Northwest Dive Club

Anybody up for a sunday morning camera dive tomorrow?
Redondo for hooded nudibranchs?
-Eric

Interesting encounter with a leopard seal!

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Hi Welcome to the addiction! I also have a d70 (on loan from DLH). The screen is so small and of so low contrast on the d70 that it is hard to know if you've exposed right. RAW gives you more flexibility in adjusting the exposure, because it doesn't compress away some of the details like JPG does. I...

Great work Jesse!
I love 1,12, and 25!

I'll bring a side dish, and some gourmet burger toppings (bacon, etc). So Cheetos and brownies are still open!

Hi
I'll be there! I can also bring some hamburger toppings if that isn't accounted for. Do we have an estimate number of people I should bring toppings for? Does toppings include ketchup?
-Eric

Hi I joined Dusty today at Port Townsend for a dive at Point Hudson. It was my first time there. I got to say, I loved that site! It was kind of a combination of Keystone, Possession Point Ferry and Edmonds Oil Docks in terms of what was found there. The pilings there are as gorgeous as Edmonds Oil ...

Hi Kirsten. I don't think I can do tomorrow. Thursday I'm likely going to PT. At the Club Dive or maybe Sunday morning?

Thanks!

Good to know about the waves. There was no wave action yesterday, perhaps because it was a still day at high tide. Any focus issues I'll blame on my focus light which was shining a little low.

If anybody wants to go out to try to get some more hoodie-nudie pics, let me know.

-Eric

Thanks for the invite! I'll likely be joining you Thursday. If anybody wants to carpool, let me know!

Went to Redondo last night to try to check out the hooded nudies. Quite a few were in abundance, and I also saw 3-4 lump suckas, several other types of nudis, as well as a dogfish in only 15' of water! It actually looked like there were maybe three variations of the hooded nudi: ones with big dots, ...

PS where are the best eelgrass beds at Redondo? North or South of the pier?
Thanks!

Anybody want to dive Redondo tomorrow night?
I want to get out there and try to take some Hooded Nudie pics.
-Eric

Tom -- Appreciate the report -- wish I could have made it. Hopefully next time!

Awesome octo-on-kelp photos!!

Great skate eye shot! You seem to have been very lucky with skates this year!

Glad you had a great trip! That wolfeel shot is wicked!

Snake Island is my favorite too. Did you find the overhangs?

Did you mean Clark Rock for the last dive? Duncan is in Neah Bay.

--Eric

Awesome!
I love the 4th picture and the hooded nudibranchs pictures especially.
I really wanted to go this year, but I'm too busy with work thru end of october, so thanks for sharing.

Sweet pics! Keep 'em comin'! Get any hooded nudibranch pics? I still need to get out there and take some more pics of those.

Where is the best eelgrass bed at redondo?

This was my first dive using a wide angle dome port on my G10 - and we had some great vis to play with. I still have some wrinkles to iron out, but overall I was pretty happy with the results. I would have liked to do another dive with my macro lens though - there were tons of nudibranchs (at least...

Thanks for the trip report and video, Novice!

Tom:

Tom Nic wrote:Club Dive spot?!?

I've had Ansell Point and Whytecliff Park in Howe Sound on my to-do list for years now. Charter could be cool too. I'd be up for a trip!


-Eric

LCF wrote:Great to hear about an Orcas site! Sounds like it would benefit from scooters.

Hi
I wouldn't recommend seeking this out as a scooter dive or shore dive unless you were already on Orcas. You'll hit better sites, get more dives in, and be safer if you take a boat charter in the San Juans.

Hi Franroque (Francis) and I went diving at Brown Rock/Obstruction Pass, on Orcas yesterday. It is the shore dive with the longest surface swim I've ever done! Probably twice as far as muck oil docs? Luckily the current swept us back to the entry at the end of the dive! Anyway, it's a pretty average...

Awesome pics, great site!
I really like the first pic.

Thanks for sharing!

Camerone and I went for a dive at Redondo yesterday morning. Viz was quite great during the dive, until the very end in the shallows, when it went completely foul with a red brown icky muck. Still lots of octos in abundance, and we also got to see the hooded nudibranchs again. This time I had my cam...

Indeed! Looks like the same one. I think Tom Nic got a photo of it too!
Did you see the bigger octo in the pipe just nearby? (big pile of shells out in front)