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
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- Tue Apr 06, 2021 4:24 pm
- Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
- Topic: Lost knife at Les Davis
- Replies: 2
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- Tue Sep 22, 2020 7:26 pm
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: What's this swimming pink flatworm(?)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 947
Re: What's this swimming pink flatworm(?)
Although this is Cerabratulus, it is unlikely that it is C. californiensis- it is likely an undescribed species. C. californiensis is much more slender.
- Thu Feb 27, 2020 12:19 pm
- Forum: Dive Recaps & Trip Reports
- Topic: Arctic Blue Lumpy
- Replies: 5
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Re: Arctic Blue Lumpy
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.
- Thu Jan 23, 2020 5:33 pm
- Forum: Underwater Imaging - Photography & Video
- Topic: How do you store and travel with your photography equipment?
- Replies: 6
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Re: How do you store and travel with your photography equipment?
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...
- Mon Jan 20, 2020 9:27 pm
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: A couple IDs from Alki Junkyard please
- Replies: 15
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Re: A couple IDs from Alki Junkyard please
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...
- Mon Jan 20, 2020 3:23 pm
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: A couple IDs from Alki Junkyard please
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3226
Re: A couple IDs from Alki Junkyard please
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...
- Tue Jan 14, 2020 5:05 pm
- Forum: Underwater Imaging - Photography & Video
- Topic: best beginner camera? (looking @ G7x iii vs TG6)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3119
Re: best beginner camera? (looking @ G7x iii vs TG6)
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...
- Fri Jan 10, 2020 11:16 pm
- Forum: Underwater Imaging - Photography & Video
- Topic: best beginner camera? (looking @ G7x iii vs TG6)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3119
Re: best beginner camera? (looking @ G7x iii vs TG6)
A few TG-6
wide angle shots, using a single small strobe
wide angle shots, using a single small strobe
- Fri Jan 10, 2020 3:01 pm
- Forum: Underwater Imaging - Photography & Video
- Topic: best beginner camera? (looking @ G7x iii vs TG6)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3119
Re: best beginner camera? (looking @ G7x iii vs TG6)
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.
- Thu Jan 09, 2020 6:51 pm
- Forum: Underwater Imaging - Photography & Video
- Topic: 2 lower power strobes vs 1 high power strobe
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1768
Re: 2 lower power strobes vs 1 high power strobe
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.
- Tue Dec 17, 2019 5:56 pm
- Forum: Dive Recaps & Trip Reports
- Topic: Hoodies on the Hood
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2597
Re: Hoodies on the Hood
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

There are patches of a rust-colored bloom out there now, so viz can be iffy
- Mon Dec 16, 2019 11:51 am
- Forum: Dive Recaps & Trip Reports
- Topic: Hoodies on the Hood
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2597
Re: Hoodies on the Hood
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).
- Wed Dec 11, 2019 1:48 pm
- Forum: Dive Recaps & Trip Reports
- Topic: Hoodies on the Hood
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2597
Re: Hoodies on the Hood
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...
- Wed Dec 04, 2019 6:37 pm
- Forum: Dive Recaps & Trip Reports
- Topic: Flagpole + Sund Rock, Nov29+Dec1 2019
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1151
Re: Flagpole + Sund Rock, Nov29+Dec1 2019
The fish is a midshipman. The clouds of 'shrimp' are mysids.
- Tue Dec 03, 2019 10:37 pm
- Forum: Dive Recaps & Trip Reports
- Topic: Hoodies on the Hood
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2597
Re: Hoodies on the Hood
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.
- Mon Dec 02, 2019 12:12 pm
- Forum: Dive Recaps & Trip Reports
- Topic: Hoodies on the Hood
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2597
Re: Hoodies on the Hood
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.
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.
- Sun Dec 01, 2019 9:57 pm
- Forum: Dive Recaps & Trip Reports
- Topic: Hoodies on the Hood
- Replies: 20
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Hoodies on the Hood
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...
- Sun Nov 24, 2019 11:20 pm
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Help with Fish ID Please :-)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1804
Re: Help with Fish ID Please :-)
Definitely a snake prickleback (whose seen better days)
- Sat Sep 07, 2019 10:49 am
- Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade Dive Gear
- Topic: Single black Force Fin XXL seeking companion
- Replies: 1
- Views: 757
Single black Force Fin XXL seeking companion
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?
- Sun Jul 28, 2019 10:09 pm
- Forum: Dive Recaps & Trip Reports
- Topic: Viz Reports Thread
- Replies: 3190
- Views: 408264
Re: Viz Reports Thread
Saltwater State Park 7/27- awful, all the way down to the bottom of the reef
- Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:21 pm
- Forum: Underwater Imaging - Photography & Video
- Topic: Sea spider pics for book cover
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2203
Sea spider pics for book cover
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. ...
- Wed Apr 24, 2019 10:22 am
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Crab cleaning a fish
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1514
Re: Crab cleaning a fish
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?
Is it ok if I show this (with credit of course) to my class when I talk about fish/crustacean interactions?
- Tue Mar 19, 2019 9:48 am
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: deep diving damage
- Replies: 2
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- Sat Feb 23, 2019 11:00 am
- Forum: Dive Recaps & Trip Reports
- Topic: White Tang?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 984
- Sun Jan 13, 2019 11:07 pm
- Forum: Dive Recaps & Trip Reports
- Topic: Viz Reports Thread
- Replies: 3190
- Views: 408264
Re: Viz Reports Thread
Salt Creek 1/13 was 15' at best