Northwest Dive Club

There is rarely amazing viz in Puget Sound but better viz is when it has not been raining for a while and at sites with less runoff. Sometimes the best viz is late summer after all of the plankton bloom is done for the year and before the rains begin. Northern Vancouver Island usually has great viz ...

As was pointed out, it's more enjoyable if you do it on a high tide as it's shallow to begin with. I think it's much better as a night dive. When I do it I start at the beginning of the pipeline but I take a compass heading as well. I follow it until the sandy area where the pipeline disappears for ...

Had a great dive with the Pringster at Three Tree! :supz: Thanks Brian! Ended up only doing one dive... equipment issues slowed our first entry. The octo is back at the boat! \:D/ At least I think it's him... he looks VERY healthy! While we were circling the boat taking tons of pics another diver a...

... Bummer. I guess I will just sit in my living room, get all suited up and breathe compressed air. Wonder how long a hp 119 will last at sea level. ... Tim You should know the answer to that. What is your SAC rate? If it's .5 then you can watch TV for 238 minutes while breathing from your tanks!

Keep doing the snow dances. My district is only 2 hours late as of 10:00 PM on Monday night. I am hoping for more snow and a no school day. If so, I will get to do my first dives in the snow. Ok, so I won't actually be diving IN the snow unless I slip and fall, how embarrassing), but walking throug...

yeah; it was a pretty big purse. i knew what it was when i first saw it, but does anyone know more about it? like, does it hold just one egg? or one skate? and does it "hatch"? and how long does it take? and ... Each "mermaid's purse" holds one embryo. Once it is ready to "...

Gray- With all due respect, I believe Richard did state some facts...he quoted specific materials from the PADI manual. I don't know if Holly's class was a PADI class or NAUI, or SSI, etc. I can tell you that NAUI's S & P requires proficiency with the following before the open water/practical a...

Please don't confuse your opinion with fact. WTF? I have been biting my tongue so far but this is the last straw. There are 3 PADI standards spelled out for this course and this class violated all three: 1) Max penetration shall be no more than 130ft from the surface horizontal and vertical depth c...

We didn't run any line. Just short little penetrations and then in the Saskatchewan we just went really really slow follow the leader style. Vis was really really clear so it wasn't an issue for lines... Line is SOP for overhead environments, I won't enter any overhead without line. Speed is not th...

its the apallo crushed neoprene. i've been told i might need to loose a couple of pounds of weight in my bc. and i have been told not to use it for bouyancy, if i get a squeeze though how would i over come that though? :dontknow: see you all on SATURDAYmorning for the dive. :supz: \:D/ What are you...

Could it have been a Long Legged Decorator Crab?

Cephla and I are meeting at the Safeway at 12:30 and will hook up with the rest of the 2pm group when they arrive. Anyone got cross streets for the Safeway or easy directions to 3-Tree north? I've only been there once. I'm sure there are better directions somewhere but off the top of my head here g...

Finally got a chance to go to it this evening with Richard and his wife. Saw three octos, a skate, a stubby squid, a bunch of gunnels, a sailfish sculpin, and a bazillion rat fish. The monolith itself had evidence of something really big living under it, there were a bunch of crab shells lying arou...

I'm assuming it's a latex neck seal...some people are allergic to latex and another possibility if it's something black rubbing off as opposed to an allergic reaction is that pollution (oils in the water) can cause your neck seal to deteriorate. For a while every dive I did at Cove2 would leave my n...

As has already been posted, sometimes they make it until the eggs hatch and sometimes they don't. It's not that unusual. Out of the thousands of eggs that do hatch only 2 or 3 will make it to year one.

Being a GPO is not an easy life!

Hi -- It's a nice wall down in tacoma, lots of wolfeels and octopus. can be a bit hazardous with the narrows currents and boat traffic though, needs to be planned carefully. Also you need to be polite to the neighbors as the shore access is in a neighborhood. saw lots of wolfeels on eggs tonight......

Hi Doug, I didn't mean to suggest that you were not a thinking diver. I know that you are in fact a thinking diver so some of my comments were meant to be general in nature and just to make this a more interesting conversation. I agree that newer divers should take the conservative approach in all a...

Sure, in some marginal area depending on the agency you may or may not need helium. DSAT is still diving deep air in their introductory tech class (150-160 ft for the final dives, 2 deco gases, no helium). A GUE curriculm has you on helium as shallow as 80ft. NAUI has a recreational He mix 26/17, a...

So Gray, how would one accumulate a full set of facts to make decisions about the need for helium? The only thing that will truly illustrate the need is f*cking something up royally at depth. Ala what happened on the U-who 13 years ago. Those people paid for their improper (IMO) gas choices with th...

The problem with the acclimatization to narcosis issue is that you can drill to have a reasonable response to a problem under high narcosis conditions. But, serious problems are rarely "textbook" and usually come a couple at a time. I've been thinking about the meaning of the information ...

yeah; one tank at a time - just mean two dives. :-) definitely under 100 ft! 10am will probably work. ask me again tomorrow. ;-) we got a big group going? hopefully enough people to pair up with well? i'd prefer to stick to a pair for once; been doing a bunch of 3-people dives lately and would pref...

Is there any danger when you encounter a seal? How close will they come to you? Do they dive at the bottom or at the middle between the surface and bottom? At Cove 2 they will bump into you. There you will encounter them close to the bottom as they are using your dive lights to hunt the shiner perc...

Just to add that the Cape Breton is right next to this dive and it's quite usual to do both ships in one day. Both are in approximately 130 fsw. If you go into the Cape Breton it's actually 10' deeper since it's dug itself 10' into the bottom. The deck is at 85 fsw and the wheelhouse is above that s...

Let's choose a location. Something around 100 feet max with most time spent at 50 or 60 feet. (Similar to Cove 2) What time would be good? I would probably rent another tank for 2 dives with a break between the two. When you say 2 tanks, do you mean both in one dive or for two dives? I never dove w...

BASSMAN wrote:Looks like some great diving there. Any Pictures?

Unfortunately, I haven't been bothering with my camera lately. I should have for those dives for sure.