What did i see in the water?

[Dsix36]

Yesterday while diving at Eagles Nest with a couple of buddies, I saw something that I have never seen before. We were at the end of the line on the upstream side and went a bit further to look under an overhanging ledge. It is difficult to describe, but I will try my best. It made me think of a layer of smoke. It was small patches and not just a solid layer. We saw it in several different locations. Almost like a flat cloud.

Could this be some kind of bacteria? The cure for cancer? Narcois for multiple divers at once?

[SuPrBuGmAn]

Sulfide Layer?

Maybe a defined bit of salt water or tanic water?

[phreaticus]

Sulfide layer.....that phenomenon exists all over the west coast's cave systems, usually in the mixing layers of salt/brackish/fresh water....

[SuPrBuGmAn]

...found in the panhandle too

[OFG-1]

I saw this explained on Star Trek just the other night. It is a smoke creature that, if contacted, will extract all of the salt from your blood and leave you a small crumbly block of a Styrofoam looking stuff. Spock called it illogical, and then they baited it with salt and transported it into deep space. Do not carry any extra salt with you in Eagle's Nest, you should be fine.

It was either that, or a sulfide layer.

[Jay]

That is just the mens room. It's marked on the old maps.

[phillip1]

Dominican Republic version of the white layer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GjZrjo60yU

[Taucher-Tom]

Is this what you´re talking about?

[w ripley]

Dominican Republic version of the white layer

Really nice video. Glad you shared it here.

[Dsix36]

Dominican Republic version of the white layer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GjZrjo60yU

Yes, exactly like I saw. From about 0:33 to 0:50 is what I saw.