Northwest Dive Club

YellowEye wrote: Derek - how about junkyard 6.30?

That'll do.

YellowEye wrote:Howdy!

I'm transitioning from a likely out to a likely in

You still up for it Derek?

What's your site preference!

Still up for it. Junkpile? Redondo?

I should be able to make it.

I'm in. Amenable to Redondo or somewhere on Alki.

Glad to see the striped sun star!

What dive site is this?

Well, double damn.

Eh I've already left for home. I'll catch y'all next week.

Well damn. I'm already here. Glad I thought to check. Looks like the dive is off then.

I plan on being there but may go home directly to avoid drunk drivers, etc.

Interesting lighhting. Looks like a stage spotlight. Was that from your can light?

I am in Florida for a family matter and plan on being back next week.

Thanks for the compliments, everyone! Thanks for the cool trip report. It seems like the hammer heads were more cooperative. Really nice shots. I've been told hammerheads don't like bubbles. By your photos, this doesn't seem to be the case. Or, was it the allure of food that made them ignore the bub...

YellowEye wrote:Nice job Derek!

I think that second fish in your set is a staghorn sculpin. We saw one try to eat a grunt sculpin during our dive!

I'm way behind on my photo editing, will try to post a grunt sculpin pic or two later!

Aha. That makes sense. Thanks!

https://derekcs.smugmug.com/Underwater/Tiger-Beach-Bahamas-2016-02 https://derekcs.smugmug.com/Underwater/Bimini-Hammerheads-2016-02 I recently spent a week in the Bahamas with Epic Diving (http://www.epicdiving.com) to dive with the tiger sharks on Tiger Beach off of Grand Bahama Island and the ham...

Here's my contribution:
https://derekcs.smugmug.com/Underwater/ ... 016-02-25/

If it makes you feel better, I flooded my housing on the previous ThThTh dive I attended. Camera and circuitry survived in my case, but scary.

I gotta tag out. I just flew back from the Bahamas, and my back is sore and I am slurring my speech. Need to rest. Please don't pity me.

Hey guys, I'm an active member in Moss Bay as well as here. If I wanted to invite them over to socialize, would y'all have any objections? Right now, I think it's four people (excluding myself) signed up for that morning. Just let me know what you'd like me to bring in terms of extra food.

It is hard to see the details on those hydroids while diving. Thanks for sharing!

Am I really the first to get to this? Wow. YellowEye, ScubaJess, pogiguy04, and myself were diving. The highlight for me were the 2 harbor seals that were circling us for the last 30 minutes of the dive. One was getting right next to me, which would have been perfect had I not had the macro lens on ...

I am leaning towards coming.

stphnmartin wrote:

derekcs wrote:https://derekcs.smugmug.com/Underwater/ ... 2016-01-28

Love the stubby eye. Were the crabs eating one of their own?

I think it was a kelp crab, so depends on your definition of their own. Plus I think it was two different species fighting it out.

I like the framing on that PSL portrait.

I'll be there.