I was on the fishbourne-portsmouth ferry on sunday, and about halfway across, near the shipping lane, I saw large patches of brown water.
I have seen the same thing on other days.
Is this sewage? if not, does anyone have any ideas what it could be.
It could possibly be an algae bloom of some sort, especially if it was a reddish-brown... The old "sniff test" can go a long way in determining the source!
It could possibly be an algae bloom of some sort, especially if it was a reddish-brown... The old "sniff test" can go a long way in determining the source!
It could be. Its a bit hard to sniff the water from 50 feet up.
I would have thought algal bloom would be a summer thing.
At a first glance it looks as if you are running into shallow water.
Hi Nik
Brown patches are not uncommon in the solent.
I used to watch out for them when yot racing. They usually occur when the tide is changing and I think they are caused by the change of flow stiring up the bottom.
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it's just sediment being kicked up, in the mersey where the tide is normally around 2-5kts where we sail the water is always brown, it only goes clear at slacks.
