Northwest Dive Club

Sund Rock MCA on Saturday AM was clear to 15, murky and chunky to 55 very clear below 60

selkie wrote:Dave,

You really need to get one of these!

http://www.roddenberry.com/roddenberry/ ... -skin.html

Just don't get the red one

Buy the patch and sew it on the skin. 10 bucks

Jerry

Hey everyone. I am in the market for a White's Fusion suit and I am torn between the Bullet and the Tech suit. I have read where some think the Bullet is too thick and takes too long to dry along with being heavy. Also, I have read that the Bullet limits your mobility more than the Tech or the Spor...

I think that the easiest way to resolve this would be to close the very popular dive sites to any harvest by divers. Never mind the hook and line guys. I'm guessing that about 90% or more of us can agree that there shouldn't be any hunting going on in places like Redondo, Les Davis or Cove 2. As fo...

So weird on the canal . Thursday evening was amazing, 30 feet everywhere . Friday afternoon, crapola, could not see your feet until you passed 50 feet. Then it was a night dive with about 10 feet of viz. Saturday AM I warned my buddies to be prepared for close quarters diving . Well, it was bout 20 ...

I see people with those LP 8cuft tanks for argon, they just look a little too big for me. I am a big fan of my 6cuft tanks for argon, I'm usually around 3/4 dives, but I use a 13cuft tank for purging my suit first, that one lasts most of the winter. 8 CF = easy to fill, 2015 working pressure. But t...

jcander wrote:I'm unsure which wall this occured on since I didn't notice it until I put my camera back together the following weekend.

We will keep an eye out for it. Did not see it North Wall area Sunday. Scootering entire MCA on Wednesday, might get lucky.

Good Diving,
Jerry
Hoodsport N Dive

Clay wrote:Any tips on a good place to get catheters? I'm having a halcyon installed as we speak, after looking at several it looked the best.

Express Medical Supply

http://www.exmed.net/c-536-urologicals.aspx

Good Diving,
Jerry

Several local dealers have been trying to get hold of DC for the better part of a month. Their phone answers and you can leave a message. We're all used to that as for the better part of a year I have not been able to talk to a human being unless they decided to call me back to comfirm orders left ...

Tom Nic wrote:Longspine Combfish. I just saw my first one at Sund Rock on a deep dive there a couple of days ago.

Nice to meet you on that Thursday Tom.
Did you see a bunch of them?
We have seen them in fairly large numbers on the flats about 110 fsw.

Good Diving,

Jerry

Octopus hole = misnomer

Thanks LCF. It really just surprised me is all. I've had curious octos wrap me up a bit, but never had one actually shoot towards me. This was the same one from the night before I believe as the body marks that look like healing spots appear to be the same. When diving with my FIL and wife I usuall...

Wow ! Amazing shot !

The swim in underwater at high tide on a sunny day is pretty cool.

Oh that is just wonderful...Now I can't stop laughing

LCF wrote:It's so trivial to do the replacement, I do it frequently -- but I don't buy the expensive silicone seals.

+1
expensive and failure prone

Jerry

I have owned and dived the Diving Concepts 200g Thinsulate (with 200g vest underneath); the Whites MK3; the DUI 400g (the old, red one); the Halo, and the TF. I have borrowed and dived the 4th Element Arctic, the DUI 300g fleece, and the Weezle Extreme +. Of everything I have tried, I am happiest w...

I was doing my normal Friday afternoon dive plan at Sund Rock yesterday. Splashed about 4:30 or so. Very low tide. Did a long surface swim out and dropped down about 80' or so. Continued down and hit a large set of boulders at about 155'. Much to my surprise and delight this individual was among th...

CaptnJack wrote:A sitech

+ 10

Thinking of doing this in Bonaire. Anyone have a chance to try this? Could you share your experience? Sounds amazing with the flourescence being quite different from bioluminescence. http://www.vipdiving.com/images/220uv4.jpg Yes, we have one at Hoodsport n Dive, with the mask filter. It did not li...

If I hadn't thought that budget cuts put an end to this nonsense, I would have made this suggestion a while ago. Petitions are all fine and good, but the truth is that the diver community isn't THAT big. We need to get more of the general public on board and aware of what we lose when they take out...

Hi,

While testing a dry suit yesterday (12/11) I found a nice, new looking, top end, Oceanic Mask and Snorkel. The gear was in about 5 feet of water right at the entry ramp.

It is at Hoodsport N Dive.

Jerry

I guess if I have to go with an STA, a weighted is better, as I need to carry 10 pounds of trim weight, so a weighted STA is better. I suppose a Halcyon, or whatever.. Note: not sure a weighted STA will work, as maybe wont get the weight high enough like trim weights on the top band. Weighted STA =...

I have seen a sevengill shark (pulled up by a fisherman in Hammersly Inlet) and I do remember seeing a Basking Shark that was hit by a boat ( in South Puget Sound in the late 60's). Of course back then, I thought you had to be absolutely crazy to go Scuba Diving! :rawlings: Now I KNOW.... :angelblu...

I don't like the Bullet skin. I really don't think you gain much of anything with it, and you lose flexibility, lightness, and ease of care. The zipper isn't a problem with a backplate harness. The zipper does have a stress point where it curves over the shoulder, and that's where my first one even...