Northwest Dive Club

Most of the north jetty work has been completed for the season.

Point Hudson reopens early with new jetty

This would be funny if it wasn't so serious. And that's a pretty goofy looking scooter, but whatever.

Mystery divers rescued near Polish energy sites in the middle of the night offer dubious explanation, and vanish

Yay! Warm, freshwater diving. The only way to know for sure is to do a buoyancy check with a mostly-empty tank. But perhaps we can put you 'in the ballpark', yes? First off, I doubt there is any conversion that will help when going from a drysuit to a 3mm wetsuit, there's just too many factors. So l...

A still shot from my video of the new reef made it to the front page of the Port Townsend Leader newspaper. Yee! Also heard that it was shown in DC to some kind of committee. More details needed! Plans are afoot for a critter relocation day (or days), likely at the end of July next summer. We have a...

Cetacea wrote: ↑Wed Dec 28, 2022 1:15 pmin water in the upper 30s.

That's when I would start being cautious. But that wasn't in Puget Sound, was it? I don't think I've ever seen water colder than maybe 43F here.

For years I've used the on-line, numbered nautical charts NOAA produces. These are web versions of the exact same printed charts you can (or could) buy. Now they are going to an electronic version that no longer separates the charts into individual sheets. It's not yet fully implemented in some area...

Hi Greg, If I were planning it, I'd get in at 1500 on the 27th. Looks pretty good. The 26th looks good too, splash 1400. But not the 28th (too late in the day). Disclaimer: Eyeball the currents before getting in. Currents there can be squirrely at the best of times, and often vicious near the end of...

But I am a fossil. ha. With any luck, we'll all be fossils some day. I'm well on my way too. :partydance: Ya, I can see how a really cold day (air temperature) could cause problems at or above the surface, especially for the second stage. Under normal circumstances, I've dismissed any water temps w...

I was just reading an article that claimed if you were diving in "waters that are significantly colder than 14 degrees Celsius / 57 degrees Fahrenheit" you should use an environmentally sealed reg to help prevent freeze-up. Uh, really? I've been diving for years with regs that are not envi...

Dave Sutton has been putting on some yearly Antartica Dives. I dont recall if allow OC, or RB only. I saw he had some trips going in past years but haven't heard anything lately. Kinda disappeared from my FB feed. Since I've always wanted to go to Norway, I've gone ahead and planned a trip for Augu...

I imagine adding water to the tank to make it negatively buoyant, and watching the pressure on the SPG go through the roof. At some point the first stage explodes. But that's just a nit.

UPDATE! Things are ahead of schedule. Also -- and this is a happy thing, maybe -- they are filling the area between the metal pilings with rocks. I'm unsure if they're going to put in sheet metal outside of the pilings, which was in the original plan, but it doesn't look like it. If they use the sam...

Does it come with the cat? :-)

Sorry I never got back to you when you offered earlier. I think the dimensions are probably too big for the airlines. I'm on the other side of the water otherwise I'd come get it anyway.

glenn

Will do!

I seem to have conflicting needs: big enough to hold everything, but light enough that I don't exceed weight limitations.

Avelo scuba system moves buoyancy control into a high-tech air tank

So let me get this straight... The tank includes a battery and water pump, that can pump sea water into the tank at a pressure of 4000psi to compensate for changes in buoyancy?

Uh, good idea. I'll watch, thanks.

I'm looking for a rugged, monster roller duffel bag (for airline check-in) that can hold all my drysuit gear, backplate and wing, F1 fins, weezle, drysuit, the works, except weights and tanks of course.

Do you have something you like? Recommendations? Anti-recommendations?

glenn

Hi Mark, thanks for posting that letter. My impression is that it's an awesome improvement. ... It was weird to see a dive site that you know like the back of your hand, suddenly transformed into something totally different. I completely agree. Several of us attended the planning meetings for the ne...

Hi Jesse, thanks for the reply.

Already been diving and hiking in Iceland, loved it!

Looked at doing the Orca trips but kind of opted for sometime with more daylight, for now. And I want to dive, not just snorkel.

Cheers,

glenn

Update: they are no longer working on Saturdays.

Hey hi. I've been looking for some out-of-the way diving trips to keep me excited, especially the Arctic, Greenland, or perhaps Norway. I seem to be settling on Norway because it has a lot to see, hiking, diving, and I can go somewhat independently. Probably late next spring. Have you dove there? Or...

I was telling her that REEF volunteer surveyors have done 211 surveys there since 2002, so we have excellent baseline data. Hi Janna, thanks! Good to hear the surveys of Point Hudson have been going on since 2002. I'm wondering, however, if the new reef ought to be a separate study area? Having sep...

eh.haole wrote: ↑Wed Nov 16, 2022 11:52 pm Does this reef have no-take MPA rules like Keystone? I hope so!

No.

The south jetty was closed a few years ago; at that time there were very few larger fish. After the jetty was closed, and there was no more fishing, we started seeing a lot more rockfishes and lingcod.

Magoi wrote: ↑Tue Nov 15, 2022 8:01 pm I am willing to help. I will also contact some staff that I know at the Seattle Aquarium, they have done rockfish counts here for several years.

Thanks! I would like to learn how too.

g
Referencing post: https://nwdiveclub.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=28753

All, The rock reef at Point Hudson has been installed, or at least mostly completed. At high tide it begins at about 35 ft and extends down to 65 ft. (See attached image for the general orientation.) I think the rocks were placed about a couple weeks ago. Right now it's mostly bare rock, but already...

This pic is from an article about the body of a missing California diver that may have been found.

Bruh. Hang on to that gauge.