What’s days better for hunting in the sea

[liutaina81]

I’m beginner as well. I bought gun Beuchat Marlin 85cm I don’t know if really it is a good choose or not, but working very well. Yesterday I was in Dorset Sea area -West Lulworth and Kimmeridge . I had been there before; water then was so nice so clean you can see 4-5m distance was so nice. But yesterday so dirty, mud, you can only see 0.5m. So I don’t really know what time it’s better go to the sea for hunting. Maybe wind form south is not good for hunting

 

[BeauA]

I have noticed from personal experiences, that the water is cleaner and better for diving in the morning when the winds are off shore.

 

[liutaina81]

Yes . But this time, I was in the morning.Somebody say it's very high tide. and important where fom blow wind.

 

[hank49]

A few factors affect visibility.
Shallow sea with sandy or silty bottom coupled with wind and chop will stir it up making vis bad.
Rain and runoff can affect even deep dropoff areas.
Being near large urban areas with a lot of runoff....like London...will make it bad.
Sometimes ocean currents bring in plankton. Even here on the barrier reef the water can get dirty.

I've been to England once. From what it looks like, you're just going to get some lucky days. Calm seas, long dry spell perhaps coupled with a high tide. (get it right at slack high or slow incoming tide)
These conditions should help the vis. Now, finding fish...that's another story. Hook up with some other spearos in your area.

 

[Mr. X]

Vis. is usually best when there is little or no wind, or the wind is from the shore (even winds of upto ~ 12-14mph from shore in some cases). However, heavy wind, especially from seaward (usually south or southwest on the south coast) or rain overnight or in the days before you dive can mess visibility up. Very heavy rain in S. Devon this year messed up visibility for several days - the river rose a foot where we were staying & then flushed into the estuaries/rias and sea. Sometimes you can find patches of sea with clearer water, or even dive below the murk. 0.5m is too little visibility to spear IMHO but 2m is probably enough. I don't think time of day would make a significant difference to visibility.

 

[x15]

Lots of good advice already, just let me add in one more thing. In areas that often have particulate matter suspended in the water (like parts of New England, where I spearfish), I find you are usually better off on overcast days. Strong sunlight is reflected off suspended particles. This scattered, or dispersed light gives you a visibility-killing haze. I first noticed this many years ago while diving on a sunny day. Visibility was crummy because of this haze, but when I dove down and looked under a ledge where the sunlight was blocked, the change in visibility was dramatic.
Tony