Northwest Dive Club

In LJ's perfect world, OW, Advanced and GUE Primer (or equivalent) would be combined and taught as a "northwest diver" program (which i believe is essentially what Bob does). You'd come out very squared away for a 'new' diver, with all the tools necessary to go forth and start diving and ...

Nice!! I've yet to see a opalescent squid here for myself, but I did see a whitespotted greenling on a Redondo night dive in the last 3 months. I had to look it up because it was the first I had seen in the wild too.

So when is our next club dive? :smt064 (And no, I did NOT just volunteer to be cruise director.) Bonaire. February 12,2012 [sarcasm]Fixed that for you.[/sarcasm] You're going in Feb? Have fun! Right back atcha! Yup, this will be our third trip. And we're headed there with awesome folks we would not...

cardiver wrote:

ktb wrote:So when is our next club dive?

(And no, I did NOT just volunteer to be cruise director.)

Bonaire. February 12,2012

[sarcasm]Fixed that for you.[/sarcasm]

So when is our next club dive?

(And no, I did NOT just volunteer to be cruise director.)

Jeff Pack wrote: New divers are asking for help and wisdom, but they aren't (and may never even be) a DIR, Tech, GUE, or whatever super charged, adrenaline filled, wreck diving, deep water, scuba junkie.

Then again, never say never. And I *love* your sig line.

I have taken a class with Brian (as much as I'm sure he wants to forget those trainwrecks), and can say that if you want to see what I mean by demonstration quality, just dive with him one day, and you'll see what I mean. Both him and Jeanna have a very calming sense in the water because they have ...

Oh yeah, Scott is da man!! We saw him with Spike and the Impalers this summer and run--don't walk--to see them in concert. Fun times!!

Are you guys cwazy? That hill is a killer. I'd never survive the walk down let lone that climb back up! :eek: The only way I'd even consider that place is from one of the charters! Is there a reason why you go with the north end current? I would say Gibson point would be your best bet for timing si...

I also use the shammy material, so I'm glad to hear of your good results! (Thankfully, I've never had to test them.)

(The 7% remainder of mine are mostly ironic, Fwiw.) Is that Alanis Morissette ironic or truly ironic? Oh. You wound me. The Alanis version of "irony" is so crude. I blend my own. It's 32% nitrox, 23% Bacon, 9% chain wallets, 14% puffy trucker hats (with really hip stuff printed on them) a...

Wow. Very scary.

Joshua Smith wrote:(The 7% remainder of mine are mostly ironic, Fwiw.)

Is that Alanis Morissette ironic or truly ironic?

diverden wrote:

diverden wrote: Dude, I'm back Saturday evening. I'm game.

I'm also WAY TOO DRY.

I hear K-Y works well . . .

I guess I need to see one. The pictures look like you have to grip them, in which case then I dont see the hands free arguments presented earlier. If I'm gonna sip the kool aid, I need to be able to grab the glass. I have an elastic handle for my light and I love it. Although the "proper"...

Mongo wrote:Last Saturday proved to be a good time. I would like to do it again.

0630 meet
0700 splash

I am open to location.

Who's in?

People willingly get up that early?!?

I'd love to, but I'll be out of town.

diverden wrote:Wow, that wolfie is a LOOKER!

Dude, let's dive when you get back.

The only thing it doesnt have is a goodman handle, but I can live with that. To quickly chime back in . . . your gear is your gear, and I'm the last person to tell you that you NEED something. I hate it when people do it to me. But as several others have said, we like to share experiences here--esp...

John Rawlings wrote:MAJOR Announcement!!!!!!

I just took my first post-surgical dump, AND I walked out of the bathroom when it was over!!!

- John

Not sure what to think about the first part, but happy to celebrate the second!!

Thank you coulterboy for giving me some yesterday at Redondo! Now I just need to clean the back window of the truck . . . You're very welcome Kelly. I would have loved to give you more, but I promised the MMM group I would be there tomorrow too and distribute the last of my remaining stickers to th...

Thank you, Laura, for spearheading this! I was happy to sign the petiion and post it to FB. I would also *love* to be part of a demostration, but I am out of town this weekend. If there is anything I can do to help BEFORE I leave, I would be happy to.

Most of the ones I've been seeing are about the size of a lumpie and are out in the open, away from all of the structures. Although I have seen 1-2 rather large adults, it's been mostly teeny-tiny baby ones.

interesting, care to share why? The Sola is more a focus light or video light and therefor it has a wider beam than a can light. Yes, it is way more diffuse--even on the spot beam setting. And since you'll always want it on the high setting, note that the run time is approximately 70 minutes. That ...

Grateful Diver wrote:Maybe we need an Occupy Seacrest movement ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

I like my fish and chips without pepper spray, thank you.

Jeff, FWIW, we have a SOLA 1200 that will be great for tropical diving, but I tried to use it as a primary light here during a night dive and quickly switched back to my Dive Rite can light. It just didn't cut it. YMMV, but I thought I'd share . . . especially since I have the model up from the one ...