Northwest Dive Club

Driftwood Pond #1. November 8, 2023 dive. The winter scene in the pond is subdued, not much action as even the invasive Japanese wireweed. is on a hold mode. The Japan mussels cover large area along the eastern slope. They too are invasive species, except their impact in this isolated pond is minima...

Driftwood Pond #1. November 8, 2023 dive. Moon jellies, still going strong. Thousands in some deeper locations, but only few jellies in the shallows... https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-L9Nh2Fw/0/8cf7d6cf/XL/11.8.23%20%20Driftwood%20Pond%20%231%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/L...

Langley Harbor, November 7, 2023 dive. The rest of the pixels. https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-Bg3Gv4G/0/d2879cb5/XL/11.7.23%20Saddleback%20gunnels-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-MsZxJWr/0/cdb41463/XL/11.7.23%20Whitespotted%20greenling%20eggs-XL.jpg https://photos.smugm...

Langley Harbor, November 7, 2023 dive. It started with good visibility, but as the wind increased above, the visibility decreased below. The food fight for mussels along the tire reef did not help neither. Crabs and fish stirred the sand while some mussels fell from the floating dock above... Not fa...

Holmes Harbor, November 5, 2023 dive. https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-NR9LRm7/0/68bc5118/XL/11.5.23%20%20Holmes%20Harbor%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-cZVhJzF/0/92208934/XL/11.5.23%20%20Hooded%20nudibranch%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/...

Skyline, November 1, 2023 dive. https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-5mD47mc/0/c583cb2e/XL/11.1.23%20Skyline%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-bGXPh5j/0/6ec15e7e/XL/11.1.23%20White%20lined%20dirona-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-m8BPmBD/0/2fd5e3e4/...

Hot off the press: Starfish Are Basically Bodiless Heads Crawling Around The Ocean.
From the magazine Nature. November 2, 2023

Keystone Jetty. October 28, 2023 dive. https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-NbwvBBX/0/fccf5f66/XL/10.28.23%20%20Keystone%20Jetty%20dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-qJnrRnk/0/3fbeb509/XL/10.28.23%20%20Hudson%27s%20dorid%20eggs-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-p...

Possession Point Fingers. October 27, 2023 dive. The cold and sunny weather streak continues, Mount Baker now wears white coat again. The price of finding Golden Dirona was a paid by getting soaked through a leaky neck seal... https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-H5ZpVwZ/0/29cca5d5/XL/10.27.23...

Langley Harbor, October 23, 2023 dive. Some of the critters. https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-B3GGkkG/0/147caf98/XL/10.23.23%20Langley%20Harbor%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-kFqkfBm/0/5d3fcc8a/XL/10.23.23%20Spotted%20ratfish%20-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.c...

Deception Pass, October 22, 2023 dive. And the rest of the pixels. https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-ddQWVqz/0/a9092c13/XL/10.22.23%20Three-lined%20aeolid-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-bPRKFV4/0/17947dbb/XL/10.22.23%20N%20leopard%20dorid-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com...

Deception Pass, October 22, 2023 dive. https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-9vt3PD2/0/db500c9a/XL/10.22.23%20Deception%20Pass%20dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-Qxjhvnt/0/b5ab57fd/XL/10.22.23%20Fluted%20bryozoan-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-JXSZTb...

Skyline, October 19, 2023 dive. I think this is the first time I found Six-rayed star wasting. 🙁 https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-ZTpKM3H/0/d098ea7f/XL/10.19.23%20Skyline%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-rZNqrKS/0/314f2efd/XL/10.19.23%20Giant%20Pacific%20Octopus...

October 15, 2023. Driftwood Park dive. Juvenile Wolf-eels, plenty of Dock shrimps and good time with Pacific Red Octopus. The one in the bottle? No, it decided to stay inside... 🙂 https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-hcLxfqK/0/dde67456/XL/10.15.23%20Driftwood%20Park%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://p...

October 13, 2023. Keystone Jetty dive. And some of the smaller critters. And sea star wasting disease now hits Keystone too. :( https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-m3Vs5Dn/0/b4883735/XL/10.13.23%20%20Honeycomb%20worm%20closeup%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-JJMsnkz/0/e4...

October 13, 2023. Keystone Jetty dive. What would Keystone be without Lingcod? https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-PQF9783/0/457e32c5/XL/10.13.23%20%20Keystone%20Jetty%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-jgpXs7q/0/b8c751ce/XL/10.13.23%20Lingcod%20Giant%20plumose%20sce...

October 8, 2023. Lagoon Point dive. The rest of the pixels. 🙂 https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-DJ2kd2P/0/c30d9a2b/XL/10.8.23%20Dock%20shrimp-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-3RfnkHb/0/9231b3b5/XL/10.8.23%20Tunicates%20on%20hull-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-phot...

I now know about the requirements, but you right, with visibility like this, you swim above it all and see it. Although it would be nice to be little deeper to add different perspective in the deeper part of the fissure. Well, old age is upon some of us and we have to deal with it the best we can...

October 8, 2023. Lagoon Point dive. Not to be outdone by the fall colors above, marine life under the floating dock shows off with its version of Autumn. 🙂 https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-mBckwRx/0/636a0967/XL/10.8.23%20Lagoon%20Point%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-ph...

Deception Pass, October 6, 2023. The rest of the pixels. I am not sure what the "inflated" White Sea cucumber is doing, but after searching the net, I found that Cucumaria cuts do it to move around, which I didn't know until now. Unfortunately I don't have the luxury to hover nearby and wa...

Deception Pass, October 6, 2023 dive. https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-kDnWPpK/0/ba4f4a00/XL/10.6.23%20Deception%20Pass%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-pczj9nV/0/4cdb0232/XL/10.6.23%20Smooth%20velvet%20snails%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/...

Skyline, October 3, 2023 dive. What would be a dive here without Candy ? As the Red Sea cucumbers stopped feeding, probably for the season, less color is to be enjoyed here now, but there is still plenty stuff to enjoy. https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-QgL9p5m/0/69e6876f/XL/10.3.23%20Skyli...

Possession Point Fingers, September 30, 2023 dive. Slowly, I am getting back to revising the familiar, but still enjoyable scenery of local waters. https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-photos/i-tLXhh2v/0/3c373346/XL/9.30.23%20Possession%20Fingers%20Dive%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-phot...

Langley Harbor, September 24, 2023 dive. After almost a month absence, I check on the critters. Some Mottled and Ochre stars are still wasting, but it seems to be slowing down. But the overall numbers are way down. Not a single Sunflower star found on this dive. https://photos.smugmug.com/Latest-pho...

Although I made it to Iceland and stood on the edge of my bucket list dive site, I was told that I am too old to done scuba gear and get in. Everybody over 60 years needs a permission from a doctor. And so that is why I was snorkeling instead of diving the famous place, Silfra fissure between the No...