Northwest Dive Club

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.

Edit: I'll probably be there a bit later, 10ish: a more civilized hour. Confirmation email from Octopus Gardens Diving: NEW YEAR'S DAY POTLUCK DIVE Wednesday January 1st 2020 9:00 AM Point Whitney Dive Site, Brinnon Plan on doing two dives! Here's your chance to get to know other local divers! Brin...

There are rumors that Octopus Gardens is planning New Year's Day dive(s) at Pt. Whitney. I have yet to confirm, but assuming it's 'on' and the weather isn't a hurricane, I'll be there.

We did a dive in Port Townsend today to remove derelict crabbing gear from the bay, all of it around the docks. My buddy and I pulled up 6 crab pots!

Maybe try Dive Assure? I've enrolled with them before. It is primary insurance, not secondary like DAN, so more expensive but arguably better.

https://diveassure.com/en/home/

Linkie brokie.

Try this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExOOElyZ2Hk

Sometimes I see things I don't need but highly covet, like a full-size chrome hammerhead shark. Seen yesterday in downtown San Francisco.

Has anybody here tried one of these?

The article seems to conflate thrust with depth, but whatever.

https://newatlas.com/marine/scubajet-pr ... ropulsion/

Just make sure there's no critters living in the trash when you bring it up.

Did another gorgeous dive at Fort Flagler yesterday. Vis 25ft+, max depth 51 ft, 49F. This is my new favorite local dive site. It takes a bit of a swim to get out to the fish havens but it's worth it. Lots of stuff to explore, loads of fish, especially buffalo sculpin hiding everywhere. Slack, again...

We're used to the cold upwelling waters in Puget Sound. Sea Surface Temperature (SST) out in the ocean, however, can be much warmer and affect Neah Bay. Here's the latest chart from NOAA -- notice how the SSTs near the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca are a toasty 15 C (59F) compared to 11C (5...

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dwashbur wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 16, 2019 7:56 am

I'm trying to guess what made the hole.

Hammer and a screwdriver. Then a thin knife is inserted into the hole to cut loose the conch meat.

Then sauteed in a coconut breading... heaven!

I've been calling these cushion stars, but the closest match I can find are the Slime Stars. Is this one?
Photo taken at Williams County Park, Sequim. For scale there is a mid-sized shrimp at the lower left.

How was your dive Glenn & Cameron? Did the drysuit fit? Keystone was crazy beautiful!! Hope to dive with you guys soon! It was great! 3 GPOs and zillions of shrimp (are they looking at us? I think they're looking at us. It's like we had an audience of 100,000 shrimp, all evenly spaced apart and sta...

60south, I'll be on the peninsula tomorrow, so if you don't mind a hang along, I'd love to dive with you. Also, if you bring the dry suit, maybe I could give it a test dive for any leaks? Sure thing! Confirmed we're 'go' for meeting at 11am, Pt Whitney. I drive a white Tacoma. Will bring the drysui...

Bump. $20 plus shipping.

I'm pinging my usual buddy for Monday diving at Pt. Whitney. No time yet... Probably meet 11ish?

We dove this site again yesterday... and it was great. No, really. It's a shame the pier is gone but there's still a lot of life out at the fish havens (concrete structures). Vis was 25+. Max depth ~55ft. Wolf eels, old bottles, quillback rockfish, sea pens, the works. Lots to explore. It's super se...

Sold, pending good fit and function test.

WyoExpat wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 18, 2019 5:11 pm

I am very interested, but at 6ft 180lb, I'm a little worried about the fit. Where would you say it's short on you?

It's short on the inseam. Torso is plenty long.

Waynne Fowler wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 13, 2019 6:57 am

Holy Cow. If it's in the condition you represent that's a really good deal to the right person. nearly unbeatable. Those are rugged suits.

It's indestructible. The valves and cuff rings alone are worth the price. I just need to make some space...

Also listed on Craigslist for more.