Northwest Dive Club

My wife lost her dive knife today somewhere not much east or west of the stairs. Has a distinctive (pink!) rebuilt handle.
Reward of either a copy of 'Crabs and Shrimps of the Pacific Coast' or 'Beneath Pacific Tides' for its return

Although this is Cerabratulus, it is unlikely that it is C. californiensis- it is likely an undescribed species. C. californiensis is much more slender.

Long,long ago when I was breeding lumpies in a tank in my parent's basement, my female lumpie was an even more intense blue color than this one. All her babies turned out blue, too.

I still use a camera case that came with my Nikonos setup long, long ago. Hard plastic, suitcase-like, but not thick and heavy like a Pelican case- just light plastic with a foam liner. It doesn't have to be bomb-proof since it's a carry on- never check camera gear. It fits perfectly under a seat or...

The ones I've seen have always been shallow (15-30 ft). Supposedly have been found as deep as 300+ ft but with the uncertainty of the i.d. it's hard to say if it is the same beast. They come in some amazing colors- one looks just like the Spanish shawl nudibranch. It's been suggested that they are n...

It's an amphipod- on page 219 of one of my books, which I can't name here due to the 'no advertising' rule. It has generally been referred to as Podocerus cristatus, but it is not that species (from New Zealand) and work is currently underway to determine if the ones on our coast are a complex of sp...

I'm amazed by the versatility of the TG 6 when it has the wet wide angle lens (Backscatter) attached. These uncropped shots were taken with it on, same dives as the WA I posted above. I originally thought I'd be taking it off and on as I changed from wide angle to macro, but that is only necessary i...

A few TG-6
wide angle shots, using a single small strobe

Another vote for the tg-6. Great little camera, and its inherent waterproofness will save you a lot of grief if your housing ever leaks.

I'm not familiar with those strobes, but strictly from a 2 smaller vs 1 big I'd go with the 2. Macro doesn't need much power (I only use one small strobe) and having two will give you more flexibility for your wide angle. Plus if one strobe dies you have a backup.

Was able to recover my wife's weight pouch while snorkeling today.

There are patches of a rust-colored bloom out there now, so viz can be iffy

I go there when I'm looking to shoot specific things that I know are easily available there, and uncommon or absent elsewhere- like this Alaskan hermit (Pagurus ochotensis).

So glad you were all able to go check them out! I was afraid they'd pull a disappearing act before anyone else got out there. I haven't found any information on longevity, but (like most other nudies) it is probably quite short. I'd be very surprised if it were more than a year, and for much of that...

The fish is a midshipman. The clouds of 'shrimp' are mysids.

Be sure to go when the tide is fairly high- they''re on the smaller, non-native eelgrass (Zostera japonica) so shallower than the usual eelgrass beds.

Sorry, forgot about the other dock. Go to the left of the boat launch.

The other interesting thing there yesterday were the huge numbers of small moon snails. I almost never see live juvenile moon snails, just big ones- but there were lots of golf ball sized ones cruising around.

Jones'n for some hooded nudies but don't have the time and/or $$$ to go to God's Pocket? Head over to Twanoh State Park and go in to the left of the docks- there are hundreds of them in the eelgrass (just 10' at high tide). Also huge numbers of white lined dironas (big too), lots of Hermissenda. And...

Definitely a snake prickleback (whose seen better days)

Broke (and subsequently lost) one of my fins on a recent trip in California. Anyone out there with a widow(er) fin that they would be willing to part with?

Saltwater State Park 7/27- awful, all the way down to the bottom of the reef

I was asked to supply a cover photo for an upcoming book on pycnogonids (sea spiders), but I know there have been much better shots posted here over the years than anything I've done. So pull out your prize cover girl (or guy) and send it to me and I'll forward them to the author for her to choose. ...

Very cool! Was this daytime or night?
Is it ok if I show this (with credit of course) to my class when I talk about fish/crustacean interactions?

see:

https://reefbuilders.com/2017/09/01/wel ... llow-tang/

Salt Creek 1/13 was 15' at best