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by DecidedlyOdd
Sat Jul 30, 2011 10:15 am
Forum: Underwater Imaging - Photography & Video
Topic: Entry level camera
Replies: 19
Views: 2439

Re: Entry level camera

I think he's out of town at the moment, but Jack at Optical Ocean Sales sells full setups (housing, strobe, arms, etc.) for a few cameras in your price range like Olympus XZ-1, Canon G12 or S95. They have a showroom on the north end of Westlake Ave in Seattle. I'd strongly recommend checking the pla...
by DecidedlyOdd
Sat Jul 02, 2011 2:17 pm
Forum: Dive Planning
Topic: Tides and adjustments
Replies: 3
Views: 508

Re: Tides and adjustments

For whatever reason (maybe liability concerns?), there doesn't seem to be much of any reliable information about this online. Dive listing sites like http://theperfectdive.com/ or the dive listings on this site generally mention if a site is current sensitive or not, but rarely say more than general...
by DecidedlyOdd
Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:39 am
Forum: Gear Central (Recreational)
Topic: Aqualung "ABS Octopus" - cold water question
Replies: 6
Views: 721

RE: Aqualung "ABS Octopus" - cold water question

I don't recall exactly and the guy sarcastically said, "only do this if you're a trained aqualung tech". But basically, he popped it open and straightened out some flexible flap.

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by DecidedlyOdd
Wed Jun 29, 2011 10:12 pm
Forum: Gear Central (Recreational)
Topic: Aqualung "ABS Octopus" - cold water question
Replies: 6
Views: 721

Re: Aqualung "ABS Octopus" - cold water question

I did the same thing last year. My partner/dive buddy and I got a deal on the same regulator setup during a sale at an LDS while out of town visiting relatives. They only had the ABS octo and the Legend octo, so I didn't spring the extra money for the Legend octo. After getting home, I noticed that ...
by DecidedlyOdd
Mon Jun 20, 2011 6:55 pm
Forum: Dive Recaps & Trip Reports
Topic: Almost afraid to ask: what was that pink skum at Three Tree?
Replies: 13
Views: 1950

Re: Almost afraid to ask: what was that pink skum at Three T

I saw this stuff on Friday evening too. Upon arriving at the site, I walked down to the water to check out the conditions and noticed some light red particulates floating in the surface of the water. After gearing up and heading back down, it was completely gone but had returned by the time we surfa...
by DecidedlyOdd
Sun Jun 05, 2011 2:34 pm
Forum: Dive Recaps & Trip Reports
Topic: Viz Reports Thread
Replies: 3235
Views: 638068

Re: Viz Reports Thread

Redondo this morning was pretty awful (about 3ft of vis) down to about 50ft. Below that it opened up to probably a little less than 10ft. With that, the deep line was definitely diveable but we gave up on the shallow line after putting up with the mud for a couple minutes.
by DecidedlyOdd
Mon May 30, 2011 5:43 pm
Forum: Dive Recaps & Trip Reports
Topic: Viz Reports Thread
Replies: 3235
Views: 638068

Re: Viz Reports Thread

I went to Redondo this afternoon for a couple of dives on an incoming tide. At about 20ft there appeared to be a halocline separating really muddy water (less that 5ft vis) from substantially clearer water below (+/- 15ft of vis). Sure beats the truly terrible night dive we did at Cove 2 on Friday w...
by DecidedlyOdd
Wed Apr 13, 2011 12:10 am
Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
Topic: What is this?
Replies: 2
Views: 462

What is this?

I ran across this today at Cove 2. What the heck is it?

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Alki Seacrest Cove 2 3 by decidedlyodd, on Flickr

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Alki Seacrest Cove 2 5 by decidedlyodd, on Flickr