Northwest Dive Club

Okay, I know we have only met a few times but you should be able to spell my name correctly. I let Ron's "Jessie" slip, but I have to draw the line with Keith's "Jessi" spelling. Just because I had a bedspread made by Grandma Fannie that said "Jessie" and a winter scarf...

Nice recap Jeff. We did have a good time. Nice viz and no crowd. I left my camera on the shore on dive two since I was buddied with a newer diver. I wanted to make sure he enjoyed himself and that I was paying attention :-) Here are a few photos. Not much of the UW variety, only took 19 pics.

Calvin, mike and I found several at the south end of redondo near the boat ramp about two weeks ago. From what I have heard the eel grass at the north has not been producing very many lumpie findings. As others have said, nighttime is the best. Personally, three tree has always been hit and miss for...

I have never had a issue but I always notice it could be. The article is very good but I still feel that a cam greatly reduce buddy awareness and increases risk. I just wanted to see all your best practices for this kinda dive. :) As a diver who enjoys taking pictures, I could not agree more. I try...

Money! Beautiful shots.

Picture #7 is my favorite, what a cool shot! It looks like an awesome underwater snow globe.

Deleted my other post and moved it to this thread :-) Good dive with Penders and in the same ocean as a couple other NWDC members (Ron, Keith, Tom). The pre and post dive hoopla was better than the viz. It looked like a #!$* storm hit Redondo, there were limbs and debris blown all over the site. Mik...

Dude, sweet shot of the stubby! I was hoping that one came out. Good to see you out there.

Really digging the octo. Very cool pose and lighting!

I clip mine to my upper left D-ring and that works well. I think the biggest consideration on clipping off a camera is 1) can it be ditched easily in an emergency and 2) is it close to neutrally buoyant? The first is self explanitory but the neutral buoyant comment may not be. Since I got floats for...

Keith,

I will be there for the first dive.

Jesse

Cool, cool. I am definintly down for two. I let someone borrow my third tank, so I will have to see if I can grab it from him this week. I am also cool with hitting it early. I will hit you up via PM.

Jeff, I was looking to dive Saturday and octo hole sounds good! You planning one or two dives?

Penders! Good job. Your Nudi's are pretty sweet and I really like the 1st Stubby. It looks like you are already in a grove with that new housing :-)

D2, Thanks. When I swam up on the Golden I thought, "Wow that thing is beautiful!" I like the fact that is was in an area with nothing distracting around it (i.e. shell, kelp, bottles). When I pulled it up on my computer I noticed the rhinophores, an added bonus in the shot :-) BTW - When ...

I'd like to take advantage of the good viz we are having. Anyone have plans for Saturday?

Octoloco wrote:These are some beautiful photos! You've got a very artistic eye!

Thanks Octoloco, I appreciate it!

Yeah, my buddy thought I was narked because I was kneeling and looking up at it. It was tiny and moving all over the place. I was fortunate to get one shot of it, even though it is a little fuzzy.

I should place the names under the photo, I do have Mr Lamb's book to help me.

Penders and I did two dives on Friday night. It was pouring down rain, I was hoping to meet some other divers but there wasn't a soul out there. We dropped in for our first dive about 4:00pm. Went down the line and then headed down to the bottle field. We kept moving past the pier up to the boat ram...

Very sad. My prayers go out to friends and family of the lost diver. Also, best wishes to those involved in the recovery, thanks for your courage and compassion! Makes me proud to be associated with such a good group of individuals. Take care!!!!

Kristen, Great post. I have been thinking about this for a while now. New divers are excited but usually strapped for cash, due to the initial outlay to get certified. Seasoned divers have collected various dive equipment over the years (I have 3 extra hoods, multiple lights, and various camera gear...

Amazing write-up! Thanks for the details and the photos. I am interesting in a live aboard, so this was great to read.

Way cool!!!!!

Dave,

I know, I know. I should have jumped in the water with you on Sunday. Oh well.

BTW - Thanks for the discovery. It was cool to see the videos.

Jesse

That explains why I could not find the baby wolf eels, I didn't even know what dive site I was at.

BTW - I fixed it to avoid complete chaos and confusion on the board.

Disclaimer: If you clicked this thread to see the baby wolfies, I am sorry to have mislead you. You will have to go to other posts for that. Penders and I headed out to Les Davis to find the infamous hatching Wolf Eels. The first dive we had nice viz 25', we dropped in about 3:00pm, and looked every...