Need a buddy-Sat the 15th

divernick · Post by **divernick** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 7:53 pm

Okay, here's the deal. I'm coming up north from Portland for Bob's gas management seminar. The class isn't until early evening. It seems a shame to me to drive all the way up to the sound and not do any diving. So I'm looking to do a couple dives in the sound somewhere. Who's interested?

Nick

jeff98208 · Post by **jeff98208** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 6:29 am

we could do the edmonds oil dock or the edmonds underwater park. let me know! later!

jeff

divernick · Post by **divernick** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 5:16 pm

I've never done the Oil Dock before, that might be fun. Is it tide sensitive?

jeff98208 · Post by **jeff98208** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 9:29 pm

nope. just a long surface swim. i have testing that morning. but i'll be open in the afternoon though.

divernick · Post by **divernick** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 6:04 am

That sounds ok, just so long as we are done in time for me to be at Bob's seminar at 6. What time would you want to meet there to start?

Nick

GillyWeed · Post by **GillyWeed** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 7:13 am

I don't mean to interrupt or anything.. But the Edmonds Oil dock is most certianly current sensitive.. I dove there once when it was supposed to be slack and still had the current ripping me off of the pilings. It was all I could do to swim from piling to piling (and believe me there are many many pilings) and not be pushed away from the oil dock north.. I swore after that I would never dive the oil dock again without a boat.. Probably one of the longer surface swims I have ever had.. Again, sorry to but in, I just had to add my 2 psi...

Zen Diver · Post by **Zen Diver** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 8:59 am

Yes, I concur, the Oil Dock at Edmonds is VERY current sensitive and you can get spanked hard if it's not timed right.

-Valerie

divernick · Post by **divernick** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 6:05 am

So Jeff, what time do you want to meet there? How do the tides/currents look for saturday? If they're bad, you wanna go somewhere else?

Nick

jeff98208 · Post by **jeff98208** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 10:28 am

oops my bad. it is. i have been lucky i guess. testing is over about 1 how about 2 or 2:30 in the pm??

dsteding · Post by **dsteding** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 10:40 am

jeff98208 wrote:oops my bad. it is. i have been lucky i guess. testing is over about 1 how about 2 or 2:30 in the pm??

Off the top of my head, I don't know the corrections for current based on Admiralty Inlet, but slack there is at 3 pm:

Admiralty Inlet 9-15 currents

So, an afternoon dive looks like it makes sense. Just figure out the correction for slack and be in the water a half hour beforehand.

My 2 psi.

divernick · Post by **divernick** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 3:03 pm

Jeff, 2:00 sounds good to me. The earlier the better. I'll pm you my cell phone, just in case.

Nick