Foam

4 for Boating · 08-19-2010, 12:25 AM

So every once in a while I get these bubbles/foam hanging around my shoreline. Don’t think it’s from my boat as it is often present when I arrive for the weekend and I turn the battery off so it does not even bilge while I’m away. The water quality is very good in the area and when this stuff does arrive, it seems to linger and not disperse. Where does this come from? I see it occasionally in what appears to be a recent wake from boats around the lake but can’t tell if it’s a normal occurrence of every boat, only those with issues and/or only 2 strokes. Possibly it comes to my shoreline when the wind is in a particular direction but hard to say.

Just like to better understand what it is and where it comes from as it lingers for hours and then sometimes disappears at what seems like the blink of an eye.

08-19-2010, 12:25 AM	#1
4 for Boating Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 228 Thanks: 1 Thanked 38 Times in 26 Posts	Foam So every once in a while I get these bubbles/foam hanging around my shoreline. Don’t think it’s from my boat as it is often present when I arrive for the weekend and I turn the battery off so it does not even bilge while I’m away. The water quality is very good in the area and when this stuff does arrive, it seems to linger and not disperse. Where does this come from? I see it occasionally in what appears to be a recent wake from boats around the lake but can’t tell if it’s a normal occurrence of every boat, only those with issues and/or only 2 strokes. Possibly it comes to my shoreline when the wind is in a particular direction but hard to say. Just like to better understand what it is and where it comes from as it lingers for hours and then sometimes disappears at what seems like the blink of an eye.