Northwest Dive Club

I guess with Edmonds or similar spots it never hurts to check beforehand what the currents will be like. It never hurts to know when slack is. It never hurts to know when high tide is either. At shallow sites in particular the visibility can be better at the higher tides and if it's a really shallo...

I'll just add classes are good and are one way but not the only way. I'm pretty sure (not positive) that Mischi learned this on her own as did I. Bob Bailey teaches an excellent class in gas management but I believe he learned it they way I did...through reading on the internet, diving and talking w...

With all the talk of Octopus Hole closing to the public (for some reason it never occurred to me it was private land when I've been there) it makes me wonder about Jorstead Creek. Who owns that access?

I agree you picked the best entry. I've done both and while the sites are a little different the difference is not worth the entry in my opinion. Nice pics! If you haven't been, Sekiu is even better (to me anyway). Regarding Rockfish, it probably just wasn't deep enough. I can't remember seeing a lo...

Thanks, I think I'm starting to get this, I never understood the relation between tide tables and current charts before. For some perspective though, how fast is 1 knot? I know people are reluctant to answer this since there are so many variables, but generally speaking what speed would you conside...

Thanks everyone. Some general comments: I realize asking the dive shops is the best method, but at the same time I don't want to have to take 10 minutes of someone's time (and put all my trust in them) every time I want to go to a site that may be current sensitive, particularly if it is a site I k...

Ok, for Friday Sept 11... First look at tides to find the range between high and low tides. If it's 3 feet or so it's a low exchange, if it's 10 or more feet it's a high exchange, in between ...you get the picture! The size of the exchange determines how much water will be moving that day and in pra...

I thought I posted this already but I must have hit something other than the submit button.... It would be interesting to hear the Liquivision explanation as to what will cause their computer to end up in the same condition as Kirby's computer. If it's a defect then it should be replaced. If it's no...

I don't know who is right here and if this wasn't already a long thread I wouldn't post but I'll post a short story about OS Systems. I had an OS Systems drysuit. I sent it in to have the wrist seals replaced. When I got it back they popped off. The dive shop kept sending it back. To the dive shops ...

If any of you have written a decompression program for Buhlmann's ZHL-16 algorithm using Erik Bakers GF for fun/learning and would like to help me a bit maybe you could shoot me a PM. I'm not a "math guy" but I do understand decompression theory reasonably well and have read most of the of...

Great report and impressive pictures!

I just noticed this from Lamb and Edgell "Coastal Fishes of the Pacific Northwest" page 98 regarding Quilfish... "Undoubted the best way for the wharf or float-bound naturalists to view the strange, unbelievable quillfish, is by watching closely at a "night light,"- a watert...

Nice pictures. I haven't seen PS King Crab in a while. Beautiful!

Interesting topic. I'd forgotten about Chris Jacobsen, Bob, you're right, that guy was a class act! Matt is as well but thanks for reminding me about Chris...I'd forgotten about him. I have a certain amont of respect for anyone who runs a dive shop. They deserve something just for being able to keep...

I think you're probably right. I think they're around locally all the time (not positive however) but we just see them now. Maybe they are deeper or just don't congregate unless they're mating. However, I don't even see the single ones at other times of the year.

I posted this question on another thread but thought I'd ask it here...why do I only (with rare exceptions) see dogfish for a couple of months in late summer?

Nice pics and report. I only see dogfish at this time of the year for about 2 months.

Any reasons why? Anyone...Greg?

Nice pics! Spatman the one's I see are usually about a foot long. As others have said it's fairly rare to see them out in the open. I've seen one out in the open and got a picture at Cove 2 at 60 fsw near the iron plates along the boundary line. They are also in the pilings as Bob mentioned and I've...

Last weekend I was at a diver friend's July 4th party and heard my first report of a sixgill being seen locally in a long time. It happened about 2-3 weeks ago and was just off the rope trail at Cove 2. They said it was in about 70fsw just sitting on the bottom. Now my first response was "BS&q...

Initially I was talking with Jeff Christiansen of the SEA and he is the one who thought it was a Robust Clubhook Squid Moroteuthis robusta but he sent the picture to Roland Anderson who has now retired from the aquarium. I've just heard from him (Roland) and he confirms that it is indeed a Clubhook ...

I don't get the question. It's not like being a dive master or instructor is like being a retired doctor or something. Is this a status question? What kind of status is there in being an instructor or DM? Is this legal liability? I think that's an overrated concern.

What is the real concern?

It has been quite a few years since we have had large squid in the sound it is cool. But a little nerve racking as well because they are here looking for food so they can breed. After watching the carnage last yr in Monterey and then scootering out in the morning and only seeing remains of a few sq...

Fur Seals are open ocean animals and don't come to shore except in a very few specific locations near open ocean to breed (not here). Harbor seals don't migrate. I think you must be referring to California Sea Lions. I did a correction on that it is the California Sea Lions that used to come up to ...

...There are two events that bring the sharks into the sound and always have. The migration of the California Fur Seals up here to pup and the breading of the squids brings the sharks into the sound. ... I'm not sure I understand what you are saying here. Can you explain? Are you saying this is wha...

...There are two events that bring the sharks into the sound and always have. The migration of the California Fur Seals up here to pup and the breading of the squids brings the sharks into the sound. ... I'm not sure I understand what you are saying here. Can you explain? Are you saying this is wha...