Back in the days before referral check-outs we would find ourselves offshore in the winter checking out a newbie before their tropical vacation. Even on good days NJ diving can be dark, add blowing snow, ice on the deck, gear boxes sliding around and big waves and it got very dicey.
I have been at 90’ and seen storm surge moving sand on the bottom, the fish seem to move out rather than risk the surge inside a wreck.
With Sandy moving a lot of sand in the next few days I feel the need for some beach dives on the near shore wrecks to see what’s been uncovered :)