Observation Log: Portland, UK


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Showing posts with label Dredger. Show all posts
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Sunday, July 22, 2012

Dredger 07/22/2012

Observer Name: Nina Hukkanen

Observation Start Time: 13:30
Observation End Time: 14:20
Weather Conditions: Sunny
Depth of Observations (indicate meters or feet): 7M

Water Visibility (high, medium, low): Medium (6M)

Water Turbidity (high, medium, low): Low

Water Current Direction: None
Water Current Speed (high, medium, low): None

Water Temperature (indicate C or F): 16C

Notable Flora: -
Notable Fauna: Bass, large snakelock anemones, several schools of baby bib

Other Observer Comments: No spider crabs

Sunday, July 8, 2012

Dredger 07/08/2012

Observer Name: Nina Hukkanen

Observation Start Time: 11:30
Observation End Time: 12:10
Weather Conditions: Sunny
Depth of Observations (indicate meters or feet): 10M

Water Visibility (high, medium, low): Medium (5M)

Water Turbidity (high, medium, low): Low

Water Current Direction: None
Water Current Speed (high, medium, low): None

Water Temperature (indicate C or F): 14C

Notable Flora: -
Notable Fauna: Small spider crabs, lobster

Other Observer Comments: Some of red algea next to rocks

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Dredger 06/24/2012

Observer Name: Nina Hukkanen

Observation Start Time: 13:20
Observation End Time: 14:00
Weather Conditions: Sunny
Depth of Observations (indicate meters or feet): 8M

Water Visibility (high, medium, low): Low (3M)

Water Turbidity (high, medium, low): Medium

Water Current Direction: West-East
Water Current Speed (high, medium, low): Low

Water Temperature (indicate C or F): 14C

Notable Flora: -
Notable Fauna: Sand eels, small wrasse, small spider crabs

Other Observer Comments: Lots of red algea next to rocks

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Dredger 04/21/2012

Observer Name:Matt Knifton
Observation Start Time:10:40
Observation End Time:11:26
Weather Conditions: Slight
Depth of Observations (indicate meters or feet): 9.3m
Water Visibility (high, medium, low): Low (0-3m)
Water Turbidity (high, medium, low): Medium
Water Current Direction: North to South
Water Current Speed (high, medium, low): Low
Water Temperature (indicate C or F): 10C
Notable Flora:
Notable Fauna:Candy stripe flatworm, nudibranch (white with yellow gills, 1cm long), spider carbs, squid, anemone, (half eaten spider crab!)
Other Observer Comments:Notable wear and tear on the buoy attachment on the wreck, broken chain. Rubbish in and around the rock wall to the side of the wreck.

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Dredger 04/14/2012

Observer Name: Rene Van Erven
Observation Start Time: 11.30
Observation End Time: 12.25
Weather Conditions: Sunny, Calm
Depth of Observations (indicate meters or feet): 10m
Water Visibility (high, medium, low): Low (<3m)
Water Turbidity (high, medium, low): Low
Water Current Direction: N/A
Water Current Speed (high, medium, low): N/A
Water Temperature (indicate C or F): 10C
Notable Flora: Sea weed, red algae (patches of), [lack of kelp]
Notable Fauna: Wrass (small), occasional crabs
Other Observer Comments: Not much sea life or fish but a lot of plankton in the water

Friday, April 13, 2012

Dredger 04/13/2012

Observer Name: Izzy Imset
Observation Start Time: 11.30
Observation End Time: 12.30
Weather Conditions: Sunny, calm
Depth of Observations (indicate meters or feet): 15m
Water Visibility (high, medium, low): Low
Water Turbidity (high, medium, low): High
Water Current Direction: NE to SW
Water Current Speed (high, medium, low): Low
Water Temperature (indicate C or F): 10C
Notable Flora: Sea weed
Notable Fauna: Spider Crabs (mainly male and not in groups), Leach's Spider Crabs (scattered), Common Hermit Crabs, Wrasse, Sea Hare
Other Observer Comments: East of the Dredger inside the bay itself down to 15 metres, light drift. Groups of Sea Hare on rocks, from about 30mm to 70mm in size, appear to be forming a mating chain. Will be worth looking for larger of the species on follow-up dives around the rocks at 12m.

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Dredger, 03/24/2012

Observer Name: Richard Whalley
Observation Start Time: 15:00
Observation End Time: 15:30
Weather Conditions: Sunny, calm
Depth of Observations (indicate meters or feet): 10M
Water Visibility (high, medium, low): Med 4M
Water Turbidity (high, medium, low): Low
Water Current Direction: Nil
Water Current Speed (high, medium, low): Nil
Water Temperature (indicate C or F): 9.4C
Notable Flora: Nil
Notable Fauna: Wrasse
Other Observer Comments:

Friday, February 24, 2012

Dredger, 02/24/2012

Observer Name: Izzy Imset
Observation Start Time: 13:00
Observation End Time: 16:00
Weather Conditions: Calm, SW
Depth of Observations (indicate meters or feet): 9M
Water Visibility (high, medium, low): Low (3M)
Water Turbidity (high, medium, low): Low
Water Current Direction: N/A
Water Current Speed (high, medium, low): Low
Water Temperature (indicate C or F): 7C
Notable Flora: Sea Weed
Notable Fauna: Wrasse (Occasional), Tube Worms, Winter Kelp Roots (no kelp), rare snakelock anemone, lugworms, hermit crabs (small)

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Dredger, 02/19/2012

Observer Name: Nina Hukkanen
Observation Start Time: 12:30
Observation End Time: 13:05
Weather Conditions: Sunny, calm
Depth of Observations (indicate meters or feet): 9M
Water Visibility (high, medium, low): Low (3-4M)
Water Turbidity (high, medium, low): Low
Water Current Direction: None
Water Current Speed (high, medium, low): Low
Water Temperature (indicate C or F): 8C
Notable Flora: None
Notable Fauna: Tubeworms
Other Observer Comments: