Northwest Dive Club

Possession Point Fingers, November 16, 2023 dive. https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-gXgqSr5/0/25462884/XL/11.16.23%20Possession%20Fingers%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-sPPfZbv/0/aaba56e8/XL/11.16.23%20Dock%20shrimp-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-phot...

Keystone Jetty, November 14, 2023 dive. Barnacles already growing on juvenile Puget Sound King crab. They will be gone after next molding ... https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-JvkhpMw/0/af156ac6/XL/11.14.23%20%20Keystone%20Jetty%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-2...

Driftwood Pond #2, November 10, 2023 dive. The Glassy Bubble Shell slugs took residence in this pond. None are found in Pond #1. Not laying eggs yet. They seem to feed in the shallows on Japanese fireweed, on green Hair algae and Sea lettuce as well in the deeper parts of pond on stuff associated wi...

Driftwood Pond #2. November 10,2023 dive. The two ponds, so close together, and yet so different always puzzled me. So it was just natural, after diving with so many Moon jellies in #1 to see if what I can find in # 2. And as expected, not single Moon jelly.... But I found small anemone which I only...

Driftwood Pond #1. November 8, 2023 dive. The winter scene in the pond is subdued, not much action as even the invasive Japanese wireweed. is on a hold mode. The Japan mussels cover large area along the eastern slope. They too are invasive species, except their impact in this isolated pond is minima...

Driftwood Pond #1. November 8, 2023 dive. Moon jellies, still going strong. Thousands in some deeper locations, but only few jellies in the shallows... https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-L9Nh2Fw/0/8cf7d6cf/XL/11.8.23%20%20Driftwood%20Pond%20%231%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/L...

Langley Harbor, November 7, 2023 dive. The rest of the pixels. https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-Bg3Gv4G/0/d2879cb5/XL/11.7.23%20Saddleback%20gunnels-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-MsZxJWr/0/cdb41463/XL/11.7.23%20Whitespotted%20greenling%20eggs-XL.jpg https://photos.smugm...

Langley Harbor, November 7, 2023 dive. It started with good visibility, but as the wind increased above, the visibility decreased below. The food fight for mussels along the tire reef did not help neither. Crabs and fish stirred the sand while some mussels fell from the floating dock above... Not fa...

Holmes Harbor, November 5, 2023 dive. https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-NR9LRm7/0/68bc5118/XL/11.5.23%20%20Holmes%20Harbor%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-cZVhJzF/0/92208934/XL/11.5.23%20%20Hooded%20nudibranch%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/...

Skyline, November 1, 2023 dive. https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-5mD47mc/0/c583cb2e/XL/11.1.23%20Skyline%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-bGXPh5j/0/6ec15e7e/XL/11.1.23%20White%20lined%20dirona-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-m8BPmBD/0/2fd5e3e4/...

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From the magazine Nature. November 2, 2023

Keystone Jetty. October 28, 2023 dive. https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-NbwvBBX/0/fccf5f66/XL/10.28.23%20%20Keystone%20Jetty%20dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-qJnrRnk/0/3fbeb509/XL/10.28.23%20%20Hudson%27s%20dorid%20eggs-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-p...

Possession Point Fingers. October 27, 2023 dive. The cold and sunny weather streak continues, Mount Baker now wears white coat again. The price of finding Golden Dirona was a paid by getting soaked through a leaky neck seal... https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-H5ZpVwZ/0/29cca5d5/XL/10.27.23...

Langley Harbor, October 23, 2023 dive. Some of the critters. https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-B3GGkkG/0/147caf98/XL/10.23.23%20Langley%20Harbor%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-kFqkfBm/0/5d3fcc8a/XL/10.23.23%20Spotted%20ratfish%20-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.c...

Deception Pass, October 22, 2023 dive. And the rest of the pixels. https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-ddQWVqz/0/a9092c13/XL/10.22.23%20Three-lined%20aeolid-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-bPRKFV4/0/17947dbb/XL/10.22.23%20N%20leopard%20dorid-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com...

Deception Pass, October 22, 2023 dive. https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-9vt3PD2/0/db500c9a/XL/10.22.23%20Deception%20Pass%20dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-Qxjhvnt/0/b5ab57fd/XL/10.22.23%20Fluted%20bryozoan-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-JXSZTb...

Skyline, October 19, 2023 dive. I think this is the first time I found Six-rayed star wasting. 🙁 https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-ZTpKM3H/0/d098ea7f/XL/10.19.23%20Skyline%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-rZNqrKS/0/314f2efd/XL/10.19.23%20Giant%20Pacific%20Octopus...

October 15, 2023. Driftwood Park dive. Juvenile Wolf-eels, plenty of Dock shrimps and good time with Pacific Red Octopus. The one in the bottle? No, it decided to stay inside... 🙂 https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-hcLxfqK/0/dde67456/XL/10.15.23%20Driftwood%20Park%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://p...

October 13, 2023. Keystone Jetty dive. And some of the smaller critters. And sea star wasting disease now hits Keystone too. :( https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-m3Vs5Dn/0/b4883735/XL/10.13.23%20%20Honeycomb%20worm%20closeup%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-JJMsnkz/0/e4...

October 13, 2023. Keystone Jetty dive. What would Keystone be without Lingcod? https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-PQF9783/0/457e32c5/XL/10.13.23%20%20Keystone%20Jetty%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-jgpXs7q/0/b8c751ce/XL/10.13.23%20Lingcod%20Giant%20plumose%20sce...

October 8, 2023. Lagoon Point dive. The rest of the pixels. 🙂 https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-DJ2kd2P/0/c30d9a2b/XL/10.8.23%20Dock%20shrimp-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-3RfnkHb/0/9231b3b5/XL/10.8.23%20Tunicates%20on%20hull-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-phot...

I now know about the requirements, but you right, with visibility like this, you swim above it all and see it. Although it would be nice to be little deeper to add different perspective in the deeper part of the fissure. Well, old age is upon some of us and we have to deal with it the best we can...

October 8, 2023. Lagoon Point dive. Not to be outdone by the fall colors above, marine life under the floating dock shows off with its version of Autumn. 🙂 https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-mBckwRx/0/636a0967/XL/10.8.23%20Lagoon%20Point%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-ph...

Deception Pass, October 6, 2023. The rest of the pixels. I am not sure what the "inflated" White Sea cucumber is doing, but after searching the net, I found that Cucumaria cuts do it to move around, which I didn't know until now. Unfortunately I don't have the luxury to hover nearby and wa...

Deception Pass, October 6, 2023 dive. https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-kDnWPpK/0/ba4f4a00/XL/10.6.23%20Deception%20Pass%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-pczj9nV/0/4cdb0232/XL/10.6.23%20Smooth%20velvet%20snails%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/...