Northwest Dive Club

Chris-

Me, Jeanna, and Lundy *may* do the treasure hunt. If we do, you're welcome to join us. I can keep you posted if you want.

What time is it?

Thanks guys and gal, I appreciate it

Yesterday I got signed off as NAUI’s newest Technical Instructor! For the time being, I’m only going to teach Intro to Tech, as that’s where I feel I can make the biggest impact. Intro focuses on developing the core fundamentals needed for technical diving, creating a solid platform for aspiring tec...

I've got a rather plain one...simply the nickname many of my friends call me. Just my initials, shortened....BDub, for BW (Brian Wiederspan)

I have one. Good suit, not as flexible as a TLS350, more like a CLX450. I had DC take an inch off the legs and replace the boots, and I'll probably send it out to have socks put on it at some point. How long have you been home....10 minutes? And you're already back at it? I have one and really like...

I'm not disagreeing. And yes, Matt is a freak of nature. :naka: By which I mean, he also does open circuit decompression dives in 45 degree water in wet gloves. I'm absolutely not recommending this to anyone, but apparently it can be done- just not by me. I have no idea how he does it. My hands are...

H20doctor wrote:well to go zipping around like that is pretty Dang killer Cool... You could dive in a current sensitive area and not have to worry about it. Just put the X on speed Number 5 and zoom away

Not sure Doug Steding or CaptnJack would agree with that

To me, a good dive is someone with good situational awareness, good contact and communication, is safe, and is always looking to improve. Sure buoyancy, trim, kicks are some signs of a good diver, but getting good at those requires practice and experience. I've dived with people (typically newer div...

Those pictures are awesome....

So what are currents like? Are the dives all drifts? If so, how fast does it get up there?

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Romer Treece wrote:Although, with my new setup I AM going to pay the $99 a year for flood insurance (from DAN) just for piece of mind. (that number is based on what you list your equipment as being worth)

Is this the setup you're getting "tomorrow"?

Jeanna, Bob, and I headed out to Alki Reef Friday evening. We planned to scooter out the to reef, then clip off and kick some and also play on the scoots too. The reef is perfect for both....lot's to see and take pictures of, so clipping off and kicking around is a great time. But the rock piles are...

Stone's an effective and entertaining lecturer. I really enjoyed his partner's book, Beyond the Deep , about one of their expeditions in Mexico. You get a real sense for what an obsessed and driven man he is -- and I don't mean that in a bad way; obsession and drive are required to set records and ...

Awesome report, Josh.

I've been wanting to head up there for a long time, Now I really want to start planning a trip up there.

Thanks for the report.

That's what I use (polypro). I've used Under Armour under a wetsuit in Maui, when I was doing 3+ dives a day for 2 weeks, and it helped, but I actually feel colder when using Under Armour under a drysuit, personally.

Jake, are you wearing any kind of cotton underwear when diving?

Great footage as always, Dan...

wow, looks like you guys had a ton of fun! so how does diving without a BC work, exactly? are you relying on the scooter to maintain a consistent depth? what happens when you stop forward motion, do you ascend or descend? You set your weighting so that you can use your drysuit for any buoyancy you ...

SLundy, Jeanna, and I monkey'd the Edmonds Oil Dock this past weekend. For those of you not familiar with monkey diving, you simply sling a bottle (al80 or al40) like a deco bottle....no wing, no tank your back. With the bottle falling into the slipstream, and no drag from the wing, you can really g...

Blitz wrote:Hmmm... sounds like a good exercise dive......

Not for you....you'd still have a bit of a surface swim

I really want to go back and do that dive in the day time -- the only time I've done it was at night. And I want to do it with somebody who will clip off the scooter and kick dive the actual site, too! It looked like a prime place to find a lot of critters, but we flashed past them :-) It is a perf...

ljjames wrote:But not too far for UW swim *grin* albeit a loooooooooooooong one

Holy cow, that's a swim. Where'd you enter/exit at, the buklhead?

Lundy, Jeanna, and I made a run to Alki Reef yesterday. None of had done it from shore on scoots before, and we all had been wanting to, and what a great morning for a dive! After getting some headings and info from Steding and Richard we gave it a try. Man, what a fantastic scooter dive! We were on...

John Rawlings wrote:Well, ALL RIGHT DAN!!!!!!

Welcome, Brother!

You've all heard of "Dan the Man"? Well THIS Dan really IS the man!

It's good to have you here!

- John

John's right! For those of you who don't him, Dan really is THE man.

Great to have you here buddy.

Thanks Calvin.

Good job, it looks great!

OUr DM instructor has told us repeatedly that, wherever we go to dive, DON'T tell anybody we're DM's. When we make it to Instructor, likewise: don't tell anybody. He says that even if you're not working in a professional capacity, if somebody knows you're at that level, someone on the boat or in th...