the 40 – 60 foot contour and noticed a very active crayfish community, many shiners but did not see any trout, suckers, or other fin fish. We failed to notice copepod or mysis shrimp but that said, there was probably a very small population however I personally saw the biggest Paiute Sculpin I have ever seen. Crusing the contours at between 40 and 60 feet provided no improvement in the 20 – 30 foot visibility.
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