Northwest Dive Club

Wishing you a speedy recovery. I know you will be glad you took the step.

Skip

Absolutely beautiful photography. As always.

Thanks, Skip

It looks like a day well spent and I doubt that you lost anything. Sometimes the unexpected can really pay off. A lot depends on attitude. You two seem to have great ones, which allowed you to take advantage of the situation. Some really nice photos too. My wife gets free passes to our Hatfield Mari...

I am down in Oregon so this might not mean much to some of you. But, today was a good day for me. My local dive partner and I took his boat and went down to the bay. We timed it for the end of the outgoing tide. We dropped off our crab pots then went shallow and anchored the boat. We had a very nice...

This is all too true. And, a little too close for comfort.

Tom, if you read this. Dont (DON'T) say a word. LOL

Skip

Hi Tom: I guess we are pretty lucky down here. Your diving is so much better, that's what brings me up there. But, our bays and estuaries are very healthy and support tremendous numbers of crabs and clams. Every day and every tide change is a little different. You never know exactly what it will bri...

Dove Yaquina Bay on Sunday. Got two limits of Dungies and two limits of Cockles. Out of the 24 crab, 4-5 were not full. The rest were nice and firm.

Good Job. It looks cute. You can handle the heat

Tom: I saw a couple of your earlier posts so I knew you were finally home. Looks like you and Cindy had a great time and you certainly had a wonderful set of dives. Glad you are safe and sound. I had one more trip up north while you were gone and anxious to hook up with you again soon. I'll let you ...

Tom: I just couldn't resist the 'tongue-in-cheek' approach, even if it was at your expense. LOL We were cracking up as I composed it. Thanks for the photo CD's. You took some wonderful shots. I will really enjoy them. Also, thanks for the mentoring. I have lots to work on and will be doing that, at ...

Until now I have little or nothing to post. Thanks to Tom Nic, all that just changed. Tom suggested that I make a post and he would come along and fill in the blanks. For your sake, I should have done just that. I was going to say: “I came north, I dove, I went home”, and leave the rest for him. But...

Jay was diving his doubles, and only had enough air for one good dive, which turned out OK because my valve leaking problems continued. (Hopefully I've got it fixed for Saturday!) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Tom: Make sure you have it fixed by Thursday!! I am really looking forward...

Tom:

The approach I shared with you cost $89.00 and is guaranteed for the life of the mask, or until your prescription changes to the extent you need them replaced.

I compared this to the cost of the ground lenses, and chose this route. Perfect vision and have been 100% happy.

Skip

Tom:

I sent you an E-Mail explaing my experience. And, pointing you in the direction that I went. It has been nothing but positive and I highly recomment this guy.

Let me know if you would like more info.

Skip

Tom: You haven't gotten out of this yet. I am still going to come knocking at your door, for a dive soon. \:D/ And, I am anxious to see your new camera. Calvin says the jury is still out between the 1000 and the 1050. I know one thing. His 1000 pictures were great and both of you are taking great pi...

Mark:

Good to have you on board.

Although not really "Local", I too call ESDS my LDS. They are two hard hours away for me, but they are well worth the drive. I will be diving with them at Mike's next week.

Good luck with your cert dives.

Skip

Sparks: Seems like we are having a heck of a time hooking up for a dive. I think your invite was such short notice, you were already out the door and headed to the dive site, when I got it. This time my dive partner gave me about the same amount of notice. I just dropped everything and suited up. Le...

Sargent & Sounder, thanks for the hospitality. I have the June date penciled in on the calendar. I am going to try but can't see that far yet. Tom, I am really sorry I had to cancel our dives, but I am planning to hook up with you again, in the not too distant future. N-D, this was my first time...

Finally got some good conditions for a dive of the Yaquina Jetty at Newport. Dive partner and I took my little Zodiac Zoomer, loaded her up and headed out along the south jetty, working our way out toward the tips. It was calm outside and at the jetty tips and bar was pretty smooth. We were glad to ...

I want to add to the Oregon Nudibranch collection. Dive mate and I dove "Sparky's" old haunt, Netarts Bay, on Saturday. We were well over a mile across the ocean bar and up inside the bay, when we ran into an Alabaster Nudi about 1.25 to 1.5 inches long. I am a fairly new diver and so don'...

Hope the orders aren't closed yet !!

I would like two: (1) in XL & (1) in L

Choice would be Black for both.

Thanks,

Skip

Having not seen the housing, I have a question. Is it a big deal to use the built in flash for a while and purchase a strobe later? I mean, is it easy to add/hook up the strobe? Maybe even take it on and off depending on the need? I envision some travel, involving bright clear water, not requiring a...

Sounder: You made me laugh about the secrecy of your road trips. I am sure that there are some good stories hidden there, somewhere. LOL If you use $70. to $80. as the average for Puget Sound dive boats, then $110.00 is a little steep. But for a one-time deal on a quick vacation, I wouldn't argue ab...

Bassman: Baja Blue wants $110.00 US for a two tank dive. I haven't booked anything yet, but did a fair amount of questioning. I am interested in doing both sight seeing and hunting. They offered one tank of each activity, along with a US Certified DM for this price. Like I said, it sounds good, but ...

Sounder: This is a long winding trip, to visit various friends and family who are "Snow Birding" this winter. Even if the locations are not what I would pick, I have to go where they are hiding out, or I wouldn't be able to visit with them. Right?. No choice in the matter!! The purpose of ...