Northwest Dive Club

Sounder wrote: True, but if you're going to be stuck in the sand, you should still be wearing at least 3 pieces of flare.

i don't really like talking about my flair.

thanks to the magic of google, and a blog by a person named manolo, here are a few links to help any interested party pursue a pair of high tide heels: http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2007/07/02/high-tide-heels/ http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2007/07/09/high-tide-heel-part-2/ http://shoeblogs.com/wor...

ok, total newbie question:

what do you mean when you say "shot a bag"?

I own a trilaminate suit and a compressed neo suit. I wear the neo in the wintertime, when I just can't get warm enough in the other no matter what I layer under it. But I switch to the trilaminate suit when the water warms up, because it's easier to move around in, easier to haul around, and dries...

Unless I come across a super deal I tend to research stuff to death before buying. i'm the same way. took me a while to decide. :dontknow: this site was really helpful for its reviews: http://www.dpreview.com/ and this site has a great forum: http://www.wetpixel.com/ good luck. let us know what you...

nwbrewer -

i saw that you sent a PM to hiskychemist about his a620 for sale.
http://www.nwdiveclub.com/viewtopic.php?t=2332

are you getting it?

about the camera, they moved some things around and the menu button is on the lower edge (right) of the camera - right where i seem to want to always have my thumb. it's worse when i'm using it land-side, but i've pushed it a number of times underwater as well. perhaps it's a personal design flaw i...

thanks, goddess! you have some great shots too. one of these days i'll get around to putting mine up on flickr...

what is it about the button placement on yours that you don't like? i honestly don't have a problem with mine, but i haven't tried it with thick gloves on yet...

i've been using the canon a610 with the OEM housing for a couple years now and don't had any complaints. well, one: the cam doesn't support RAW image format (but if you're not planning on using the pics for pro purposes, it probably doesn't matter). as with most cameras, it takes a little while to d...

TCWestby wrote:I know I would use it regularly.

well, it seems that folks aren't too excited about a calendar like this, so i don't think i'll be developing nwdivecalendar.com any further.

maybe calvin can develop nwdc's calendar for club members to use.

A calendar + tide table would be cool. I REALLY REALLY like the idea of combining a calendar with tides!!! \:D/ :prayer: :bounce: i've added a link to the calendar that will pop-up a search interface for washington tides: http://nwdivecalendar.com/ i'll add another for oregon tides soon. the site i...

Calvin wrote:A calendar + tide table would be cool.

how would you envision this working? the tide data alongside the calendar?

Sounder wrote:I think it might also be helpful to work with NW Dive News in implementing one.

they do have one online:
http://www.nwdivenews.com/forum/calendar.php

We actually already have a calendar: http://www.nwdiveclub.com/calendar/month.php Though, when I was tinkering with it and trying to get it going it didn't seem to gather much interest, so I just kinda put it on the backburner. Now that we have more members maybe it makes sense to revive the idea. ...

I think it might also be helpful to work with NW Dive News in implementing one. If you're aiming to have all the different shops, clubs, instructors, etc to post events/classes/whatever, it seems that would be the clearing house for the collective dive community. I think that down the road, this wi...

Not to put any more of a task loading on Calvin, but I would suggest it to be part of nwdiveclub and you could help design or edit it as needed. I definitely don't want to add any burden to Calvin, so it's probably best if we kept it a separate entity. But I'm hoping that there can be a lot of cros...

Being relatively new to the Northwest, and newer to the diving in general, I've been doing a lot of research, and I find that I have a zillion site bookmarks (give or take a trillion or two) for listings of classes, events, buddy dives, etc. Inspired by this great forum (thanks, Calvin!) I've been t...

nwscubamom wrote:"For all minor jellyfish stings, it's advisable to immerse the injured area in hot water (113degrees) or a hot shower for 30-90 min or until pain subsides..."

do you think one of those instant hot packs might help, at least until the injured diver could be immersed in hot water?

momma always said: let sleeping whales lie.

jeff98208 wrote:NICE!! jeff wonders where he can get one?.

try the rental place (the link above the octopi). if they don't sell them, they probably know where to get them.

Ooooh did I get my hand slapped when I used the term "octopi" once!!! I'll save you the embarassment of public capital punishment!!! As I understand it, "octopuses" is the correct term for multiple octos. I think it's more fun to say "octopuseseseses." well, buddy, loo...

that is so funny!

this is the company that was renting the kites:
http://www.highlinekites.com/

the guy i talked to said the diver kite cost about $500 (!).

i wonder how much the octopi run:

yeah, i know this is kinda silly, but... i was down in the SF bay area last week and saw this kite flying at the berkeley marina. i thought it was pretty darn cool. i love the little fish that follows the diver. http://www.spatman.com/misc/kitediver/kitediver1.jpg http://www.spatman.com/misc/kitediv...

have a safe trip, jokeborn. looking forward to meeting portland divers, old and new.