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by Greg Jensen
Sat Jan 27, 2024 2:43 pm
Forum: Dive Recaps & Trip Reports
Topic: Alki Pipeline 2/7
Replies: 9
Views: 3247

Re: Alki Pipeline 2/7

So, these little guys now have a name- and a durn good one too, IMHO. Mysidopsis jenseni
I collected the first specimen 20 years ago at Sekiu, and it's now doing a long-term residency at the Smithsonian.

Free pdf download of the description at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.6
by Greg Jensen
Sat Jan 27, 2024 2:31 pm
Forum: Introductions (New Visitors, Start Here)
Topic: Science diver* transplant looking to find community and keep up my diving experience
Replies: 16
Views: 2049

Re: Science diver* transplant looking to find community and keep up my diving experience

yeah, if you read the disclaimer it says it isn't necessarily showing the actual item. Extremely misleading.
by Greg Jensen
Mon Nov 20, 2023 8:50 am
Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
Topic: What is this and why is it attacking me?
Replies: 4
Views: 917

Re: What is this and why is it attacking me?

Snailfish, probably a lobefin
by Greg Jensen
Tue Jul 25, 2023 6:50 pm
Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
Topic: A couple tiny fish IDs please
Replies: 4
Views: 1022

Re: A couple tiny fish IDs please

first looks like a small marbled snailfish- second appears to be some kind of postlarval sculpin
by Greg Jensen
Fri Nov 18, 2022 4:59 pm
Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
Topic: Dive At Octopus Hole and Pacific King Crab (Sad Low Oxygen)
Replies: 6
Views: 1529

Re: Dive At Octopus Hole and Pacific King Crab (Sad Low Oxygen)

that's a spiny lithode crab (sometimes called a 'red fur crab') Acantholithodes hispidus, often seen at that site. Not a PS king crab.
by Greg Jensen
Thu Oct 27, 2022 7:13 pm
Forum: Dive Planning
Topic: Thursday Night at Redondo -- 10/27
Replies: 3
Views: 831

Re: Thursday Night at Redondo -- 10/27

So is three tree open for diving at night? I was planning to go recently but saw online that it is only open daylight hours.
by Greg Jensen
Fri Jul 29, 2022 5:52 pm
Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
Topic: Shark ID
Replies: 4
Views: 1526

Re: Shark ID

Looks like a soupfin shark
by Greg Jensen
Mon Jul 25, 2022 6:33 pm
Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
Topic: Nudibranch talk this weekend
Replies: 1
Views: 1252

Nudibranch talk this weekend

Dave Behrens, godfather of west coast nudies, will be speaking this Saturday at Sound Dive Center in Bremerton
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by Greg Jensen
Sat Jun 04, 2022 6:15 pm
Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
Topic: Need some ID help please
Replies: 4
Views: 1620

Re: Need some ID help please

Juvenile spot shrimp, Pandalus platyceros
crab is a longhorn decorator crab, Chorilia longipes
spiny pink scallop, Chlamys hastata
by Greg Jensen
Wed May 25, 2022 9:52 am
Forum: Gear Central (Recreational)
Topic: silicone seals for Fusion drysuit
Replies: 2
Views: 1726

Re: silicone seals for Fusion drysuit

Thanks- will do
by Greg Jensen
Sun May 22, 2022 9:00 pm
Forum: Gear Central (Recreational)
Topic: silicone seals for Fusion drysuit
Replies: 2
Views: 1726

silicone seals for Fusion drysuit

Anyone have any recommendations on a shop that will replace the latex seals on my Fusion with silicone ones?
Someplace other than a place in Illinois that a friend had a terrible experience with....
by Greg Jensen
Sat Sep 25, 2021 10:17 pm
Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
Topic: Horseshoe Crab
Replies: 2
Views: 1299

Re: Horseshoe Crab

Over the years I've found tropical conch shells and other similar items. I suspect some people dispose of old shell collections etc. by tossing them in the sound, figuring they're recycling the materials or something
by Greg Jensen
Fri Jul 30, 2021 9:18 pm
Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
Topic: Lost gear at Lobster Shop
Replies: 0
Views: 1241

Lost gear at Lobster Shop

A friend left her mask, fins (black Hollis w/yellow tips) and yellow snorkel with the name "Rhoda" on it on the rocks at the Lobster Shop. Let me know if they turn up.
Thanks
by Greg Jensen
Tue Apr 06, 2021 4:24 pm
Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
Topic: Lost knife at Les Davis
Replies: 2
Views: 1308

Lost knife at Les Davis

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
by Greg Jensen
Tue Sep 22, 2020 7:26 pm
Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
Topic: What's this swimming pink flatworm(?)
Replies: 5
Views: 3147

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.
by Greg Jensen
Thu Feb 27, 2020 12:19 pm
Forum: Dive Recaps & Trip Reports
Topic: Arctic Blue Lumpy
Replies: 5
Views: 2550

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.
by Greg Jensen
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
Views: 4930

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...
by Greg Jensen
Mon Jan 20, 2020 9:27 pm
Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
Topic: A couple IDs from Alki Junkyard please
Replies: 15
Views: 7172

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...
by Greg Jensen
Mon Jan 20, 2020 3:23 pm
Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
Topic: A couple IDs from Alki Junkyard please
Replies: 15
Views: 7172

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...
by Greg Jensen
Tue Jan 14, 2020 5:05 pm
Forum: Underwater Imaging - Photography & Video
Topic: best beginner camera? (looking @ G7x iii vs TG6)
Replies: 13
Views: 6183

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...
by Greg Jensen
Fri Jan 10, 2020 11:16 pm
Forum: Underwater Imaging - Photography & Video
Topic: best beginner camera? (looking @ G7x iii vs TG6)
Replies: 13
Views: 6183

Re: best beginner camera? (looking @ G7x iii vs TG6)

A few TG-6
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wide angle shots, using a single small strobe
by Greg Jensen
Fri Jan 10, 2020 3:01 pm
Forum: Underwater Imaging - Photography & Video
Topic: best beginner camera? (looking @ G7x iii vs TG6)
Replies: 13
Views: 6183

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.
by Greg Jensen
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: 3645

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.
by Greg Jensen
Tue Dec 17, 2019 5:56 pm
Forum: Dive Recaps & Trip Reports
Topic: Hoodies on the Hood
Replies: 20
Views: 5482

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
by Greg Jensen
Mon Dec 16, 2019 11:51 am
Forum: Dive Recaps & Trip Reports
Topic: Hoodies on the Hood
Replies: 20
Views: 5482

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).
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