Northwest Dive Club

Day Island Wall Saturday 5:30pm: 30' - 35' viz on the wall, 7 wolf eels, 2 GPO's, many cabezons

Boat launch ramps always a great place to go for free entertainment!

My interest in rebreathers has increased after listening to Joe Cocozza's (poddiver) podcast of his rebreather training class with Ritchie Kohler http://poddiver.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=353641 and reading Fitch, Raising the Dead http://www.amazon.com/Raising-the-Dead-ebook/dp/B002RI9OVY/ref=sr_...

+2 for the weezle booties, I never dive here without them!

I love my neoprene neck seal and would never go back to latex due to the warmth and durability. They are super tight new, but they can be stretched over a tank to loosen.

I have been using the Sea & Sea close up lens on my Sony WX1 since January and I have been happy with the results. The only thing that drives me crazy is the focus method on the camera, I found in the detailed pdf manual that there is a setting to focus on the center of the picture but I haven't...

Up to 25'+ this morning at Redondo

My hands kept getting cold in my dry gloves and the rest of my body was fine. I recently added hand warmers (air activated, good for 8 hours) and now only the tips of my fingers will get cold which is barely noticable. First, I put on wool gloves, next the hand warmerz, then latex gloves (to keep an...

A tool isn't needed with 2 people. I don't remember the exact technique but helped Matt @ NWSD replace mine. A youtube video showing how to do it with the mystery tool is located here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_JWR09pf8A

Wow, what a difference in fins between the Apollo Bio and the Hollis F1's. First dive tried the new Hollis fins and started to feel all of the new control available. I realized that it will take many dives to learn how to get back to baseline and then learn the new skills. I let my buddy use them on...

It was good seeing Bob yesterday at Sund Rock. The crowd cleared at Sund Rock out after the second dive around 2:30pm, with only 2 other cars in the lot. I enjoyed the south wall dive the best yesterday and had my best viewing of a wolf eel on that dive. I was surprised with the massive school of yo...

The reason why I chose a LED over HID for a canister light is primarily the durability of the bulb. I have lost count of the number of times between 2 LED Dive Rite canister lights (mine & lizard0924's) where the light head impacted something firm like concrete or a boulder and I had a sinking f...

Thanks for posting the dive & viz report, I am heading over tomorrow and was wondering if the drive would be worth it.

I now have a brand new pair of Hollis F1's - I'll be getting them wet tomorrow at Sund Rock. Thanks for everyones ideas and recommendations.

Thanks Gill & Jeff for all of the great information - I have a good idea of where to start researching & learning from here. I'

I never dove in Puget Sound wet and never plan to. Matthew from Northwest Sports Divers told me when I was purchasing my dry suit that there is no reason to be cold... I was skeptical at first until I learned with experience that he is completely right! It comes down to getting the right clothes und...

Thanks for the list & potential kayak diving locations Jeff. Gill: Thanks for all of the ideas and advice, it really helped me consider options I wasn't thinking about and was pleasantly surprised with the cost difference of the Scrambler vs. a touring sea kayak. How does the Scrambler compare t...

In four trips, we've never had a problem with any of our electronics (laptops, camera battery chargers, iPhones....and my flat iron...ha ha ha) You brought an iron to Bonaire? :laugh: Whatever your husband said about it tell him I said he was right. :neener: For the record, it was a hair styling ap...

I've been diving Kayaks in the sound since about 98. I got tired of being told when and where and how long to dive by operators. If you don't like the conditions, making the choice not to dive is free when kayak diving. Like so many things, freedom comes at a cost. Kayak diving is hard work and som...

I won't bother trying a pair with the reports I learned from yeserday on them, I'll just order and wait for them to arrive. I am pretty good at not creating a nuclear blast zone underwater, I just want to instinctively move like a fish. Lizard0924 already has the silcon spray bottle for her super ti...

I'd prefer the nice green blazer, but second choice would be a hoodie, non zippered, and not the sweatshirt.

I just did a day long kayak dive orientation with Kevin Casey. He's an excellent instructor and focused on safety. He loves kayak diving. He supplied the kayaks and equipment (plus transport!). We did exits/entry with and without kit, roll overs, and an extremely modest practice dive. Some stuff I ...

Thanks for all of the great advice, it looks almost unanimous consensus on the Hollis F1. I'll have to report back on my impressions of them.

Does anyone regularly dive from kayaks in Puget Sound? What are the considerations, what type of kayak is used, where did you get trained, do you get too hot in your dry suit above the water, do you drag your kayak along with you by a line, what are some of your favorite kayak dive sites?

I am thinking of buying my third set of fins, I have a tropical pair and a pair of Apollo bio fins. I love my bio fins, but I want to become an expert at propulsion underwater with using my fins alone to go in any direction and backwards without stirring up silt or sediment. I have heard it is possi...