Northwest Dive Club

If you lost this item I found it about a stones throw from the Old Town Tacoma Pier. Thanks, The Tacoma Bottle King.

I used the travel insurance offered through DAN and when our dive trip was cut short because of weather, I was refunded for half the dive trip including my trimix fills, hotel and other related expenses. I’m sold on trip insurance as well as DAN Dive insurance...hope none of us ever need it..

I should clarify. This is a Petrel 2 not the Perdix 2. There is no Perdix 2 yet. This computer doesn’t have AI.

i have a brand new Shearwater Perdix 2 for sale. The lowest I could find it listed was $849. Mine is for sale at $725. It’s new, never used, in packaging, under warranty, no tax or no shipping fees. Seems like a good deal for the last dive computer you will ever need to buy? Email cetacea97@yahoo.com

Yes. Columbia River. We recovered 3 of these balt anchors. One was 6000 pounds and two were 3000 pounders....they are for sale on eBay and CL. Would make an amazing decoration at your house or business. My wife hates them so they are not in my yard.....YET!!!

I had no idea how easy it is to float and remove trash until I recently invested in float bags. This 6000 pound anchor came up with very little effort. ( until we we reached the surface) There is not much you can’t float. If you do the math you will see that it takes about 1 and 1/2 tanks of air to ...

I guess evolution has worked its magic and the strong survived and now there is resistance to wasting disease? I really hope this trend continues and we return to the days when you could hardly anchor your boat without pulling up your anchor and finding star fish (sea stars) attached to the anchor. ...

Over the last many years I’ve been so bummed to have seen all the sea stars dying off. I’d be lucky to see 1-2 during any dive near Tacoma. Last week I saw 100s if not 1000s off Owens beach area!! It was so awesome to see one or two every few feet and more species than I know. I’ve also heard report...

Wow. That’s some great bottom times. Guess I need to get on board with a rebreather. What’s your best practice for staying warm?

Here are a couple recent finds from the sound. The whisky was found by a dive buddy and is estimated at $1000. (I probably swam past it thinking it was junk) there are still a few treasures to be found out there.

Love the post with the coffee cup filled with coffee. I have the espresso cup from the same ship possibly. Here are some treasures from sitka.

Recent finds...

Sounds like such a great time. I can’t make it but if I did I could have supplied a few plates and some 100 year old green beans that I found in gig last weekend. Hope you all have a great bbq. Cheers!

February 13th at Tacoma waterfront was a chocolate mess. Decided not to dive because it looked so bad. I’ll fru again next week..

I’m seeking about 10,000 pounds of lift capacity in lift bags to rent or purchase for a recovery project. Anyone have any to sell or rent or know a good place to start. Internet has bags from 50 pounds to 100,000 pounds for purchase. Buying used or renting would be preferred.

I’m not defending or supporting this fine because I don’t know the facts, but I can say this.... fishermen accidentally dump thousands of tons of lead into our lakes and streams when fishing. I know of one spot on the Columbia where we can bring up 100 pounds on one dive. Hunters spray lead all over...

You know I’ll be back for trip number 3 really soon. I’ll plan something for January. As always thanks for all your generosity, free air and sharing some of your secret bottle diving spots. Let’s add to our steamship cups and plate collections..

Thanks!! It’s a sickness. Let me know if you want to sell or trade those WTs..

Bottle diving! I did 3000 dives before I ever picked up a bottle. I burned through miles of velvia 50 film and identifies all those undersea critters.....then i found my first Hutchison blob top.. such a fun andventure collecting junk from the past!! If you want to dive in Tacoma some Wednesday nigh...

Those are really nice finds!! I’m not n export but I’d sat they would go for $80-$170 on eBay depending on who is interested.

Don’t be showing them our secret bottles diving sites...

You had me at secret!!

I had a such a good time Dave. Thanks again for all that sweet air. I’ll be back up soon..

So glad to here you are back!! I’m still diving tacoma every week. Still addicted to bottles.

I really like the steel LP 85s. They fit nicely and trim out great. No need for any weight belt. When you you want to go deep and long you can overfill to around 3600 and have all the gas you need. I love ending a 200' deco dive with 2000 psi still on your back.