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- Tue Nov 03, 2015 7:20 am
- Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
- Topic: Hello From Catalina!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3734
Re: Hello From Catalina!
No turtles yet, but we're still hoping. We're using 7mm wetsuits and doing just fine. We have 14 people on the boat and it's about half and half between wet and dry. The water is about 70-75 degrees, so it just depends on how cold one tends to get. We have one person in a 3mm wetsuit and that's not ...
- Mon Nov 02, 2015 6:26 am
- Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
- Topic: Hello From Catalina!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3734
Re: Hello From Catalina!
Ryan, it was gorgeous yestreday. 70 feet down we could still see the surface, and we found the moray during our safety stop. There's a two-spot octopus out there somewhere, too, Janna and Claude saw it the previous evening. As far as water conditions, they're saying a system is supposed to be coming...
- Sun Nov 01, 2015 6:23 pm
- Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
- Topic: Hello From Catalina!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3734
Hello From Catalina!
Kathy and I are down here with Janna Nichols and the REEF crew to do some surveys for the week. We went out to the dive park today to do weight checks. I put my wetsuit on for the first time in years, and for a moment I wasn't sure I remembered how. But we got it done, had a great dive, and I saw my...
- Wed Oct 28, 2015 8:05 am
- Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade Dive Gear
- Topic: Dusty Light package!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3546
Re: Dusty Light package!
That is a great price. If I didn't already have as many as I need, I would grab it. Whoever does snatch this up won't be sorry. You can't beat these lights!
- Tue Oct 06, 2015 10:50 pm
- Forum: Gear Central (Recreational)
- Topic: Dive light
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3220
Re: Dive light
A triple +1 to the Dusty's Lights. I've had mine for about 3 years now and wouldn't use anything else. It's the best lumen for the money you will ever see, methinks.
- Thu Oct 01, 2015 5:05 pm
- Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
- Topic: BCD Inflator
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2065
BCD Inflator
Mine seems to be stuck with a slow leak. Tuesday while diving Redondo, I had to empty my BCD about every 5 minutes because it kept filling up. I soaked the valve as best I could, tested it, and it's definitely leaking. Does anybody know a quick way to unstick one of these things?
- Sun Sep 20, 2015 10:52 pm
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Black Clown Nudi?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2434
Re: Black Clown Nudi?
Maybe it's getting into the spirit of Halloween?
- Sat Sep 12, 2015 5:38 pm
- Forum: Dive Recaps & Trip Reports
- Topic: Les Davis 9-12-15
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1279
Les Davis 9-12-15
I went out with Tami, Kathy, and Paul. We entered the water around 9:30 AM, and it was so mucky we couldn't see to put our fins on. There were several classes out there so that may have had something to do with it. This was Tami's first time back in the water since she got cleared to dive again, so ...
- Tue Aug 18, 2015 7:44 am
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Parking at Three Tree North
- Replies: 30
- Views: 7075
Re: Parking at Three Tree North
We were there yesterday and met a videographer who has been documenting the octopus hatch told us that, even though he was over 40 feet away from the sign the day before, he still got a $50 ticket. After his dive he was out there taking pictures and measuring and all kinds of stuff so he could fight...
- Tue Aug 18, 2015 7:40 am
- Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
- Topic: you think you like to dive deep
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4648
Re: you think you like to dive deep
I wish the article said more about *how* he got separated and disappeared, but it's really vague on that point. Sad.
- Tue Aug 11, 2015 7:56 am
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Octopus octopus
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1366
Re: Octopus octopus
Her coloring is really good. How much longer does she have?
- Sat Aug 01, 2015 7:21 am
- Forum: Gear Central (Recreational)
- Topic: Dusty light
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2936
Re: Dusty light
He may be in Port Townsend for a few days, but he will answer you.
- Wed Jul 22, 2015 7:42 am
- Forum: Gear Central (Recreational)
- Topic: Dive Lights - Dusty's lights?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2853
Re: Dive Lights - Dusty's lights?
My wife and I both use them and love them. You can't go wrong with a Dusty's Light.
- Sun Jul 19, 2015 6:37 am
- Forum: Dive Recaps & Trip Reports
- Topic: Could Have Been A Lot Worse
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2591
Re: Could Have Been A Lot Worse
I was wondering that myself, Janna. Dusty, thanks, I'll take you up on that. I also need to buy another diffuser disc from you, so I'll try to call you later.
- Tue Jul 14, 2015 8:53 am
- Forum: Dive Recaps & Trip Reports
- Topic: Could Have Been A Lot Worse
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2591
Could Have Been A Lot Worse
Our usual gang headed to Les Davis yesterday for a nice easy dive. We geared up, got in the water, swam out to where we could drop, and went down in about 12 fsw. We were poking around, looking in the eelgrass and generally getting ourselves situated for a moment or so, then we started toward the sl...
- Tue Jun 16, 2015 7:57 am
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Another Perch Question
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2398
Re: Another Perch Question
I just reports 'em...
- Mon Jun 15, 2015 4:40 pm
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Another Perch Question
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2398
Re: Another Perch Question
It actually seems to be growing out of their gills. We saw at least a dozen fish like this among the big school that was right under the dock.
- Mon Jun 15, 2015 8:17 am
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Another Perch Question
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2398
Another Perch Question
While diving at Mike's last week, we also saw several shiner perch with this stuff on them. It looked like it was making it really hard for them to swim. I give up; what is it?
- Fri Jun 12, 2015 8:37 am
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Black Perch?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1673
Re: Black Perch?
Thanks. I had a hunch it was something like that, because when in doubt, look to sex...
- Thu Jun 11, 2015 10:17 am
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Did It Actually Choke???
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2774
Re: Did It Actually Choke???
I had no idea that could happen. Thanks, guys!!!
- Wed Jun 10, 2015 6:51 pm
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Black Perch?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1673
Black Perch?
These little guys are all over the place under the dock at Mike's, mingling with the rest of the various kind of perch, but we've never seen black ones before. When the light hits them just right (unlike in the photo below) it seems like we can see the two yellow bars characteristic of the shiner pe...
- Wed Jun 10, 2015 10:27 am
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Did It Actually Choke???
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2774
Did It Actually Choke???
Kathy and I were diving at Mike's Beach Resort yesterday afternoon when we came upon a three foot spiny dogfish at around 40 feet. It didn't move very fast; it was dead. It has another fish jammed in its mouth, and that left us wondering: did this guy actually choke on his food? We tried to pull the...
- Sat May 30, 2015 8:40 am
- Forum: Gear Central (Recreational)
- Topic: SubGear SG-30
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1035
SubGear SG-30
I'm looking rather intensely at this regulator. The price is right, it's a division of Scuba Pro so servicing etc. shouldn't be an issue, it seems to be everything I need and nothing I don't. But I can't find a single review of it online. Has anybody here used it, or know anybody who has used it, or...
- Fri May 08, 2015 10:59 pm
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Mystery Spots
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1586
Mystery Spots
We found this roughback sculpin at around 45 fsw on a dive this afternoon at Mike's Beach Resort. There were roughbacks all over the place, but this was the only one with these big red spots on its head. Can somebody tell me what's going on with those? Sorry for the slight fuzziness, my case was a l...
- Wed Apr 29, 2015 11:46 am
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Gravid?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1204
Gravid?
I'm thinking this shrimp looks kinda full of eggs,
especially when I compare it to this one.
But I'm not familiar with these things, so am I way off here? Or did we catch a glimpse of the next generation at Redondo yesterday?