Northwest Dive Club

I've dived at Sund Rock with my wife four times this year and have enjoyed it every time. Yes, it is a little more cumbersome with needing to make a reservation now, but the knowledge that groups will be spaced out and that there will be plenty of room is nice in the time of Covid. And yes, the gent...

Yeah I am thinking the way you are using the system may be the better way to go. I originally wanted the rings glued in so I could easily and quickly change out wrist seals on trips. It is starting to look like the glued in ring is more of a pain in the ass then worth it on my neoprene suit. I am a...

I have the same type rings (also known as Viking rings) installed on my DUI trilam drysuit. In my case, I installed the rings directly on the latex wrist seals rather on the drysuit itself. I've had zero issues with the pullover gloves leaking in my case.

Jerome, diving in the UK (specifically Scapa Flow) is definitely on my bucket list of dive locations, but we're thinking something warm in October -- the weather in the UK and Ireland is too close to Seattle at that time of year. Thanks for the suggestion, though. We're strongly considering Fiji now...

Scubie, the Turks and Caicos look amazing and I'm definitely adding it to my bucket list of dive destinations, but I'm not sure it is good for October due to hurricanes (we're particularly sensitive about hurricanes having been severely impacted by Hurricanes Irene and Sandy when we lived in New Jer...

My wife and I have a big anniversary coming up next August, but we're planning on celebrating in October after our youngest is off to college (no, really -- we're only celebrating the wedding anniversary -- I promise.) I'm looking for ideas on where to go that has decent diving, but also a luxurious...

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-Doug

Diver56 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 15, 2020 2:43 pm I have not been to Sund Rock. I heard on Boydski you have to contact the Sund Family and pay $15. Is this still the case? Would like to try this site.

Reservations are available online now in order to space the arrivals of divers for Covid.

https://sundrock.com

Laurie and I are in! Hoping she can see her first lumpy.

You can get them at Seattle Marine and Fishing Supply for under $5. https://www.seamar.com/item/MGI173-SZ/GLOVE-LAT-12-MARIGOLD-BK/ Eight Diving in Des Moines also sells them for less than $10 if that is easier to get to. The ones I'm wearing in my profile photo (inside out so my hands are easier to...

Cove 2 yesterday had the best viz I've seen there -- we could see the Honey Bear from stem to stern. There was a bit of halocline in the top 10 feet that reduced viz a little, but it was spectacular underneath.

Meet time is 6:30pm in the Redondo parking lot.

Thanks, McGlencoe. I sent a private message.

eh.haole wrote: ↑Mon Sep 07, 2020 9:14 pm Price range?

I'm hoping to find something less than $600 depending on condition, inspection status, manifold brand, etc. Any more than that and I will probably just buy new.

I'm looking for a set of HP100 doubles (or two matched single HP100s). I would prefer Worthington X7-100s, but I would look at any other 3442psi HP100s. I'm not interested in the 3500psi PST tanks due to the different neck size that they have.

Just out of curiosity, do you happen to have a Halcyon Evolve 40 wing for sale?

BUZO71 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2020 2:26 pm
Boat diving in Monterey is overrated . Shore diving is great there

I don't know about that. Some of the pinnacles that you can reach by boat around Pt. Joe and Carmel Bay are amazing.

There is also the new Peregrine that was just released last Thursday. Thinner profile than the Perdix with the same rectangular color display, but no AI, compass or trimix capability, but it is priced to reflect that.

Subsurface is a great dive log and planning package. I would not equate the fees paid for programs like MultiDeco to necessarily translate into more reliability. If anything, the open implementation of the Buhlmann ZHL-16C and VPM algorithms allows more transparency into how it works and to allow bu...

If you're up north, I've heard good things about Anacortes Diving & Supply.

Welcome to the group, Al!

Kneedeep and I dove Redondo this afternoon and Fathom was still hanging out under the pipe.

As you may have seen, the MaST Center released a GPO last week named Fathom. The people at Seattle Dive Tours saw him under the large pipe the next day. Laurie and I dove today to see him and he was still hanging out under the pipe with a nice pile of discarded crab shells around him. It's a great o...

I'm interested in a T-Shirt, too, when you get access to the stash. I would need a men's XL.

-Doug

Three Tree Point - North We made a last minute decision to hit Three Tree Point - North this afternoon on the slack before ebb. Visibility was 5-10 feet down to about 30 feet depth where it opened up to 15 feet or so. Had a punk-ass harbor seal decide it would be funny to tug on our fins repeatedly...