Northwest Dive Club

Skyline, July 8, 2023 dive. Critters near the Striped sun stars. https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Fidalgo-Island-and-vicinity/i-wgr5d9n/0/72dd4b45/XL/7.8.23%20Skyline%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Fidalgo-Island-and-vicinity/i-nnMKBgg/0/8bc97f44/XL/7.8.23%20Stimpson%20star%20Ber...

Possession Point Fingers, July 1, 2023. The rest of the pixels. https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Possession-Point/i-KX7pF7M/0/33a1ed31/XL/7.1.23%20Vermilion%20star-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Possession-Point/i-vwXKm9g/0/c75c91ce/XL/7.1.23%20Fragile%20ruff%20scaleworm%20-XL.jpg https://p...

Possession Point Fingers, July 1, 2023 dive. Rockfish and Kelp greenling scenes. https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Possession-Point/i-qKdLSRv/0/1d279433/XL/7.1.23%20Possession%20Fingers%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Possession-Point/i-2cQLN7S/0/78b77404/XL/7.1.23%20Brown%20rockfi...

Langley Harbor, June 29, 2023 dive. Do California cucumbers find something tasty on old tires ?😯😯 Trio of Painted anemones not feeding and the Leather star just resting... Lazy day on the tire reef... :) https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Langley-Tire-Reef/i-Dxh8W4X/0/4b45315b/XL/6.29.23%20CA%20cucumb...

Langley Harbor, June 29, 2023 dive. Painted greenlings guarding eggs. Some newer, some almost ready to hatch... https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Langley-Tire-Reef/i-vPfqpRm/0/3c872fe6/XL/6.29.23%20Langley%20Harbor%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Langley-Tire-Reef/i-JtmP9c4/0/b7db2...

Keystone Jetty, June 28, 2023 dive. The rest of the pixels. https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Keystone-Jetty/i-CjzNHCR/0/ccae5e9e/XL/6.28.23%20Blackeye%20goby%20-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Keystone-Jetty/i-J8QJT49/0/151fda30/XL/6.28.23%20Red%20sea%20urchin%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugm...

Keystone Jetty, June 28, 2023. Back in water, less one tooth... :) It looks like there was another change in the Barnacle palace on Rock of Life. Fred the Fifth nowhere to be found, female occupying the spacious barnacle shell now. No eggs visible inside anymore. Can we assume that we have Queen Wil...

Langley Harbor, June 16, 2023 Because of extracted tooth, I could not participate in the planned sea star collection. All I could do was to look on while my friend Ken did the underwater work. I wish the ongoing research into the Sea Star Wasting Disease will shed more light onto the issue... https:...

Langley Harbor, June 13, 2023 dive. Sea star wasting survey. So far, the Sunflower stars are not showing signs of wasting... https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Langley-Tire-Reef/i-bnhbH3F/0/c1eeb8a5/XL/6.13.23%20Wasting%20Ochre%20star-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Langley-Tire-Reef/i-Bj2b94M...

Langley Harbor, June 13, 2023. The Painted greenlings like the rusty hardware to deposit their eggs on. https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Langley-Tire-Reef/i-WbdhVD6/0/5d4f85da/XL/6.13.23%20Langley%20Harbor%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Langley-Tire-Reef/i-9nv2SPn/0/82c61fdf/XL/6...

Keystone jetty, June 11, 2023 dive. The rest of the pixels. https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Keystone-Jetty/i-DVs9BnM/0/ff922ebd/XL/6.11.23%20%20sick%20Lingcod-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Keystone-Jetty/i-nVwF35K/0/0b6f855c/XL/6.11.23%20Blood%20star-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Othe...

Keystone Jetty, June 11, 2023 Great Plumose anemones spawning... https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Keystone-Jetty/i-VJnm8gH/0/6989bb6e/XL/6.11.23%20%20Keystone%20Jetty%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Keystone-Jetty/i-w3jNVJB/0/2442ac43/XL/6.11.23%20%20Giant%20plumose%20reproduction...

Keystone Jetty, June 11, 2023. There seems to be a change in the barnacle palace on Rock of Life. Guarding the eggs is now more colorful male. Unless Fred IV got a new tailor, I think we have Fred the Fifth to provide us with entertainment. Today I found a very interesting write up on sculpin reprod...

Deception Pass, June 10, 2023 dive. The rest of the pixels. https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Deception-Pass-Whidbey-Island/i-r5ttvHj/0/ca5e1153/XL/6.10.23%20Not%20feed%20Red%20cucumbers-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Deception-Pass-Whidbey-Island/i-hvXLvrW/0/5bf6f65e/XL/6.10.23%20Red%20sea%...

Deception Pass, June 10, 2023 Few fish encounters... https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Deception-Pass-Whidbey-Island/i-tCSm2Mk/0/e92762b7/XL/6.10.23%20Pass%20Wolf-eel%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Deception-Pass-Whidbey-Island/i-fzfG6PB/0/db8bb372/XL/6.10.23%20Wolf%20eel%20Pass%202-XL.j...

Deception Pass, June 10, 2023. Another cycle of favorable currents. Drizzly and gloomy morning on the Little North Beach, nobody else enjoying Saturday morning in this kind of weather. At least not yet. Underwater, it was quite nice... https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Deception-Pass-Whidbey-Island/i...

Today is the World Oceans Day. What would be without the oceans?
Lets start taking better care of them...

Langley Harbor, May 31, 2023 dive. Small Sunflower stars still OK, but seeing more wasting Ochre and Mottled stars. :( https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Langley-Tire-Reef/i-x3hNNnk/0/c1f80652/XL/5.31.23%20Langley%20Harbor%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Langley-Tire-Reef/i-95qM3cv/...

Keystone Jetty, May 29, 2023 dive. The rest of the pixels. https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Keystone-Jetty/i-f6T3DTL/0/a868eebe/XL/5.29.23%20%20Giant%20pacific%20octopus%202-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Keystone-Jetty/i-xjLkbSf/0/32405507/XL/5.29.23%20Giant%20pacific%20octopus%201-XL.jpg ...

Keystone Jetty, Memorial Day, May 29,2029 dive. Plenty of divers today. Painted anemone munching on Buffalo sculpin. Many years ago, I contacted an expert on anemones, Daphne G. Fautin, Professor Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Kansas. She was kind enough to answer many of my question...

Keystone Jetty, May 27, 2023 dive. More crab encounters... https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Keystone-Jetty/i-bcMrSZ7/0/55b34f3f/XL/5.27.23%20%20Black%20rockfish%20Deco%20crab-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Keystone-Jetty/i-VbCJwbG/0/05f4caf2/XL/5.27.23%20%20Black%20rockfish%20Deco%20crab%20...

Keystone Jetty, May 27, 2023 dive. Baby Puget Sound King crabs appeared in numbers. I found eleven juveniles! I added little story about how the scientific name for this crab got recently changed... And I used photo I took at Keystone back in February 2015, when we found three adults here, a rare si...

Deception Pass, May 26, 2023. The rest of the pixels... https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Deception-Pass-Whidbey-Island/i-f44QPSN/0/8694c46f/XL/5.26.23%20Wrinkled%20dogwinkle%20Scalyhead-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Deception-Pass-Whidbey-Island/i-2gnMD5H/0/ba970fe4/XL/5.26.23%20Buffalo%20...

Deception Pass, May 26, 2023. Another round of favorable currents. Only two of us diving, enjoying the wonderful weather above ... https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Deception-Pass-Whidbey-Island/i-Zjsxjqq/0/fb9ba256/XL/5.26.23%20Deception%20Pass%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Dece...

Driftwood Park Pond #1, May 23, 2023. Moon and Water jellies, Sticklebacks and rotting driftwood... One big surprise - Mottled sea star ! https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Driftwood-Park-Admiralty-Inlet/i-PWkxVSk/0/27c1f6d6/XL/5.23.23%20%20Driftwood%20Pond%20%231%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smug...