Northwest Dive Club

Shots above and below water; those are truly superb photo's! :luv:

Some friends and I stayed there for a long weekend this summer and I had the opportunity to see several rooms and cabins. Some are nice enough, having recently been refurbished, others were horrible! What you get will depend on luck of the draw or negotiating with the front desk when you reserve you...

A rose by any other name still takes awesome photos! Keep em coming please.

I know your right Curt, but at this time I'm just enjoying both my children as they become young adults. It's funny how we as parents suddenly get a bunch smarter when our kids leave the teen years behind.

My daughter completed her Open Water late last month and this past weekend, prior to her getting busy with the fall term of college, I had the privilege of taking her on her first “real” dive trip. Before meeting up with friends she and I started the dive weekend Friday afternoon at Sund Rock - divi...

How do you keep your aquarium cold enough for our local species?

Happy birthday Don. Looking forward to my next trip with you.

Great story, thanks for the recap. I was hoping to hear a "part 2" to the story after you guys found the bell earlier. Looking froward to "part 3"!

What kind of case Dusty? I know someone who maybe interested.

Mike, here's a web site that shows the wrecks location
http://shipwreck.findthedata.org/l/1294 ... eph-Aspdin

Thanks for the write up Josh. Peter will be presenting at our dive club meeting in Salem next week - very much looking forward to the presentation and the book!

FWIW -
I would add one general photo tip for shooting multiple flashes. As a rule you would have one flash set about half the power of the main flash: This gives you fill light but still some shadows and gives your photo's contrast and depth.

Janna, here's an excellent site with recommendations for camera settings. I used these settings for my G12 and have had great results. BTW, I see Canon has another new camera - the PowerShot G1 X - but it's spendy!
http://www.uwphotographyguide.com/canon ... r-settings

Yuk! The tides are not in your favor. I'd plan on an early splash and get out before the outgoing tide cranks up. Something you might consider is to bring a non-diver to let you out at the upper end and drift to where you want out at - I've never done it but know others have. http://www.protides.com...

OUCH!!! That'll make both cheeks clinch tight together! I was hoping it was photoshopped but it looks like blood had ran down his left leg.

Only a few weeks ago I was enjoying warm, sunny Cozumel - and with the recent drenching rains and winds we've had I've been reminiscing about the trip. We'll, since I cant go back anytime soon I can still dream - and what better way to dream then revisiting pic's. We had a terrific DM by the name of...

sitkadiver wrote: Also, if you're worried about silting out the dive site, just be sure to be in front of everyone else. Silting out a dive site first also makes navigation back to shore a lot easier......

Kinda like leaving a trail of bread crumbs only different eh?

My own 2psi - I can't see much different between the f1 and turtles when frog kicking, helicopter turns or doing a reverse kick but when I'm trying to swim fast and using a scissor kick the f1's tend to push me into a head down position. For that reason I have a slight preference for the turtles. I ...

That is one of the stupidest, most pointless videos I've ever seen! Excuse me now, I have to change cuz I think I wet myself laughing!!!

For everyone interested in wrecks and maritime history in the PNW area I would highly recommend a visit to the Maritime museum in Astoria. It's AMAZING!

http://www.crmm.org/

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Welcome sether60. There's a growing contingency of us from Salem who are also heading in the tech direction. And being "hard core", we frequently make the 3 hour treck up north. We also dive the Oregon bay's and off shore Oregon when conditions permit. Stay in touch.

The topics of fins are well covered on this forum and in others but that's ok, it's an important topic. If your plan is to go into scuba diving then you need to decide where you'll be diving and what kick is best for your location. For example; split fins are a popular item in the dive magazines and...

I'm wondering what peoples thoughts are on using dive planning software. Do you use/recommend software, if so which one? Thanks in advance! Ron Deco software? I'm a little confused by the phrase "dive planning". Like a gas plan or?? Yep, I was asking about deco software. Sounds like v-pla...

I'm wondering what peoples thoughts are on using dive planning software. Do you use/recommend software, if so which one? Thanks in advance!

Ron