Northwest Dive Club

Hum..., problems maintaining buoyancy in the shallows? I have no problem maintaining buoyancy with a .5 PO2 at 5 fsw on my Meg! Question for "It's DUE", where are you getting He for $.70 a cu ft? I work at a local dive shop and our cost for He is $.81 a ft for industrial and $1.00 a ft for...

Wow what a thread!

I can be bribed to dive at Sund rock at least once a month. PM me when your next dive after the 16th.

A Goodyear blimp every week! Damn that would drop He prices in a hurry.

Linedog wrote:http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/ar ... -79354884/

Double ouch.

pensacoladiver wrote:Ehhhh, being on a rEvo now, I can't bitch about much at all.

I guess I could bitch about ABO. What used to cost me $45 for a big bottle is now $150 out here in Oahu.

It's good to have friends in low places!

I purchase through Northwest welding supply in Kent, close to where I work part time. The supplier I use for O2 and He just had a 21 percent price increase Feb 1st, 2014. 99.9999 now costs $195 for a 244 cuft and $245 for UHP 244 cuft cylinder - ouch! :eek: What supplier do you use here in PDX, Jeff?

Pensacoladiver, I feel your pain. Living in Portland OR, I don't believe there is a single LDS that has He, and few know what He is used for! Of course trimix is the "real" voodoo gas! After hearing about the price you pay for He I'll not complain so loudly. Out here in paradise, a bottle ...

Love to come but elbow needs another week of recovery after surgery last Jan. Dr wants me to wait even more time.

Don't forget to factor in the cost of driving to the local dive shop. At $.44 a mile, travel costs can add up quickly. So for example, the nearest shop that has trimix is in Tacoma about 20 miles. Round trip that's $17.60 in vehicle costs. $.44 per mile is on the low side. Most vehicle per mile cost...

The supplier I use for O2 and He just had a 21 percent price increase Feb 1st, 2014. 99.9999 now costs $195 for a 244 cuft and $245 for UHP 244 cuft cylinder - ouch!

But there are really nice sites near the bridge, so it will be a while before the oil disperses.

That's candy to a diabetic!

Jeff Pack wrote:http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/spo/4329832490.html

Big compressor, 6 4500psi bank bottles, fill panel, and booster (haskell 15/30).

I use a wasp mini video light (3,000 lumen's), two handle camera tray so I have steady shots, 30 fps 1080p, and medium wide field. 30 fps gives me the option to select or frame grab fairly good still images from the video, but I'm considering stepping up to 60 fps so I get sharper stills from frame ...

Greek polka?

Wish I could be there but alas the only chance to see new granddaughter (about month old) before family moves to Anchorage AK

Tom where was the dive?

Tom Nic wrote:Thursday 11-7, a hazy but solid 25'. Not bad considering surface chop, cloudy, and windy.

Possession point fingers 10/19 @ 1330 - 15:20
5-15 at start of dive with shallow depth 3-8 fsw and 5-15 down to 120 fsw.

By end of dive improving to 10-25 with depths above 60 fsw showing the best improvement.

At 170 fsw, not much to see in the way of marine life, but structure is interesting. Are you bringing scooters?

On saturday Oct 19 you have a good dive window between noon and 5:00 pm.

I did report it to the Seattle aquarium folks. Jeff called me back and filled in the details.

lundysd wrote:report it on the survey please!!!

I was there too! It did happen.

Lake Washington.
O O Denny park diving the valiant, 1-80 ffw was 10-15 feet. At 120ffw 15-20 feet.

Magnuson park pb4y bomber, 1-100 ffw 4-8 feet. Below 100 ffw 5-10 feet.

Redondo 9/3 @ 1630 - 3 to 5 down to 40 then 5-10. Not the greatest but saw a little red Octo out and about.

Damn, of all the days to work! Oh well.

Dove flagpole today. Didn't know for sure until last day if dive was a go. Viz was 10-20 on ebb. On flood viz dropped to 3-7 at best. Humping gear up the hill really sucks. Otherwise good dive. Rebreather, scooter, two al80's for BO, etc. Cars wouldn't make it back up the loaded. Had to unload and g...

No kidding - had to "call" two dives this weekend due to wall to wall fisherman going after those "pinks". We won't even discuss parking and the fights going on between fisherman....

cardiver wrote:Meet at 2000 hrs to avoid the fishermen...........