| Observation Date: | 14 October, 2012 |
| Dive Team Members: | xx |
| Begin Time:xx | End Time:xx Bottom Time: xx |
| Weather Conditions: | clear |
| Wind | Direction : N/A Speed: N/A Duration: N/A |
| Water Conditions | |
| Surface | flat |
| Last 24 hrs: | Calm |
| Temperature: | Surface- 68 At Depth- Site Gauge- xx Diver Gauge- xx |
| Visibility: | Vertical-xx Horizontal- 50 + |
| Current: | Direction-N/A Speed- N/A |
| Site Depth Benchmark reading (Per the site gauge): 22 ffw Dive Team Gauge: #1- 19 ffw #2- 21ffw | |
| Animal & Plant Life | |
| Fin Fish | Very populas Shiners, Suckers, Dace and Trout |
| Copepod | Est. Density: Low |
| Invasive Species | N/A |
| Mysis Shrimp | Est. Density: Low |
| Team Observations/Comments: Today the Project Baseline Staff, tabled at Sand Harbor and discussed with over 50 divers the efforts going on in Tahoe. It was extremely productive and we had several divers report that our depth benchmark was still at 22', their gauges varied by plus or minus 2 feet, temp was 68 on our depth benchmark and that the visibility was at or better than 50 feet during the first dive. This was an abnormally warm, calm October day surrounded by some rain storms earlier in the week but for the most part, very calm atmosphere from Thursday thru this day which was Sunday. | |
| 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 |
| Weather Conditions: | Clear Calm 58f |
| Wind | Direction : n/a Speed: n/a Duration: n/a |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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. PB Tahoe stats: Depth: 62 feet Temp: 62f Visibility: 20-30 feet Photo: .JPG) .JPG) | |
| Observation Date: | 11 August, 2012 |
| Dive Team Members: | Marc Briseno, Todd Kincaid, Laura James, Vanessa Belz, Martin McClellan |
| Begin Time: 1:00 | End Time: 1:30 Bottom Time: 25min |
| Weather Conditions: | Clear, Calm, Sunny |
| Wind | Direction : N/M Speed: N/M Duration: N/M |
| Water Conditions | |
| Surface | Flat w/tremendous boat chop |
| Last 24 hrs: | Calm, Afternoon Thunderstorms, temp mid 80's |
| Temperature: | Surface- 66f At Depth- Site Gauge- 66f Diver Gauge- 68f |
| Visibility: | Vertical- '32 (could see boat from below Horizontal- 30'-40' |
| Current: | Direction- Southerly longshore Speed- 25'-30' per minute |
| Site Depth Benchmark reading (Per the site gauge): 22 ffw Dive Team Gauge: #1- 21 ffw #2- 22ffw | |
| Animal & Plant Life | |
| Fin Fish | Description : Lahontan Mountain Sucker ( |
| Observation Date: | 11 August, 2012 |
| Dive Team Members: | Marc Briseno, Todd Kincaid, Laura James, Vanessa Belz, Martin McClellan |
| Begin Time: 10:00a | End Time: 11:30a Bottom Time: 22min |
| Weather Conditions: | Clear, Calm, Sunny |
| Wind | Direction : N/M Speed: N/M Duration: N/M |
| Water Conditions | |
| Surface | Flat w/tremendous boat chop |
| Last 24 hrs: | Calm, Afternoon Thunderstorms, temp mid 80's |
| Temperature: | Surface- 66f At Depth- 54f [75'] [Mild thermocline at 22' (60f) and major thermocline at 50' (58f)] |
| Visibility: | Vertical- 30'-35' Horizontal- 20'-25' on bottom a bit better mid H20 to surface |
| Current: | Direction- Southerly longshore SE Speed- 30 feet per minute |
| Site Depth Benchmark reading: 80ffw by Tekna Depth [Bench Mark Depth Gauge] - 77' Uwatec | |
| Animal & Plant Life | |
| Fin Fish | Description : N/M Quantity: 0 |
| Copepod | Est. Density: Low up to first major thermocline at 50' then high throughout |
| Invasive Species | Saw none |
| Mysis Shrimp | Est. Density: N/M |
| Team Observations/Comments: This was an exciting day as it was NMDE's first official Project Baseline Tahoe dive and joining the NMDE team were Todd Kincaid, VP GUE and Vanessa Belz, Project Baseline Director GUE and Laura James, Seattle based videographer and GUE diver. The objective was to set up the SS Tahoe and the Sand Harbor Site. This was the first dive of the day and it took place at our SS Tahoe starting point in what is now approximately 78' at the sand. This is the location for all of NMDE's runs out to the Steamer Tahoe. At the bottom, we secured a permanent altitude adjustable depth gauge (Tekna Zero Adjust) which we zeroed at the surface and a thermometer gauge. These gauges are mounted to an aluminum board and secured to our depth benchmark preventing the gauges from moving. We then established visibility markers at 30-40-50 feet from the depth benchmark location however we were very dissapointed as the visibility was well below 30' and we will have to go back and place a 20 foot visibility marker. These markers were placed with the use of a physical tape measure. Upon arrival at our station, we noticed significant algae build up on our line approaching the surface. It was measured to be 1.5" thick at the zone from 30 feet to the surface. The line was cleaned along with the benchmark buoy and a photo was taken as a baseline photo of the white buoy suspended. This dive had two teams, Marc Briseno and Martin McClellan doing the work of establishing the PB station and Todd Kincaid (video support) and Laura James (videographer). Project Baseline Director, Vanessa Belz was our surface support and boat tender during this operation. Dive was short in duration due to the schedule for the day, 22min at 77' with water temps at 54f. | |
| Observation Date: | 12 March, 2012 |
| Dive Team Members: | Mike Soldwisch - Martin McClellan |
| Begin Time:10:00am | End Time:11:45am |
| Weather Conditions: | Clear with a slight breeze |
| Wind | Direction : Swirling in Hurricane Bay but blowing N-NE Speed: 5-10 MPH Duration: Continued throughout the dive and increased in intensity throughout |
| Water Conditions | |
| Surface | Ripple waves but no whitecaps |
| Last 24 hrs: | Calm in mornings and breezy in afternoons |
| Temperature: | Surface- 46f At Depth- 42f |
| Visibility: | Vertical- 35+ft could see boat anchors from surface Horizontal- 40-45ft |
| Current: | Direction- None Speed- N/A |
| Site Depth Benchmark reading: No benchmark yet set | |
| Animal & Plant Life | |
| Fin Fish | Description : 0 Quantity: 0 |
| Copepod | Est. Density: Low |
| Invasive Species | None |
| Mysis Shrimp | Est. Density: None |
| Team Observations/Comments: Today's dive by NMDE was to scout out a good location to place the Project Baseline depth benchmark and visibility station. Traveling about 4500 feet along the shoreline in a north by north east direction, we scootered the 40 -70 foot depth column observing as we moved along. There were several areas of heavy branch and leaves slowly deteriorating in the water just below areas of heavy aspen groves, creating an interesting shade/tint to the water of yellowish brown. What was most dominantly noticed is directly in the shallows off the parking on HWY 89 was thick algae growth attached to the rocks in the 5-10 foot range and when viewed from approximately 30 feet this algae had an incredible fluorescent green tinge to it. Something the team had never observed in 20 years of diving this site. | |
