Northwest Dive Club

Yup - Its a student of mine saw the flyer at mukilteo and called him - Camera and Diver will ceremoniously be reunited on July 7th

Had a couple of Lions Manes join us on a dive last night.. interresting to see these guys swim AGAINST current and making better headway than i am

Whoa, I had an OW class and Drysuit class this weekend and there were a gazillions of egg yolk and sea nettle jellies!! we were up at Mukilteo and 2 students got a slight sting on the lip, nothing more than an annoyance, but still tends to freak new students out when they are surrounded by a bunch o...

I live in Snoqualmie on the ridge and teach out of seattle, bellevue and kirkland classes are always either at Alki or Mukilteo. Most fun dives are from typically redondo all they way up to mukilteo and beyond, but mostly alki/muk/edmonds/etc.. my favorite local dive site would be doing a day trip t...

What I typically do in low viz, is have an assistant on the surface/float with students, another assistant brings down 2 divers at a time for skills.. so I run through all skills with 2 divers at a time at depth, 1 diver doing skills with an assistant holding on to / watching the 2nd diver.. when th...

So, I just realized I am always browsing around on the forums and have never said "hi". So for the sake of minding my manners: "Hi!" :angelblue: I'm an active in status PADI MSDT in the Puget Sounds area and have probably met most of you around are or in the water. When you see m...

So, A few questions answered should help clear thing up and will help ALL of us understand the incident better and learn from it and try to modify our OW checkout logistics/styles in order to help us improve the chances of this not happening again. 1. How many student divers were in the water and on...

I'm ecstatic everything turned out for the best! Its not often you hear of an unconscious diver found at depth making a full recovery (and wanting to continue classes to boot!) 40' Viz - Woa! I should go do my classes in Redondo! alki was a great big 5-10 feet if we were lucky! Question - if the rat...

Wow!! I am sure your wife is going through trying times after the incident and will take time to get over the personal trauma. I honestly get where your'e coming from and it must've been a hell of an ordeal. I really hope neither of you (being new-ish divers), will look with jaded eyes on scuba divi...

very very unfortunate accident - I had an OW class at Alki and Viz was not great either. You have to be very careful in these conditions on how you conduct classes and how many people you take down at a time. I have no idea on who the dive store or instructor or staff was and I dont want to start th...

Yea, wont bother to reply and offer "my opinion" on the other post. Honest concern for local friends fellow divers and my students that frequent that site.. And being closely involved with the previous incident not too long ago at Edmonds, its very sad to see this happen again. I really ho...

//edited for content by author // Man, this is the second serious accident in less than a year at Edmonds... Edmonds is one of those places where new and experienced divers "feel safe" because of the shallow water and protected "no motorized" vehicles area. They tend to get compl...

This is an official public press release in The Daily Herald. Please see the bottom of the email on how you can help he family. ---- http://www.heraldnet.com/images/heraldnetlogo_164.gif Everett, Wash. Published: Saturday, April 25, 2009 Edmonds man still unconscious after diving accident By Jackson...

Thank you Joshua - very much appreciated.

my heart truly goes out to the victim, his family and friends of the victim, i wish you all the greatest of courage in this dire time you are going through. Our thoughts are with you guys. And also a "bump" on my post to the factual information about the dive. http://www.nwdiveclub.com/vie...

my original post was updated with latest facts.
http://www.nwdiveclub.com/viewtopic.php ... 798#p92589

i will update when more information becomes available..

(post updated with all the first hand verified facts) The diver age 44, was found un-responsive on the surface with air in his BC. (This was the second dive of the day at Edmonds for both the divers with visibility at an average of about 10-15 feet ) They were at a depth of about 15 feet whilst retu...