Northwest Dive Club

I understand the building housing the fill station burned down a couple of years ago- does anyone know if there's air fills available on the island again?

I put my camera in the housing in my garage, where I can hit it with some air out of a tank just before I close it up. Our tanks are a great source of super dry air, just make sure the reg is completely dry before hitting the purge button

Been diving out of 4-door Wranglers since OW- first an 08, now a 14. The 14 has a doo-hickey to keep the rear door open, which is nice. I don't know of anything special to add other than the usual things common to any SUV- good floor liners all around, a nice sized tote for wet stuff, etc. Some of o...

For sale: Olympus m4/3 9-18 lens: $400 Zoom gear: $25 Used Zen WA 100 dome for Olympus PEN housings: $250 Above three items together: $625 If you shoot micro four-thirds, then you're probably aware of this set up. The Zen dome also works great the with 14-42 kit lens and the 60mm macro, giving you a...

The Eugene Dive Club does have a charter scheduled around Labor Day out of Garibaldi, and I believe a couple of spots recently became available. PM me more information (I'm on the EDC board- you can sign up here to get on our e-mail list: http://www.eugenediveclub.com/) . Spear fishing is allowed on...

Hi Glenn-
I know this is a little late, but if you're on Facebook, try posting on the page for "Eugene Divers Buddy Finder". Have you dove there before? If not, PM me and I'll give you some info on where to dive...

Nice I've actually dove a couple of times with an old rental tux I bought off E-bay under my drysuit. Once was for a midnight dive on New Years- oddly enough, they don't work so well as an undergarment...

There's also this one:
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Thanks, Greg!

Thanks for the info. It didn't appear to move, but I didn't hang around long to watch...

Any ideas on the identity of this critter? I found it Saturday while dive off the Lu-Jack's in the San Juans...

Yeah, I didn't explain that too well, did I? I've got the Aqualung Griplock cam bands, and on one side the pouch would have to ride right where the end of the strap lays down on the velcro. Having things touch fasteners has always kind of bugged me (I work in occupational safety, so I'm probably mor...

Thanks for the suggestions. I tried XS weight pockets on the cam bands, but with the diameter of 95 the cam bands are too short. Anyone use an STA with a 95?

As I get older, I find that I don't have much of a rear end to keep a weight belt in place. I'd like to ditch the belt entirely, but shoving all the lead into my Hollis weight system is a bit much. I could go with an STA and a channel weight, but I dive LP95s and I always assumed that moving the tan...

What Lynne said :) Our dive club was on Whidbey this weekend, and every time I dove I thought about the stuff I learned from this thread. Last night we did a night dive at the tire reef- saw lots of neat critters, including a silver spotted sculpin- the first thing that came to mind was that I wishe...

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I just upgraded cameras, so my baby has got to go. It an Olympus E-PL2 camera (red), 14-42 kit lens, and the PT-EP03 under water housing. This combination takes great photos, and is perfect for scuba divers wanting to get into underwater photography without spending thousands to house a bigger DSLR....

Saw 2 wasting stars in Winchester Bay, Oregon yesterday. Viz averaged a little more than 2', so it wasn't the best statistical sample. I did see healthy several 1-inch stars, however. A few weeks ago I dove the same site (with much better viz) and noticed several healthy adults and no wasting stars.

Check out Eugene divers buddy finder on Facebook- you can also sign up on the e-mail list at the Eugene Dive Club website, and feel free to shoot me a message- my group dives pretty often

Yes, we'll be diving in the Triangle- the max depth I've found is between 20-25'. Depending on conditions, experienced divers are welcome to dive on the river side but will be entirely on their own. We'll meet up at the crab dock parking lot at 10am on Sunday, where we'll give a dive site briefing f...

Despite the horrid weather conditions this week, the Eugene Dive Club will be hosting a dive Sunday in Winchester Bay. Non-members are invited to attend (we'll ask you to sign our standard waiver). We'll be diving in the Triangle, which is protected from surf and tide and just perfect for newer dive...

Use disposable handwarmers during the SI- any BTUs that you can get externally help offset the ones you lose from the cold. A warm beanie is huge; dry your hair the best you can if you have lots.

Hi- my group of Oregon divers has been making an annual trip over New Years to Hood Canal, and now we're thinking about shifting somewhat to the Port Townsend area (but we're open to other places, too). We'll have a couple of boats that we'll put in a marina, but we still want to shore dive from whe...

Yesterday, the Eugene Dive Club ventured up to the mountains to dive the Smith Reservoir outflow. More details about this site are available in a trip report I posted a few years ago: http://www.nwdiveclub.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=15885 This really is a unique experience as it's tough to go fast...

Dove today in Port Orford, Oregon. With viz ranging from 1' to 10' because of krill, we didn't stay in the water very long. We did see at least 2 wasting sun stars and a couple of wasting ochre stars. Water temp was in the mid 40s.