Northwest Dive Club

It was awsome. great turn out. It was great meating every body. great effort on every body's part considering the price of gas. Great meating every body. We have to do this again. maybe even in the winter. It doesn't change much in temp. Just snow on the banks and maybe a little ice on the North West end. It's beautifull no matter what time of the year. Any body else want to go up there let me know I will show you around. We had 12 people show. Awsome. Anough of the talk.

Nice pics NJ! I especially like the fish eye type wide angle shots. Great place for it!

Looks like you all had a great time. Definitely want to take you up on your offer sometime in the not too distant future.

BTW, I've heard that some or all of the trees in the lake a petrefied. Is this true?

No they are not petrified, they are just preserved from the cold water. It's the real thing. They are old. And better preserved than we ever will be.

Scubagirl45 wrote: I have to say I even enjoyed the long surface swim Penelope and I did yesterday

especially the part where she towed you, right? lol.

great pics, NJ!

nice-diver and i added ours to the original thread here.

repeat posting to have one big photo album




high cascades wreck dive


narcosis junky and nice-diver; photo taken by sexy-cyn (narcosis junkies wife)


its best to choose a buddy with the same breathing pattern


northwest end of clear lake, its like diving on the surface of the moon in the spring


straight out of the camera, no post processing


northeast?side of the lake, 38ffw, lots of sunny viz


self explanatory, luv ya buddy


follow the leader to the "blue hole"


the "blue hole" is a spring that forms a short river that is the main source of the lake; the headwaters of the McKenzie River


the blue hole


where'd my buddies go? the viz was like 80feet


Clear Lake, west end at the resort, todays nw dive club dive site

to see more of my pictures, click on the flickr.com link in my signature

Great pics! That looks like tons of fun- I can't believe the vis! I'm really happy you all could use this site to hook up for dives like that- that's what nwdc is all about!

Nailer99 wrote:I can't believe the vis!

what's really amazing is that NJ and nice-diver both were saying the viz was so-so! 50-100' and it's "just alright"...

spatman wrote:

Nailer99 wrote:I can't believe the vis!

what's really amazing is that NJ and nice-diver both were saying the viz was so-so! 50-100' and it's "just alright"...

I dove lake crescent last year- same thing there. I was blown away by 50-70 feet, and everyone who'd been there before was like: "oh- is that all?" Gonna have to go back sometime.....

Thanks alot for the pics ND and NJ. I had agreat time. I really enjoyed meeting everyone. Good to put some faces to some names. Luckily it wasn't too bad in the wet suit. Fingers always thaw out.

Scubagirl45 wrote:Thanks for posting the photos NJ, I had a blast yesterday :smt038 ! It was fun to meet more NWDC members and enjoy a great day of diving. I have to say I even enjoyed the long surface swim Penelope and I did yesterday, just laying back on the surface, leisurely kicking, and looking up at the beautiful scenery; it was great! I will definitely be diving Clear Lake again (would love to do it in the winter: night dive, full moon ). It is a unique dive location, and well worth the trip.

Winter, night dive, full moon. That sounds awesome! Good Idea. Thats the only way to make Clear Lake even more like being in space. Keep me posted.

Ok for those of you who want to see a few more pics, I posted some on flicker. I don't have a pro account there so I can only put up so many. But I put up quiet a few. here is the link if you want to see more. oh and yes here is the group photo if you want to print it out.

http://flickr.com/photos/8680102@N04/

:occasion5: :smt038