Northwest Dive Club

Never late to hear from diving friends, especially when they were involved in such magnificent endeavors as CAVE DIVING!

I took the liberty of turning the photo upside down and adding little bit of Hollywood to the scene - the way the blobs of worms wiggle and shake when you swim by, could give you creepy feeling if it wasn't a sunny day yesterday .. :pale: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2348/1844375407_3986a71cf8_o.j...

And it was frigging COLD. comp says 50 deg. I say ICE!! I kept thinking of that video of Dr. Pyle on Helium. Man It's F#@#'n COLD down here. Holy S#$@ it's cold! Kwbyron and I were at the muk last night and I'll second the "Holy S#$@ it's cold!" comment. That's the first dive I've ever ca...

Unbelievable! No wonder I don't see any gunnels here on Whidbey! They are having party at Redondo!
Great pics, Tom. As usual.

Was he actually sleeping , or did you just catch him with his eyes closed?! The reason I depicted this GPO as sleeping was that unlike other encounters with GPOs, when they move a little and change colors when I move around taking pictures, this one just sit there, and was in the same location and ...

Scubak wrote:Jan,
I'm surprised you didn't do a Halloween cartoon...something like your christmas card... Kirsten

Kirsten, I got caught up in diving and work.. So here is one from the past..

Octopus Lullaby

Interesting. Never seen this one. hopefully somebody will enlighten us .

Tom, I notice the parasites on many of the Great and Buffalo Sculpins I see here on Whidbey, Some Lingcods have them too. THey are parasitic copepods I was told. Lepeophtherius of some sort.

Great show Bob, I never saw so many gunnels together, must be something in Redondo water !

How long do you have to wait, sitting in one spot to observe this type of behavior. I see critters all the time, however I cannot predict what it is they are up to. This is truly amazing footage of nature at its best! Once you recognize potential predator - prey encouter, hunker down and let nature...

I had same encounter more then a year ago. Same technique applied by the hunter and the hunted. Same result. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2375/1804968563_403d9af6e1_o.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2280/1805756560_776eee7fcf_o.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2279/1805756556_89df66bcd5_o.jpg

The white dot at the tail fin - mark of a Scalyhead.

I think the third one is Scallyhead. Lets see what our expert says. Hello Janna ?

Mark it on your calendar for next year, the setting is very beautiful, bring family, friends, make a day trip to nature out of it, Deception Pass State Park is right across over the bridge.

Whidbey Island Dive Center sponsored the 5th Annual Underwater Carving Contest again - weather could not be better. And so was the food and company

It makes me wonder if the scientist who named this slug had limited vocabulary or weird sense of humor..
Another swimming slug - the other common names are little bit more appropriate in my humble opinion ...

Yes, I would agree with you.

Thanks all guys, it is pleasure to be in such good company !

OK, when you order, just say you want to have it signed - no charge - bonus for NW Dive Club members

Nice show Tom. I like the Dirona pictures where the eyes of tiny shrimp shine like headlights
(Jan being jealous on Whidbey) - no that kind of visibility, and no Florida.
Have a good trip Val !

Giant nudibranch - here I am trying to convey the locomotion of slug swimming ...

Lucky you guys, I just came back from Holmes Harbor, Whidbey and had silty 8 to 10 feet visibility. Wrong side of the world ?
BTW- nice pics...

Thank you Valerie, they are difficult to capture with Point and Shoot, that is why I missed the better moment when the seal was looking at me for a split second.. And from the waters of Langley: Very small slug, about a quarter inch if that. I don't see them often, but that might be more due to my e...

This was my first time sighting of Harbor seal at Keystone, probably because I always look somewhere else, ususally at some small critter and I would most likely miss a Gray whale passing by.. This pup zoomed by, managing to click just one picture. .. #-o http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2373/15886899...