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Deception Pass & San Juan Islands Away Mission

Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 10:17 am
by ScubaJess
Star Date : 2017052.3
Science officer Log

Greetings NWDC Peeps!

Happy Tuesday!
I got the chance to beam into some of my favorite dive sights this weekend and got to dive with some of my coolest buddies at Deception Pass and on my favorite WA dive boat the Banditos!!! Captain Rick & Jackie always do a fantastic job!!! The weather was perfect and great tides were about.

I also got to see some of my favorite sea creatures: Candy Stripe Shrimp :luv: , Purple Plumose Anemones, Salps, Jelly Fish, Decorater Crabs, Coon Stripe Shrimp, Cute Sculpins, Nice Rockfish, sea cucumbers among others.

Here are some of my snaps!
:popcorn: :pirate: :partyman: :eric: :taco: :partydance: :supz:
I hope you all have a lovely week!

Re: Deception Pass & San Juan Islands Away Mission

Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 10:33 am
by Gdog
Dang it I wanted to go! Good shots Jess! The barnacle shot is excellent, great composition!

Re: Deception Pass & San Juan Islands Away Mission

Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 10:54 am
by ScubaJess
Gdog wrote:Dang it I wanted to go! Good shots Jess! The barnacle shot is excellent, great composition!
Thanks Gdog! We really missed you. We are talking of kidnapping you and bringing you along next time!! :)

Re: Deception Pass & San Juan Islands Away Mission

Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 12:22 pm
by Gdog
ScubaJess wrote:
Gdog wrote:Dang it I wanted to go! Good shots Jess! The barnacle shot is excellent, great composition!
Thanks Gdog! We really missed you. We are talking of kidnapping you and bringing you along next time!! :)
A little less talk, and a lot more action on that next time!!

Re: Deception Pass & San Juan Islands Away Mission

Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 6:52 pm
by jackieg
Great pictures! Love you too. ( so does Jessie....she just hides it well)

Re: Deception Pass & San Juan Islands Away Mission

Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 7:30 pm
by theonly_JT
Fantastic shots Jess!!! LOVE the nudibranch :notworthy:

Re: Deception Pass & San Juan Islands Away Mission

Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 10:09 pm
by YellowEye
What a great set of dives!! :partydance: :partydance:

Got to love sunny days in the PNW!

Here were some of my snaps:
Sea cucumber and urchin on UW wall
Sea cucumber and urchin on UW wall
Deception Pass colors!
Deception Pass colors!
Kelp and Sunshine!
Kelp and Sunshine!
Crabs in love
Crabs in love
I found these purple plumose on UW wall.  After a bit of research on facebook, we found these were part of an experiment where they dyed them!
I found these purple plumose on UW wall. After a bit of research on facebook, we found these were part of an experiment where they dyed them!
Sponges at Deception
Sponges at Deception
Painted Anemones at Deception...
Painted Anemones at Deception...
Lingcod, with h20doc in the distance at Deception
Lingcod, with h20doc in the distance at Deception
Life in the shallows at James Island
Life in the shallows at James Island
Just hanging out, at James Island
Just hanging out, at James Island
Hope to see you all Thursday!

Re: Deception Pass & San Juan Islands Away Mission

Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 10:47 pm
by Jeremy
YellowEye wrote:What a great set of dives!! :partydance: :partydance:

Got to love sunny days in the PNW

Hope to see you all Thursday!
Nice pics as usual! What is UW wall?

Re: Deception Pass & San Juan Islands Away Mission

Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 11:07 pm
by YellowEye
Hi Jeremy
University of Washington Friday Harbor Laboratories has an underwater preserve of sorts where they do marine research. There's a wall at that site so we referred to it as UW wall. The wall is just north of Friday Harbor.

Re: Deception Pass & San Juan Islands Away Mission

Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 11:53 pm
by Scubie Doo
Great photos y'all. Here is a link to mine. Sorry, but I'm in the Bay Area and cannot properly post my pics :)

http://www.jessemillerphotography.com/P ... -cNN28Qd/A


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Re: Deception Pass & San Juan Islands Away Mission

Posted: Wed May 24, 2017 8:13 am
by YellowEye
Sweet baby pskc, scoob! Especially the first one in the urchin.
And I really like the longfin sculpins too!

-Eric

Re: Deception Pass & San Juan Islands Away Mission

Posted: Wed May 24, 2017 11:39 am
by stphnmartin
Great shots everyone! I still haven't looked at my video. Was having camera problems. Was fun diving with you!

Re: Deception Pass & San Juan Islands Away Mission

Posted: Wed May 24, 2017 12:19 pm
by ScubaJess
WOW Great shots Yellow Eye !!! I love all the bright colors. The water looks so beautiful with the sunshine coming in.

Really cute PSK Scubie... Man I hope to see one that cute and tiny someday!

You guys are awesome! It was great diving with you all!

Re: Deception Pass & San Juan Islands Away Mission

Posted: Wed May 24, 2017 4:06 pm
by Gdog
Wow, very great shots all! And that tiny PSKC rocks too!