Northwest Dive Club

Welcome Dan! You might soon find out that diving our NW waters is pretty good all year round, especially if you dive a drysuit. Water temps don't change that much, and winter vis is usually much better than in summer. Make sure to check out the dive planning section, as there's lots of opportunities...

So you already sold the green one?

Tried a couple of tweaks in Lightroom to your original pic: lightroom edit.jpg Couldn't get that using an "auto" correct button. You have to enhance/reduce individual colors/tints/etc. The strobe recommendation is a good one. Really helps to capture the vibrant colors that otherwise get wa...

Dashrynn wrote:... a welder isn't that expensive. If you can buy a backup light, you can buy a welder. I have a 150$ model and it's held up well...

Do you have details or a link you can share?

Had to scale back the operation. Excessive demand for refunds and escalating overhead expenses (aka: bribery) were hurting the bottom line. It was okay when I could negotiate with them individually, but then they threatened to form a union...

Oh - and dive weight in a separate heavy duty 2 gal bucket.

Plano Sportsman's Trunk. I used the 108qt sized one for several years. Great size for dive gear (longer fins fit inside it), has a lid AND wheels!: 108qt trunk.jpg https://www.amazon.com/Plano-Heavy-Duty-Sportsmans-Trunk-Grey/dp/B017N98OGC/ref=pd_sim_200_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B017N98OGC&p...

Looks like the "latex overseal" is just a latex seal glued to the outside of the neoprene sleeve. Here's a video that kind of shows it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnnXTjxfY_c&index=9&list=PLmEW0XcNu8SP7mr-qBIwAEmkWQ3wdu5RE I used the Sitech ring system on a Seasoft dry suit th...

You might try to stretch it out a bit before cutting it. A trick to stretch out neoprene dry suit neck seals is to insert a scuba tank and let it sit for awhile.

Gdog wrote:It is absolutely photoshopped. Looks like that one is a picture of the one out at les Davis at about 100'

Hm.

Maybe I was narced. Weird things tend to happen when we get over to the canal:

Jeff Pack wrote:
That big anchor, is it about 4ft tall, pretty damned big? We have yet to ever find that one again, if this is the same one.
I'd love to find it again.

Long chain attached to it? South wall, about 110-120ft?

I had a tizip installed in a DUI TLS suit awhile back, and had also water coming thru the teeth: https://nwdiveclub.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=20797&p=237603&hilit=tizip#p237603 You did a much better job pursuing a resolution. I ended up putting the suit in my dive locker and moved on to a ...

Any luck finding an octo? I'm pretty sure you saw a ling cod-zilla or two...or twenty...

I have Atomic Split fins and am currently wearing 2x2lbs of ankle weights. For most of the dive, everything seems fine, but at the end of the dive my feet seem light. I used to have a steel HP120 (the tall skinny 3500psi one with the 7/8" neck made by PST) that would do the same thing. My trim...

You didn't mention whether you're using a drysuit hood or a wetsuit hood (with the longer neck flange). If a drysuit hood, have you tried using one with a zipper? I can't recall seeing a zipping in a wetsuit hood... A trick several of the ladies at our shop used was to apply hair conditioner to thei...

I'm no crab expert, and didn't stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night - so I'm out.

However, the link at the end of your vid to your GPO Interaction vid looked interesting....

https://vimeo.com/195157178

Wow! Way cool encounter. When & where did this happen?

Will do. Need to dive a few more times in the next couple weeks so I can prepare for the blackwater dive in Kona. Macro+Lighting game needs to be strong for that dive. I'd recommend practicing shooting jellies (or other small flittery critters like winged slugs) at night in the water column. That, ...

Right back atcha -

I snapped the bezel of my suunto sk7 compass. Anyone out there have a dead/broken/bubbled sk7 compass that they can no longer use?

A few shots I managed during our dive on Sunday:

Great report, GD - and even better shots. I really like that first one.

Beautiful color on that shaggy!

Very nice, George - I really like that lumpie shot.

Thanks everyone. Hope the holiday season is treating you all well!

Scubie - right back atcha, bud. Looking forward to the next 8!

Very cool, Scubie! I'm hoping there's still a chance that one of your underwater shots will be used at another stop.