Viz above normal at 14 ft, easy entry, moderate wind.
Scripps Pier Cam observation: visibility 13–16 ft (auto, medium confidence). The right-edge 4 ft piling is crisp with individual algal/mussel growth resolved, and the 11 ft piling behind the kelp reads as a solid, slightly softened column. The back-left 14 ft piling shows as a low-contrast silhouette with only a hint of its horizontal brace, and nothing registers at the 30 ft position. Water is bright blue-green with moderate particulate haze in the lower frame.
Good visibility (15-25 ft) with blue water and cleaner pockets emerging; light 1-3 ft swell and calm surface conditions. Best window earlier in the day before modest onshore winds arrive and as tide pushes cleaner water in through afternoon.
Shallow sandy shore dive beneath the SIO research pier. No-take SMCA.
