Northwest Dive Club

Not all shell suit material is the same. The DC suits are some form or another of codura, which seems to take glue really well. April's DUI material was more slick, and more difficult to get the adhesive to stick. Hmm... You could try using PB 300 (the stuff for wrist and neck seals) instead of sea...

I've glued a pocket on my Diving Concepts Z-flex (Trilam) with seal cement and after 100 dives haven't had anything peel up. Here is the process I used..... Chalk out where you want to place the pocket on your thigh. It's best to do this with the suit on and someone helping you. Put a board on the l...

I went and got me a few crabs at Muk a few years ago. They were tasty little guys. But the dive scared the hell out of me- there were boats and crab pots all over the place, not to mention lots of divers in the water who probably hadn't been in the water since the year before....Let's just say that...

Here's some pointers.... The Mukilteo Oil dock is one of the best places for crabbing but it's a long swim/wade out. The little buggers are fast so it's best to work in buddy teams. When you spot a crab that looks legal signal your buddy and approach him on each side about 5 ft away. The crab move s...

I've got dibbs on the Evo and hot pink twins!

Good luck in Colorado Cam!

Hmmmmm... I might have to try that. I'm just scared I'll screw it up permanently. Just put your mask and hood on, have someone trace around the skirt with a greese pencil and cut away. If you want to mahe sure your cut is symetrical, fold the hood in half and cut both sides at one time. Neoprene cu...

If it overlaps I would trim the hood. If you need to remove you're mask underwater it makes things alot easier and the small bit of neoprine that you cut off won't make much of a difference in keeping you warm.

I've dove KVI a few times from shore (and a bunch of times from a boat). It's really not that bad of a walk if you're able to park in front of the gates. Maybe 100 yards over flat tide lands. The surface swim is a bit long but if you do it at low tide you can wade about 1/3 of the way down the sand ...

I would suggest either Deadman Bay or County Park. County park has a easy entry to a shallow bay. It's not the most exciting dive but probably fits your criteria. Check in advance to make sure the park is open at night. http://www.theperfectdive.com/DEF-Site.asp?sID=198 Deadman Bay could have some s...

Below is the canned e-mail response I recieved from the WDFW. It's word for word exactly the same as the e-mail others have recieved. Thank you for your email correspondence to Director Anderson and the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission. The Director’s office forwarded your correspondence to t...

planing a trip to caribbean and cant dive at every port so i have to choose between Cayman's west wall or cozumel with sand dollar I've never been to Grand Cayman but hear that west wall is a great dive. Sand Dollar is a cattle boat operation so be aware that you'll be crammed on a boat with 30 oth...

Yes, it was Saturday - Keystone - a mad place of boat trailers, boats, cars, pickups, fishermen, divers and tourists . Yesterday, on Sunday - not a single boat launched or trailer parked at Keystone. And I was the only diver in the morning. Go figure. And yes, they are supposed to stay out of that ...

Too bad on the butts. We're headed up to Squim to do a halibut/shrimp/ling trip in two weeks and I was hoping that we could learn from your success. I've never seen or heard of anybody thats seen a halibut diving. BTW.... You got some press on another board http://www.bloodydecks.com/forums/washingt...

I just caught a segment on King 5 News about the installation of the mooring bouy by the WSA at Possession Point Ferry.


Very cool!

Just an update....

The new WDFW regs are out for the 2010 - 11 season. It's official, the slot limit for ling cod is 26in - 36in and the season is May 21 - June 15.

It's a 14 meg file so be prepared to wait for it to download.

http://wdfw.wa.gov/fish/regs/2010/2010sportregs.pdf

What's WDFW the regs on Cabbie's for marine area 8 & 9?

I was certified in Okinawa when I was in the Marine Corps. The diving on Okinanwa is pretty good especially if you are a history buff.

Do a search on Scubaboard and you'll get tons of info.

I spoke with WSDFW and the halibut season in marine area 6 is as follows.

Season May 1st - May 30th
Open Thursday - Saturday every week except for Memorial Day weekend when it will be open Friday - Sunday

Any chance it was this one?

http://www.nwdiveclub.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=9974

You can clear customs right in Nanaimo, correct?? Nanaimo http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/contact/listing/offices/office414-e.html\ Bedwell Harbor (better) http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/contact/listing/offices/office492-e.html Clearing customs on the way back can be a bit trickier. Here's a link to the cus...

Here's another website thats a big help when planning boating activities.......

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.ph ... &map.y=109

[/quote] Via the water....considering just running up from Anacortes...[/quote] You may want to launch out of Blane. It'll save you 25 miles on the water each way. http://www.portofbellingham.com/content/ArchivesItem_202_460_v You'll also need to clear customs http://www.sanjuanyachting.com/customs....

I haven't moored my boat here but it looks nice... http://www.npa.ca/en/bobas1.htm All of the artifical reefs have public mooring bouys. If I remember correctly the Breton and Saskatchewan have two and the RivTow has one. You can definately expect some current on the Cape Breton and Saskatchewan. Yo...

When we went to Bonaire we flew into Aruba and took a commuter to Bonaire. It was a bit of a hastle but 1/2 the price of the Continental or Delta flights.

Pretty much every resort on the island is a dive resort since thats the main reason people go to Coz. It really depends on what your looking for. We prefer to stay close to town because we like to try different restaurants and pubs. As far as dive ops go, my suggestion would be to stay away from the...