Northwest Dive Club

Hey Pat, You're not exaggerating when you say the water is brisk in Pend Oreille, I was up there last summer and saw high 30's at depth. I've made three trips over to Seattle this year and the locals treat us great, I suspect it may be out of pity for the the mud-holes we dive in southern Idaho. I'm...

Uh....I guess you didn't actually bother to read my report, huh? Yes, we did recover it, but as we were lifting it back onto the boat, a sparkly pink submarine full of unicorns surfaced next to us and offered us a handfull of magic beans in exchange for the bell. We foolishly accepted their offer, ...

Great write up Josh. I as well appreciate that you don't leave out unglamorous details. I'm glad you've recovered.

defied, I had to watch it a couple of times but I think the vignetting and the shot of the water pouring through the round hole was actually the portholes in the doors. To me it looks like they mounted the inside of the doors looking out the portholes to protect the cameras. The door was actually ca...

kdivegirl1,
Welcome to the board. There are a few of us on here from the Boise area. We're in the local waters usually a couple times a week. Shoot me a PM if you want any more info.

RJ

Glad I could help.

I'm glad you like it. I found 99% of the things I wanted to do were easy and intuitive but one hint, I'm not sure if you dive doubles or not, but to change from a single tank to doubles you click the tank icon next to the box for tank volume. That drove me nuts for about an hour until I figured it o...

Here's another vote for Diving Log 5.0. Another nice feature that hasn't been mentioned is the ability to interface with an iPad/iPhone or android. I can make a new dive log on my iPhone or iPad, put in all the comments and dive info and have someone sign it using a stylus or their finger if I care ...

Hey all, I'm headed to Seattle for the dive show this weekend and I'm going to bring along this garment set that includes the bottoms which is a 'farmer john" cut and and the top jacket, with a mesh bag. This set up is very warm and I really liked them but bought the wrong size, I am 5'7" ...

Koos, I'm taking Adv Rec Trimix in May. I don't think a deep bag shoot is a practice done on every dive, just a skill to learn in case of a situation that might call for it, such as getting blown off a wreck and needing to let the boat know where you are. I may be wrong, though. I'll know more afte...

I have had great luck with Citristrip.It makes the paint bubble up and fall off the tank, you just need to be patient. http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-100208204/h_d2/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10053&langId=-1&keyword=citrastrip&storeId=10051 The paint on Catilina's falls off on a f...

I could buy that guy pints while listening to him tell stories and it would never get old.

http://shop.lhbindustries.com/ShowProduct.aspx?ID=104+&Product=Rochester%20Medical%20Male%20External%20Catheters This is the place that gets my money although I prefer the UltraFlex, the only hitch is you have to buy 100 at a pop, but I haven't found anywhere cheaper. I just received an order a...

I have had good experiences doing 2.5 day bug hunt trips out to Catalina and Santa Barbra islands with the Sun Diver out of Long Beach if you're looking for a no frills operation. The crew was nice and food was better than good. Sleeping accommodations were bunks, no state rooms. The Captains (Ray a...

Tom, Koos and Kirsten thanks for the welcome. Koos, I know Wade well, we dive and train together all the time, I hope he represented the Boise contingent well. I can't wait to hear from him how the class went. As for diving up there thanks for the offers, I hope to take advantage of them sooner than...

Hey, I'm RJ, yet another Boise Idaho diver invading your site. Let be known what we lack in brilliant sea life and neat stuff to see we make up for with adventure, year-round diving in sometimes frigid temps with poor viz and silt everywhere... we call it "adventure". I have been diving fo...

Welcome, I'm in Boise as well. There is a decent dive community here with a core group that dive year round (even in December with 34 degree waters). There are a few that are Tec trained but most are AOW and some great recreational instructors. You may have to lower your standards when it comes to d...