Northwest Dive Club

This is it folks: The tides and currents are right to make a dive on Day Island Wall. Slack before ebb will be between 2:53pm and 3:17pm. The ebb tide has a max flow of under 1 knot all the way to 9pm. Conditions for this dive COULD NOT be any better. Using Gibson Point & S Narrows station for t...

This is my last chance to dive for quite some time - I'm exiled back to Las Vegas for the forseeable future on Monday. I'd love to get in a dive on day Island Wall - I've heard a lot about it. What is the best time to do this dive on Saturday? I know Diver C is up for this, as is my wife, so we'll s...

Calvin Tang wrote: I'm also trying to get an idea of what sizes to order and in what quantit

two XLT (if no XLT available, XXL)
two L

Ryan

You could have been bent on that dive (though apparently you were not). After about 5 minutes of breathing gas under pressure, you will have nitrogen in solution in your cells that will come out as bubbles when you return to normal surface pressure. The 'book' says you won't have enough to cause you...

This is a dive I am very interested in doing. Can someone walk through the process of determining when the tides are right for this location?

A confluence if great weather, work & travel schedules, and the wonder of teh intrawebs assembled a large team of divers for a run down to the I-Beams. About six members of the Northwest Dive Club, plus some newbies, and a few shore-bound assistants gathered at 6pm. We were geared up and ready t...

I keep emergency supplies in my SAD kit too. * Chemical lights * Bottle of vinegar * Bag of latex gloves * First Aid Kit * Pocket mask * Slate with emergency responder questionaire * Slate with neuro exam questionaire I also usually keep a printout of my dive plan, my emergency action plan with phon...

I've got one of those rigs, but have yet to find a good option for getting it filled.

I've done a couple of dives at 3TP. Could someone in the know post a map o the underwater locations? Every time we've been there we've spent our time looking at heaps of old tires and not much else; we'd like to see more of the sights!

Ryan

You need far more weight in a wetsuit than you do in a drysuit. Reason: Neoprene compresses with depth. At the surface, it is quite bouyant. In order to make a controlled descent and hold a safety stop in the 20-5 fsw range, you need to carry a lot of weight to offset the boyancy of the suit. At dep...

I'd like to be there but unfortunately I'll be out of town on business travel. :(

Re: Transpac system: 1) The quick-release buckles are a point of potential failure. With a properly fitted web harness you should be able to chicken-wing your self out of the rig without needing releases. On the other hand, if you were to crack one (coming up the ladder on a boat, or bashed into roc...

Wanna go cheap? I got the Bionica XP, which is a tiny little camera (fits in the palm of your hand), which shoots video in 30 fps. It's not great, doesn't produce "broadcast quality" by any means, but as a way to get some shots of "what you do under the water" without breaking th...

November of 1991, a fierce storm over Seattle combined with a maintenance problem on the bridge deck of the old I-90 bridge segment from Seattle to Mercer Island to flood the flotation pontoons of the bridge and send it unexpectedly to the bottom. Much of the bridge was salvaged, or dragged to deep ...

We're based in Bellevue, but we regularly dive from Redondo to Edmonds, and in Hood Canal; we're pretty flexible as to sites!

I have 3 sets of doubles: AL80 doubles (like 'em, but they're tricky because they're positively bouyant when mostly empty) Steel LP95 doubles (love 'em) HP120 doubles (diving them for the first time tomorrow) Making a set of doubles: You want to get an "isolating manifold". That's a manifo...

Hello! My name is Ryan Dancey. My wife and I have been diving for about 2 years. My daughter just got certified this year. We try to get out at least once a week. Looking forward to reading many messages here on the board!