Northwest Dive Club

Well this forum's a bit dead. Not surprising, that. Our long-planned trip to Nova Scotia next month has been canceled by the covids. I'd happily skip up to BC for some diving instead but, bruh, can't do that either. Grr. Road trip? If I thought a drive & dive trip down the California coast would be ...

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Sat Aug 08, 2020 11:20 am

Can an RV get in there? I'd be up for a trip if I can bring my 24'.

NFS site says 21' max.

https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/olympic ... 7&actid=29

I'm shopping for a new dive computer. Whee. The fancy computers all have these promo videos that show gorgeous underwater scenes, accompanied by heroic music, with only glimpses of the computers. They don't show you what you really want to see, like how the display works during the dive, the compass...

Just out of curiosity, do you know what kind of jellyfish it probably was? I.e., lion's mane, or something I need to start being more wary of? I think I need to start packing vinegar for dives. Thanks. No, unfortunately (or maybe fortunately?) I never saw the bell of the jellyfish, just the spaghet...

It might be beneficial to keep OTC allergy meds in your kit as well. If I were you I'd maybe consider carrying some fast acting Benadryl Thanks for the input. Can't get an epipen without a prescription. I do keep Benadryl strips, the kind that dissolve under the tongue, in my first aid kit. I'll ke...

Tons of anemones. Signs of GPOs near the concrete supports but nobody home. Schools of tubsnouts and candlefish (?) down to about 60ft, thousands of shrimp, big sculpins trying to look like shell hash, and crabs doing battle. And one badass jellyfish, presumably a lion's mane (although I never saw t...

That's awesome!!! Did you clean up the golf balls too? :) Of course! The phones were mostly flip-phone burners with the batteries and sim cards removed (gosh, someone is paranoid). I did have high hopes for the super nice iPhone that looked like it was recently dropped by accident, but the battery ...

Not as old but kinda fun-- found nothing but golf balls and cell phones while diving in PT the other day, and picked up this Coke bottle on a whim.

Turns out it's about circa 1942, with patent marks and says Seattle WASH on the bottom.

An update-- we found another pipe, one we haven't seen on any of the dive site maps.

Heading north and west from the shore, we picked it up around 35 ft depth. It runs NNW, more or less, to about 80-90 ft of water.

Hm. Well, checked it out anyway. Like FlyinV says, the 'handicap' parking, which is also the manual boat launch stairs, would be the place for entry. There's lots of unmarked parking on that deadend little road. Doesn't seem like they should get too upset about parking there-- maybe check in with th...

Had a great dive at Pt. Whitney today, at least up until the last 10 minutes... There's been lots of jellyfish in the shallows of Hood Canal lately, and in poor vis I swam right into a mass of tentacles. Couldn't back out in time. Ouch. Three hours later and my lips and cheeks are still stinging. I ...

I'm probably headed down to Pt. Whitney Saturday afternoon (8/1) for a dive.

If so, I'll pop into Seal Rock Campground for a look-see and report back here.

I'm always looking for new shore diving sites on my side of the water.

Has anyone dove at Seal Rock Campground near Brinnon? I know there's lots of boat diving in that area but wondering if you can still get a good dive from the day-use area at the campground.

Glenn

A patent medicine bottle this past week from Port Townsend (come bottle dive with me!)...

Ca. 1880's "Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root" (really??) "Kidney Liver and Bladder Cure, Binghamton N.Y. USA". Wow, gotta get me some of that!

I'm going with BillZ's recommendation. For typical recreational dive profiles, you can (theoretically) surface at any time without a significant risk of a DCS hit. AGE and drowning are the real concerns, and neither of those are going to be helped by in-water recompression. Jeff Pack has the technic...

So, anyone have any good methods for removing barnacle remnants on bottles/glass/china without damage? They can be scraped off after soaking but that risks scratching the bottle. Thoughts? Muriatic acid. Be careful, wear gloves and goggles! Does a great job. You can buy it in 1 gallon containers. I...

And once again we must insist that someone remove said lobster from Puget Sound waters. Your reward will be... a lobster dinner.

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.