Northwest Dive Club

Keystone Jetty, June 23rd. https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Keystone-Jetty/i-Bb3GGt3/0/28d7bd5a/XL/6.23.22%20%20Keystone%20Jetty%20dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Keystone-Jetty/i-pDwNps7/0/727bda46/XL/6.23.22%20%20Bull%20Kelp%20%20Jetty%20-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Ke...

The following day, not so far away from yesterday's dive at the Pass.. Skyline, June 21st . First day of Summer. :) https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Fidalgo-Island-and-vicinity/i-ZHK6CL6/0/72e6560d/XL/6.21.22%20Skyline%20dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Fidalgo-Island-and-vicinity/i-...

Deception Pass, June 20th dive. The rest of the story. https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Deception-Pass-Whidbey-Island/i-nBfNR3f/0/1046556e/XL/6.20.22%20Scalyhead%20sculpin-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Deception-Pass-Whidbey-Island/i-RgrDG2x/0/e27c5917/XL/6.20.22%20male%20Kelp%20greenling-...

Deception Pass, June 20th dive. https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Deception-Pass-Whidbey-Island/i-2bzZkC3/0/25b879d9/XL/6.20.22%20Deception%20Pass%20dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Deception-Pass-Whidbey-Island/i-Sq4GvHj/0/176c62db/XL/6.20.22%20Tan%20finger%20sponge%20-XL.jpg https:/...

Driftwood Pond #1. June 16th Threespine sticklebacks. https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Driftwood-Park-Admiralty-Inlet/i-dDKsM6q/0/6465348a/XL/6.16.22%20Driftwood%20Pond%20%231%20dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Driftwood-Park-Admiralty-Inlet/i-G6RQg3s/0/5480d3d6/XL/6.16.22%20Threespi...

Thanks.
Yes, it sure doesn't make sense to pick on shrimp, but that is the world we live in.

Well, it looks like Facebook thinks my dive log is against their Community Standard - SPAM.

Driftwood Pond #1, June 16th dive. Moon Jellies - their story. Probably more than you care to know. :) :) :) https://photos.smugmug.com/Fauna-Flora/Jellyfish/i-R8pn4Ff/0/dbe2a3ab/XL/6.16.22%20Realm%20of%20Moon%20jelly-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Fauna-Flora/Jellyfish/i-2cZBqn4/0/34da8643/XL/6....

Driftwood Park, June 15th The rest of the story... Thanks Greg Jensen for ID on the shrimp parasite... https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Driftwood-Park-Admiralty-Inlet/i-tc3LRmW/0/2f6b7958/XL/6.15.22%20Dock%20shrimp%20parasite-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Driftwood-Park-Admiralty-Inlet/i-8...

Driftwood Park, June 15th. Juvenile Sailfin sculpin. https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Driftwood-Park-Admiralty-Inlet/i-6f98X7F/0/7e9c389d/XL/6.15.22%20Driftwood%20Park%20dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Driftwood-Park-Admiralty-Inlet/i-qLt3d3W/0/c3d0b7aa/XL/6.15.22%20juv%20Sailfin%20...

Langley Harbor, June 10th. Bad visibility due to planktonic soup cut my survey short, but I still found some Sunflower stars. And couple wasting stars, no Pycnopodia. https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Langley-Tire-Reef/i-skm537r/0/24ce6853/XL/6.10.22%20Langley%20Harbor%20dive%201-XL.jpg https://photo...

Deception Pass, June 7th Wolf-eels are not a common sight at the Pass. Scalyhead sculpins and Kelp greenlings on the other hand are encountered on every dive. Artist on the beach painting the scenery let me take a picture of her work. https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Deception-Pass-Whidbey-Island/i-...

Happy Birthday Eric!
Lets meet up at some dive spot soon !
It is always great to see you, above and underwater.

Deception Pass, June 7th . It is days like this, which provide the much needed antidote to the frequent rains we experiencing this Spring here in the PNW. Although the one dark cloud that day was the failure of my strobe right at the beginning of the dive. I did check the system before I left home, ...

Possession Point Fingers, June 1st. I just learned that this is not Coryphella verrucosa but Apata cf. pricei. I wait for the new book on slugs so I can learn more about it. https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Possession-Point/i-kZVN6rb/0/5002e9a5/XL/6.1.22%20Warty%20Aeolid%201-XL.jpg https://photos.s...

Possession Point Fingers, June 1st. https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Possession-Point/i-kZVN6rb/0/5002e9a5/XL/6.1.22%20Warty%20Aeolid%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Possession-Point/i-9m94NPs/0/207e860a/XL/6.1.22%20Warty%20aeolid%202-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Possession-Po...

Couple hard to see slugs. :) Keystone Jetty, May 26th https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Keystone-Jetty/i-tmZrMnF/0/9bef7b98/XL/5.26.22%20%20Cryptic%20nudibranch%20-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Keystone-Jetty/i-rG7Qqmp/0/1e99f287/XL/5.26.22%20Stearn%27s%20ear%20shell%20-XL.jpg https://photo...

Driftwood Park, May 30th. Red gunnel, rockfish and Helmet crabs... https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Driftwood-Park-Admiralty-Inlet/i-b7Xptmh/0/66c05bc5/XL/5.30.22%20Red%20gunnel%20-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Driftwood-Park-Admiralty-Inlet/i-QNW9CsT/0/a63d0b5e/XL/5.30.22%20Brown%20rockfi...

What a way to start your retirement! Why didn't I think of it many years ago?
As always, great photography to bring back for us to enjoy.

Driftwood Park, May 30th. Session with a friendly Pacific Red Octopus. https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Driftwood-Park-Admiralty-Inlet/i-WH9GCh2/0/792e7e82/XL/5.30.22%20Driftwood%20Park%20dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Driftwood-Park-Admiralty-Inlet/i-nWWJ5zf/0/316d735b/XL/5.30.22%...

Keystone Jetty, the rest of May 28th pixels: https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Keystone-Jetty/i-8Hzk4Gt/0/111ba47d/XL/5.28.22%20%20Spider%20web%20hydroid%20Maya-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Keystone-Jetty/i-VWxPJJQ/0/a96ff74e/XL/5.28.22%20%20Spider%20web%20hydroid%202-XL.jpg https://photos...

On my last dive at Langley, I came across bunch of branches, definitely yard waste, there were cut offs, not broken by wind.
Not pretty...

Keystone Jetty, May 28th dive. Some of the fish encounters... https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Keystone-Jetty/i-7d4Spv7/0/e52706b4/XL/5.28.22%20%20Tubesnout%20eggs%20Maya-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Keystone-Jetty/i-gMB7Jb9/0/87748b7f/XL/5.28.22%20Black%20rockfish%20-XL.jpg https://photo...

Keystone Jetty, May 28th Diving with Maya and friends... https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Keystone-Jetty/i-xQ6VW7D/0/7f99dfd3/XL/5.28.22%20%20Keystone%20Jetty%20dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Keystone-Jetty/i-p5XhTkL/0/86db5bde/XL/5.28.22%20%20Jetty%20divers-XL.jpg https://photos.s...

Langley Harbor, May 22nd. University of Oregon visit explained : "For all- we collected 18 so that we can validate a sublethal method of gonad index (arm snips). We are using the sublethal method to estimate reproduction with size and season so that we will be able to assess population reproduc...