The Wilson

[cold_H2O_diver]

I have a couple of photos I posted here:

I've been on this wreck a lot (there's a spot on the bench of the Wreckreation worn to the shape of my buttocks), but mostly for play and less so for picture taking. Bringing my camera more often now - but as LK implied, getting good images on the Wilson is a crap shoot. Hoping to add more to the web site as I collect them.

15' visibility is about average - though I've also had occasions where I practically had to bump my forehead into the side of the hull to find the wreck. Late summer is usually when visibility is getting decent. For a few years I've been trying to come up with a hypothesis on what drops the visibility on this wreck, sometimes even late in a dry summer when, theoretically, lack of outflow from the St. Louis should provide better visibility.

Prevailing theory: Warm, calm weather makes for higher water temperature at the end of the lake around the wreck site. Any St. Louis River flow, being approximately the same temperature, mixes easily with the lake water - stirring things up and lowering vis. If the weather is cooler and the prevailing winds bring cooler lake water into the end of the lake, the comparatively warmer St. Louis River water essentially rides up over the denser cooler water, improving visibility. I've seen occasions in (cooler) years past where the upper 30' have questionable visibility, but down on the wreck things clear up quite a bit.

Obviously, this is anecdotal evidence at best. In the end, the visibility on the Wilson is extremely hard to predict. I guess I'll just have to continue my research... Alas... if I must...