Northwest Dive Club

Langley Harbor, October 23, 2023 dive. Some of the critters. https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-B3GGkkG/0/147caf98/XL/10.23.23%20Langley%20Harbor%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-kFqkfBm/0/5d3fcc8a/XL/10.23.23%20Spotted%20ratfish%20-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.c...

Deception Pass, October 22, 2023 dive. And the rest of the pixels. https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-ddQWVqz/0/a9092c13/XL/10.22.23%20Three-lined%20aeolid-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-bPRKFV4/0/17947dbb/XL/10.22.23%20N%20leopard%20dorid-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com...

Deception Pass, October 22, 2023 dive. https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-9vt3PD2/0/db500c9a/XL/10.22.23%20Deception%20Pass%20dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-Qxjhvnt/0/b5ab57fd/XL/10.22.23%20Fluted%20bryozoan-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-JXSZTb...

Skyline, October 19, 2023 dive. I think this is the first time I found Six-rayed star wasting. 🙁 https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-ZTpKM3H/0/d098ea7f/XL/10.19.23%20Skyline%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-rZNqrKS/0/314f2efd/XL/10.19.23%20Giant%20Pacific%20Octopus...

October 15, 2023. Driftwood Park dive. Juvenile Wolf-eels, plenty of Dock shrimps and good time with Pacific Red Octopus. The one in the bottle? No, it decided to stay inside... 🙂 https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-hcLxfqK/0/dde67456/XL/10.15.23%20Driftwood%20Park%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://p...

October 13, 2023. Keystone Jetty dive. And some of the smaller critters. And sea star wasting disease now hits Keystone too. :( https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-m3Vs5Dn/0/b4883735/XL/10.13.23%20%20Honeycomb%20worm%20closeup%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-JJMsnkz/0/e4...

October 13, 2023. Keystone Jetty dive. What would Keystone be without Lingcod? https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-PQF9783/0/457e32c5/XL/10.13.23%20%20Keystone%20Jetty%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-jgpXs7q/0/b8c751ce/XL/10.13.23%20Lingcod%20Giant%20plumose%20sce...

October 8, 2023. Lagoon Point dive. The rest of the pixels. 🙂 https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-DJ2kd2P/0/c30d9a2b/XL/10.8.23%20Dock%20shrimp-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-3RfnkHb/0/9231b3b5/XL/10.8.23%20Tunicates%20on%20hull-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-phot...

I now know about the requirements, but you right, with visibility like this, you swim above it all and see it. Although it would be nice to be little deeper to add different perspective in the deeper part of the fissure. Well, old age is upon some of us and we have to deal with it the best we can...

October 8, 2023. Lagoon Point dive. Not to be outdone by the fall colors above, marine life under the floating dock shows off with its version of Autumn. 🙂 https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-mBckwRx/0/636a0967/XL/10.8.23%20Lagoon%20Point%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-ph...

Deception Pass, October 6, 2023. The rest of the pixels. I am not sure what the "inflated" White Sea cucumber is doing, but after searching the net, I found that Cucumaria cuts do it to move around, which I didn't know until now. Unfortunately I don't have the luxury to hover nearby and wa...

Deception Pass, October 6, 2023 dive. https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-kDnWPpK/0/ba4f4a00/XL/10.6.23%20Deception%20Pass%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-pczj9nV/0/4cdb0232/XL/10.6.23%20Smooth%20velvet%20snails%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/...

Skyline, October 3, 2023 dive. What would be a dive here without Candy ? As the Red Sea cucumbers stopped feeding, probably for the season, less color is to be enjoyed here now, but there is still plenty stuff to enjoy. https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-QgL9p5m/0/69e6876f/XL/10.3.23%20Skyli...

Possession Point Fingers, September 30, 2023 dive. Slowly, I am getting back to revising the familiar, but still enjoyable scenery of local waters. https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-tLXhh2v/0/3c373346/XL/9.30.23%20Possession%20Fingers%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-phot...

Langley Harbor, September 24, 2023 dive. After almost a month absence, I check on the critters. Some Mottled and Ochre stars are still wasting, but it seems to be slowing down. But the overall numbers are way down. Not a single Sunflower star found on this dive. https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-pho...

Although I made it to Iceland and stood on the edge of my bucket list dive site, I was told that I am too old to done scuba gear and get in. Everybody over 60 years needs a permission from a doctor. And so that is why I was snorkeling instead of diving the famous place, Silfra fissure between the No...

September 21, 2023. Keystone Jetty dive. The 300 feet visibility is now only memory, the reality is that 15 feet is what we got here, on Whidbey. Nobody was keeping me from diving here 🙂. And unlike in Iceland's Silfra fissure, we have baby Puget Sound King crabs and schools of rockfish 🙂 https://ph...

Skyline, August 22, 2023 dive. https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-Kfv5NkS/0/65cdbb69/XL/8.22.23%20Skyline%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-qLJTnpg/0/a7a20dc7/XL/8.22.23%20Derby%20hat%20bryozoan%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-Dw8dFvW/0/dbfec6...

Keystone Jetty, August 20, 2023 dive. The rest of the pixels . https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-KNdpw5V/0/693d67ba/XL/8.20.23%20Puget%20Sound%20King%20crab%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-FP88tX2/0/70a247c4/XL/8.20.23%20%20Puget%20Sound%20King%20crab%202-XL.jpg https:...

Keystone Jetty, August 20, 2023 dive. Under the smoky skies... https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-tCm7Mwx/0/e2998b66/XL/8.20.23%20%20Keystone%20Jetty%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-Gv36qCm/0/a6dcd907/XL/8.20.23%20Plumose%20anemones%20divers-XL.jpg https://photos...

Driftwood Pond #1. August 16, 2023 The rest of pixels. https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-3mgvnRg/0/649f3680/XL/8.16.23%20%20Wood%20rot%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-nxG3XHm/0/a5e25e30/XL/8.16.23%20%20Wood%20rot%202-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-rx...

Gorgeous colors, Jan. Those tunicates are so cool. I think I need some "mushroom compound"! Come to Keystone, the small tunicates are doing well these days :) Driftwood Pond # 1. August 16, 2023 dive. Again, the difference between the two ponds is startling. Plenty of Moon jellies here, a...

Love the GPO pic, Jan - hard to get photos of them that look like they do in real life. I think you nailed it here though! Thank you. This one just keeps watching us swim by, while the hordes of mostly hermit crabs waiting for scrap, easy shooting :) Keystone Jetty, August 14, 2023 dive. Some of th...

Keystone Jetty, August 14, 2023 Another visit to the Underwater Park. https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-Bsbwzx7/0/de802977/XL/8.14.23%20%20Keystone%20Jetty%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-r9T7zsW/0/fbb9805f/XL/8.14.23%20%20juv%20Canary%20rockfish-XL.jpg https://...

Langley Harbor, August 11, 2023 dive. Like a broken record repeating same bad news. The Sea stars are wasting away... :( https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-crBVVHz/0/676b089c/XL/8.11.23%20Langley%20Harbor%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-jKrZngB/0/88c2b4f8/XL/8.11...