Northwest Dive Club

Langley Harbor, July 30, 2023. First dive after three weeks of dry gills almost didn't happen. As I was suiting up, the wrist seal on my drysuit decided to tear open just as was ready to get in. I jerry-rigged solution using an old dive knife strap, and it worked. Only half of my sleeve got wet. The...

Roche Harbor, San Juan Island. July 27, 2023. I might not having scuba gear handy, but I am on an island and have mask and snorkel. And there is small pond in nearby old rock quarry. I just had to poke my nose under the surface to make sure I am not missing something. Firstly, it was not as warm as ...

Deception Pass, July 9, 2023 Fish encounters. https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Deception-Pass-Whidbey-Island/i-TmxQfQK/0/2795ec08/XL/7.9.23%20Grunt%20sculpin-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Deception-Pass-Whidbey-Island/i-2Xd2qcf/0/1a374e0d/XL/7.9.23%20male%20Kelp%20greenling-XL.jpg https://...

Deception Pass, July 9, 2023.
Monterey dorids.

Deception Pass, July 9, 2023. Graceful decorator crab. https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Deception-Pass-Whidbey-Island/i-D2zHgXs/0/61d1a6de/XL/7.9.23%20Graceful%20deco%20crab%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Deception-Pass-Whidbey-Island/i-dsGr7k3/0/af382bff/XL/7.9.23%20Graceful%20Deco%20c...

Deception Pass, July 9, 2023 dive. Sea stars- all healthy. https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Deception-Pass-Whidbey-Island/i-XbgVsQB/0/7e89bcb2/XL/7.9.23%20Dwarf%20mottle%20star-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Deception-Pass-Whidbey-Island/i-FBqmF49/0/9dc2cb5f/XL/7.9.23%20Mottled%20star%20ora...

Deception Pass, July 9, 2023 dive. Sea stars- all healthy. https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Deception-Pass-Whidbey-Island/i-XbgVsQB/0/7e89bcb2/XL/7.9.23%20Dwarf%20mottle%20star-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Deception-Pass-Whidbey-Island/i-FBqmF49/0/9dc2cb5f/XL/7.9.23%20Mottled%20star%20ora...

Skyline, July 8, 2023. Finally wrapping up the critter-photo-fest from a pleasant dive at Fidalgo Island. 🙂 https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Fidalgo-Island-and-vicinity/i-XgpHndv/0/50dfd344/XL/7.8.23%20Ridged%20spire%20sponge-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Fidalgo-Island-and-vicinity/i-4DXs...

Skyline. July 8, 2023 Fish encounter... https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Fidalgo-Island-and-vicinity/i-C3Xh5Ch/0/002f1ac8/XL/7.8.23%20female%20Kelp%20greenling-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Fidalgo-Island-and-vicinity/i-ghZXBvp/0/c6e2c3eb/XL/7.8.23%20Longfin%20sculpin%20Gnarled%20sponge-XL...

Skyline. July 8,, 2023. Scaled crab. https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Fidalgo-Island-and-vicinity/i-GVPKKcc/0/e80d53bc/XL/7.8.23%20Scaled%20crab%20Crimson%20anemone-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Fidalgo-Island-and-vicinity/i-gtffB9L/0/6adcf6ca/XL/7.8.23%20Scaled%20crab%20Buffalo%20sculpin-...

Skyline, July 8, 2023 Some sea stars... https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Fidalgo-Island-and-vicinity/i-LkMHXtj/0/7a48a737/XL/7.8.23%20Stimpson%20star%202-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Fidalgo-Island-and-vicinity/i-Kt8hVGN/0/ddea8956/XL/7.8.23%20Cushion%20star-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug....

Jan, I just want to say that I have always enjoyed your posts!! Your creativity and talent is amazing! I appreciate your posts even more now that I moved across the country and no longer dive in the PNW. Thank you! I can dive vicariously through you. :) Thank you for you kind words. I am glad I can...

Skyline. July 8, 2023. Oregon triton laying eggs. https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Fidalgo-Island-and-vicinity/i-LjnpfKD/0/492a055e/XL/7.8.23%20Oregon%20triton%20lay%20eggs-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Fidalgo-Island-and-vicinity/i-rWRKGP8/0/7e96c49b/XL/7.8.23%20Oregon%20triton%20lay%20eb...

Skyline, July 8, 2023 dive. Critters near the Striped sun stars. https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Fidalgo-Island-and-vicinity/i-wgr5d9n/0/72dd4b45/XL/7.8.23%20Skyline%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Fidalgo-Island-and-vicinity/i-nnMKBgg/0/8bc97f44/XL/7.8.23%20Stimpson%20star%20Ber...

Possession Point Fingers, July 1, 2023. The rest of the pixels. https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Possession-Point/i-KX7pF7M/0/33a1ed31/XL/7.1.23%20Vermilion%20star-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Possession-Point/i-vwXKm9g/0/c75c91ce/XL/7.1.23%20Fragile%20ruff%20scaleworm%20-XL.jpg https://p...

Possession Point Fingers, July 1, 2023 dive. Rockfish and Kelp greenling scenes. https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Possession-Point/i-qKdLSRv/0/1d279433/XL/7.1.23%20Possession%20Fingers%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Possession-Point/i-2cQLN7S/0/78b77404/XL/7.1.23%20Brown%20rockfi...

Langley Harbor, June 29, 2023 dive. Do California cucumbers find something tasty on old tires ?😯😯 Trio of Painted anemones not feeding and the Leather star just resting... Lazy day on the tire reef... :) https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Langley-Tire-Reef/i-Dxh8W4X/0/4b45315b/XL/6.29.23%20CA%20cucumb...

Langley Harbor, June 29, 2023 dive. Painted greenlings guarding eggs. Some newer, some almost ready to hatch... https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Langley-Tire-Reef/i-vPfqpRm/0/3c872fe6/XL/6.29.23%20Langley%20Harbor%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Langley-Tire-Reef/i-JtmP9c4/0/b7db2...

Keystone Jetty, June 28, 2023 dive. The rest of the pixels. https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Keystone-Jetty/i-CjzNHCR/0/ccae5e9e/XL/6.28.23%20Blackeye%20goby%20-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Keystone-Jetty/i-J8QJT49/0/151fda30/XL/6.28.23%20Red%20sea%20urchin%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugm...

Keystone Jetty, June 28, 2023. Back in water, less one tooth... :) It looks like there was another change in the Barnacle palace on Rock of Life. Fred the Fifth nowhere to be found, female occupying the spacious barnacle shell now. No eggs visible inside anymore. Can we assume that we have Queen Wil...

Langley Harbor, June 16, 2023 Because of extracted tooth, I could not participate in the planned sea star collection. All I could do was to look on while my friend Ken did the underwater work. I wish the ongoing research into the Sea Star Wasting Disease will shed more light onto the issue... https:...

Langley Harbor, June 13, 2023 dive. Sea star wasting survey. So far, the Sunflower stars are not showing signs of wasting... https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Langley-Tire-Reef/i-bnhbH3F/0/c1eeb8a5/XL/6.13.23%20Wasting%20Ochre%20star-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Langley-Tire-Reef/i-Bj2b94M...

Langley Harbor, June 13, 2023. The Painted greenlings like the rusty hardware to deposit their eggs on. https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Langley-Tire-Reef/i-WbdhVD6/0/5d4f85da/XL/6.13.23%20Langley%20Harbor%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Langley-Tire-Reef/i-9nv2SPn/0/82c61fdf/XL/6...

Keystone jetty, June 11, 2023 dive. The rest of the pixels. https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Keystone-Jetty/i-DVs9BnM/0/ff922ebd/XL/6.11.23%20%20sick%20Lingcod-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Keystone-Jetty/i-nVwF35K/0/0b6f855c/XL/6.11.23%20Blood%20star-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Othe...

Keystone Jetty, June 11, 2023 Great Plumose anemones spawning... https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Keystone-Jetty/i-VJnm8gH/0/6989bb6e/XL/6.11.23%20%20Keystone%20Jetty%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Keystone-Jetty/i-w3jNVJB/0/2442ac43/XL/6.11.23%20%20Giant%20plumose%20reproduction...