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Before you kit up, read the water. Learn how swell history, wind, rain and water colour predict dive visibility — and how to check a site in five minutes.
Tom Okafor ·
Storms turn coastal water murky, dimming the light kelp depends on. How turbidity works, where the sediment comes from, and how long forests stay in the dark.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
River plumes deliver nutrients that feed kelp forests — and floods that smother them in sediment and fresh water. The double-edged physics of the river mouth.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
Light is kelp's only real ceiling. How seawater absorbs and scatters sunlight, what sets kelp's depth limit, and why water clarity is a restoration variable.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·