Northwest Dive Club

We did the Shilshole Barges this morning - Unfortunately I woke up with a nasty head cold so I volunteered to tend the boat.

Fun pictures and happy Halloween!

But seriously dude, between the underwater monsters and special ops sea lions you may want to consider adding a bit of helium in your mix.

Hey Eric -
I can't make the Thursday dive but you can borrow my king canopy if you'd like. I'll be in the Microsoft campus/DT Bellevue area all day tomorrow and could bring it with me.

Not sure what you're driving now-a-days but in the bag the canopy is about 6ft long....

I'm good for December 6th.

The only caveat is that I have an overhead protocols class sometime between now and the end of the year. I should know a firm date sometime within the next few weeks.

I did a quick check of the tides and we have at least a +4 all day every weekend until the end of the year so launching shouldn't be an issue. People who are bringing their boat please reply with the weekends you will be available so we can start to lock things down. I'll update this post so we can ...

I was also wondering about US Navy mammal program that was training Sea Lions to detain Divers . Possession Point Fingers are not far away from Whidbey Island Naval Station. That would be very unlikely that one of those Sea Lions would go “on training” on his own. Also based on Wikipedia this progr...

... Good luck with your class! It's a lot of fun, and grueling work. Depending on your instructor I'd compare it to bootcamp when I was in the Corp, underwater hazing with a purpose. I hope it's not even close to being as brutal as boot camp, at 45 years old I don't think I could survive a trip to ...

KneeDeep wrote:Yes... Bill, you have any room

Always Dude! - If somebody comes along with a pilot house that has heat and a hot water shower I may let you take my boat . As Richard mentioned though let's get a boat count before we assign AIS (asses in seats).

Count me in - I can hold 3 additional divers

Well, wound up with some DRIS Impact Stubby flood lights that were on sale, and a light and motion compact tray. We'll see how it works out. It should be similar brightness since they are a wider flood beam but 1k lumens instead of 700 lumens... That setup you have looks like it works well. Hopeful...

Here's my post from a few months ago... http://nwdiveclub.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=23054&hilit=gopro I've used these in the Sound as well as on a recent trip to the Red Sea and had really good results with these lights. For the price the set-up can't be beat. I also originally though about us...

KneeDeep wrote:I see Bill's mainlining now

I had to look up "mainlining" in the urban dictionary


Once you get on the scooter crack you'll never want to kick a divesite again. Next week my fins go on CraigsList so I can fuel my habit.

No pictures = No shark

My buddy Mark and I are doing a Cove 3-2-1 scooter run Thursday at 5ish - Your more then welcome to join us if you can make it down.

Water temps in late December should be somewhere between 45 and 48 degrees. I've never heard of anyone diving in Birch Bay, from what I've been told the visibility around Bellingham is horrible because of Mt Baker runoff. Most of the Bellingham divers that I know come down south and dive our north P...

Scooter crab assault at the Muk - Visibility was about 25 - 30 ft near the T dock and 10-15 ft near the fuel dock.

KneeDeep wrote:I wish... I didn't get one for bday like some people Plus I'll be in Nanaimo

Awesome - Nanaimo is wayyyyyy better than a dive at the Muk!

We've got good currents at the beginning of the week, let's get the boat out and do something fun.

KneeDeep wrote:Will do Bill.

Plus let me know when you've had enough family time after the trip to go diving

Can you borrow a scooter? Mark and I are doing an dungeness crab scooter assault Saturday morning at the Muk and you're more than welcome to join us.

If you find two let me know...... I have two sets of double PST 100's and wouldn't mind putting together a 3rd.

You could try John at NESS, he'll have used 7/8 OMS manifolds from time to time.

Although I've never had it happen to me it's possible to get some flash rust in your in your tanks from hydro. More than likely a small amount of water was injected into the tank when it was filled. This happens if the person filling blow tank doesn't blow out the valve before they hook-up the fill ...

The box is getting pretty light. Here is what remains: 1 x Liquivision X1 charger 1 x Neoprene mask strap covers 2 x Slates 1 x DiveAlert sirens (surface and underwater) for AIR2 1 x Snorkel 1 x Hollis Weight Belt BillZ, you are next. Please post or PM me to arrange a meetup. I'm in Egypt right now...

Way cool Cam, here's a cold water trip that ticks off all of the boxes.

http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworl ... found.html

Interesting article in the Seattle Times today http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2024445944_fisheryreportxml.html In short, Seafood Watch has removed Rockfish from the "AVOID" category and moved it to "GOOD or BEST" for sustainable consumption. The article does briefly say t...

My wife Cindy and I will be at the club dive along with our two year old daughter. I'll be doing shore support/baby duty while she dives. Cindy hasn't been in cold water since before she was pregnant (about 3 years) and could use a big buddy for the dive. I'll bring my 10 X 10 pop up tent and some c...

I've been cleaning out the dive locker and have several things to add to the box.

How about someone bringing it to the Club dive this weekend?