The visibility is continuing to drop at a noticeable rate. Today we seem to be right at the spot where the dense, green Labrador current mixes with the blue, usually clearer Gulf Stream waters. It's one of the defining characteristics of the Cape Hatteras area. 1340 We move ahead slowly in the current. We're headed toward the rendezvous point with the Navy divers at the Monitor 's propeller shaft.
Visibility is now down to only four to five feet, and it has become very dark.
Up ahead we make out the glow of one of the Navy divers' helmet lights. We find the Navy divers struggling as well in what is now a ripping current. It's kind of comic at first. This current is outrageous. Everyone goes to work, but it's slow going with the current.