Northwest Dive Club

On a smaller scale, here is a crab wearing a barnacle from last Sunday at Keystone.

YellowEye wrote:Not sure if its 168'/2.

Probably about that, but if the water gets (for example) 4 feet deeper, the rocks have to go out another 5 feet!

We turned around when we saw an orange-painted concrete block on the sand in about 54 fsw. We don't know, however, if it was put there as a turn-around marker.

Here is a new un-official crosssection of the Keystone Jetty at the deep end. https://nwdiveclub.com/download/file.php?mode=view&id=34082 Diving the Keystone Jetty last Sunday made me curious about the structure itself. I found an Army Corps of Engineers report (p155-6) and created the mash-up a...

In March, Nanci and I followed a founder and crab in Bonaire. I've edited what saw we into a 2-minute nature video.



[Best in HD with sound, but includes closed captions.]

- Carl

Mystery solved! Thanks to club member Greg Jenson for looking at the video -- He is the author of a beautiful book on crabs and an e-book on flatfish, http://www.molamarine.com/ Greg writes (shared with permission): Hi very cool. The crab is definitely on the hunt, probing the sediment for buried sn...

Why would a crab chase a flounder? Why would the flounder chase the crab? Last month in Bonaire, we watched a Flame Box Crab and a Peacock Flounder chase each other. We watched for 10 minutes as they went back and forth. I got some of it on video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqU0gWx29ac&feat...

Edmonds 1/27, on the morning high tide, 15' or 20'

Light falls off the top. Clouds whisp in front. IMG_9957-4.jpg The Earth casts its shadow and, in that shadow, we see lunar details. IMG_9959-4.jpg When the camera collects light for 1/30th second, the Moon -- now almost in full shadow -- appears dark IMG_9966-3.jpg Collecting light for a full secon...

To paraphrase Monty Python: "Look, matey, I know a dead Cabezon when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now." But we eventually figure out that he really is just "restin'". Two Kelp Crab stand guard. I note the Cabezon's claw-like spines. IMG_3028-2-Edit.jpg 25' viz today at...

Edmonds on 1/13/2019 - 25 ft at morning high tide

We enjoyed it but it is regimented. They take on you tours, on pre-defined trails, more or less in order. Also, it's only open on weekends and they ban (actually, just discourage, you carrying lights). In their defense, they get a lot of warm-water beginners. Also, I think keeping it dim and have a ...

On our way to a family Christmas in Peoria, Illinois, we stopped by the Bonne Terre Mine (an hour's drive from St. Louis) for two days of underground diving. Here are a few pictures, a short video, and links to more. 100 years ago, this was the world's largest lead mine. Now the site hosts tourists....

I was also concentrating on stills. Here are some of them (including the 1st sea lion we've seen under the Puget Sound!). - Carl track.png IMG_2102-Edit.jpg IMG_2117-Edit.jpg "Keep your friends close and your anemones closer." IMG_2142-Edit.jpg IMG_2192-Edit.jpg IMG_2203-Edit.jpg IMG_2208-...

After more than a year, I finally figured out how to get good color video from my Canon GX7 II camera. Here is 85 seconds of clips from a Friday dive at Edmonds. I couldn't believe how many kelp crabs were crawling on wreckage of the Triumph. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C5bsQFTC-Y&t=6s Here...

Edmonds, Dec 7, midday low tide
30 feet

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Sharkb8, What is the creature in the 2nd picture?

'The strange creature has been identified as a Pyrosome, a bioluminescent mass made up of hundreds of thousands of organisms that feed on plankton. Pyrosomes are actually colonies made up of individual pyrosome clones that can grow up to 60 feet in length, according to LiveScience. “Pyrosome colonie...

Amazing

If you have friends or family who don't (yet?!) dive, but would still like to see what's down there, have them go to the beach tomorrow. It's the lowest tides of the season and there will be Seattle Aquarium Beach Naturalist on hand. ⋅ Tomorrow, June 16, at 1:30 pm, the low tide will be -3...

Is that the Loch Ness monster??? Maybe that's the real reason no one dives in the area. There is something out there, but at low tide she isn't swimming. Other sightings: https://www.google.com/search?ei=LrkJW6KhKNCy0PEPlIqQ6Ak&q=%22samish+bay%22+nessie&oq=%22samish+bay%22+nessie&gs_l=p...

Thanks for the replies.
Yeah, we did notice some mud. Here is the Samish Bay, 12 miles south of Bellingham, 30 minutes after lowest tide.

We recently kayaked in the Chuckanut area, just south of Bellingham. The sea-carved rocks are wonderful. Why don't/can't people dive around here?

-1.4 foot Low tide

(I'm the original poster) Thanks for the tips. They worked! I moved 10 lbs from my trim pockets (about half way up my back) to my dump pockets (at my waist). That did the trick. (Indeed, I may move a little weight back). Somewhat independently of this, I'm also considering replacing my neutral split...

5/13 Les Davis - 5 to 10 feet.

(I'm the original poster)

Thanks for all the tips!

Penopolypants, I can't make the dive tomorrow, but I very much appreciate the offer of first-hand help. For now, I'll see what my buddy and I can figure out.

- Carl