Water this foggy?

Is water going to be this foggy regardless of night vision or enchanted helmet? I was working on an underwater city and can only see 10 blocks in any direction. This will make a 'bioshock' style cityscape utterly invisible! (regardless of view options) I usually can see to max chunk render distance (set at 16 currently) underwater with brightness being the only variable. Now it's blindlingly white in all directions.