Northwest Dive Club

NWDC Hive Mind, we need your help. We keep pulling up goofy things from Port Townsend Bay. The last dive included this spent 50cal casing that appears to have blown up! The question is, under what circumstances would a cartridge blow up like this, where the casing is expanding outward? Does that imp...

Hose-mounted near the SPG.

Wrist real estate is in short supply, with a computer, light and dry gloves already there. Retractors never quite live up to my expectations. What I really want is a HUD compass in my mask...

Port Townsend yesterday, 6/20: 1ft in the shallows, opening up to a spectacular 8ft at depth. Woo-hoo.

Very cool soda bottle! Now I'll be looking for those in PT...

Just a friendly note to say that R0 is an imperfect estimate, at best, and the current estimates put it at around 2.2-2.7.

Sunday 5/17: Point Hudson: 0-20ft, mucky soup 6 ft vis. Better below, 15ft vis.

Octopus Gardens in PT has been filling tanks, but hours are irregular and calling-ahead is generally required; the shop is closed, but tanks can be dropped off and picked up out back.

Point Hudson was empty today -- very good to get in the water!

Love it! Good pics.

We were out bottle hunting in the same area today, saw a red octopus out hunting. Very cool.

Quick tip for dealing with marauding elephant seals (especially the big bull males):

Use a tarp held between two people. Hold it high. The size of the thing intimidates the seals, and bulls will [often] back off when something is bigger/taller than themselves.

Rockaway Park: Norrander's Reef, Bainbridge Island

Tom Nic wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 08, 2020 11:39 am

RT Bill wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 08, 2020 11:28 am

Dove our local Rockaway last weekend. 35 to 40 foot viz with social distance diving.

Apologies, but I am brain farting here - where is Rockaway?

And 35-40 ft vis? WOW!

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Port Townsend is a ghost town, no crowds here. You could quite easily park anywhere and suit up and dive Point Hudson without any problem. I wish I was diving yesterday-- took a walk downtown to the docks and the water was super clear.

I imagine Rockaway is still accessible too.

A quick shout out to Don at Octopus Gardens Diving who kindly filled my tanks today despite the shop being otherwise closed! Hey, one more note on the antique ammo. Despite having spent a long time under the salt, those cartridges are in quite good condition. It’s possible that the primers and necks...

Hey, 60South! I love what a bored and knowledgeable group mind can do when it comes to finding info!!! No idea *when* they were submerged, but they are identified now. Most awesome! Thanks, I figured there's enough history and gun buffs out there that we could figure this out. I love all the medici...

Perhaps it’s off a British or Canuckian vessel and the stripper clip is .303 Lee-Enfield. Can one of the rounds be removed from the clip so you can look for the head stamp? There's writing but it's mostly corroded away. I took wire brush and sand paper to a couple... I can read "18" and a star, may...

JimbobAK wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 14, 2020 6:19 pm

Found a couple good ones today, my 1st Dr J Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters and for you Seattle guys a Claussen Brewing Assn beer bottle.

Nice! Where are you finding these?

Well, something a little different today from Port Townsend. Live ammunition, circa WW I? And a few older bottles, the two on the right are probably from the 1890's.

Dominick Gheesling wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 22, 2020 12:43 pm

... will be moving to Portland this summer and I am looking forward to experiencing cold-water, marine life and environments soon.

Hi Dominick!

Welcome. You've come to the right place.

A+!

Funny comments.

I suggest turning that in to the police.

There, fixed it for you.

Cabo is surprisingly good given all the development. Rays, sea lions, and swirling tornadoes of yellow tails were just a few of the sights. If you get the opportunity, take the day trip to La Paz to snorkel with the whale sharks and dive at the islands. Highly recommended. Manta Diving, and others, ...

A really great turnout, and fantastic weather (considering the forecast) at Point Whitney on 1/1. The dive and potluck was put together by Octopus Gardens Diving in Port Townsend. Water temp 45F, vis at depth 20-25 ft, with GPOs, flatfish, thousands of shrimp, and a sea lion cruising through. :pirat...

Looks like the bay in Port Angeles, filled with dead heads from years of logging.