Northwest Dive Club

I love your shots. The broken tripod produced a really neat effect.
-Curt

I had some clouds, and my camera is in the shop, but I shot a couple of the actual eclipse with my phone. For me, it is cool to realize that I am looking at the shadow of the earth I am standing on.
-Curt

A common cycle for beaches consists of erosion of during winter storms followed by deposition from river sediments during spring runoffs. Whidbey Island suffers from having no rivers to recharge the sediment, so you have only half of the cycle. Some of your beaches are sustained from erosion of adja...

Roxndox and Nwbrewer are both right, it is complicated and unsettled. The property description on my deed says my property runs out into the bay, gray whales feed in the sand that this deed says is mine. However, the local tribes claim their treaty gives them the tideland up to the mean tide, which ...

Wow. You have my sympathy. I still miss my dad decades after he passed. I have scattered remains several times, mostly off Navy ships but most recently off a Washington State ferry. I don't think the three mile rule applies to cremains. We were required to use a special biodegradable container when ...

Jan: I have never dived Holmes Harbor, but I have some pleasant memories of evenings at anchor there. I seem to remember that you found some sand dollars there once. Am I right? And Merry Christmas to you as well.
-Curt

The color specific name leads us astray, since they are capable of changing their color to match their surroundings. This fish does not want to be found.
-Curt

Belated birthday wishes youngster. You are an inspiration to us all.
-Curt (Ah, to be 71 again)

Chris: There is a spot in Haro Strait that we called Secret Reef. It offered much the same, lingcod and rockfish. It's good to see divers are still seeking out those spots.
-Curt

I'm glad you're still posting. Since I gave up diving, the pictures from the members of the board are my opportunity to "look under the tent". I still watch sea critters, mostly whales. I watched a gray whale feeding yesterday. I doubt that I will ever see a "flying slug" again e...

Rich: I am so relieved to hear from you. Take heart. Yesterday I went to the gym and worked out with a friend who had the same surgery over twenty years ago. He's 88 years old and does a full circuit with the weights then walks a mile and a half. Hang in there.
-Curt

Dusty: When you log on, let us know how the surgery went. We were pulling for you last Friday. I hope you are in full recovery by know.
-Curt

Thank you for posting. The San Juans were my diving destination for years. Yelloweye: the red beaked gull is a Heerman's Gull. I miss diving.
-Curt

Rich, You are in my prayers. I know this is very frightening surgery. Let us know when you have returned from the operating table.
-Curt

Jan: An amazing variety of organisms. Your postings refute the statement I've heard several times, "There's nothing to see down there."
Thanks for your work. Curt

I wish regeneration worked for people. My right hand has stayed the same for nearly 50 years. Curt

Few sights from my cruise in British Columbia/ And no, I did not pay 461,500 dollars per week plus expenses. But I did snorkel close to it, looking under the floating docks for critters ... :) :) :) Jan, In cruising BC waters in my own boats for nearly half a century, I realized I would never trade...

I am awestruck. When I mentioned your pictures to a prominent local diver (you would recognize his name), he said, "That is why I don't post my pictures anymore. The people on NWdiveclub website are just too good."
Dreams of whalesharks, Curt

Some friends of mine had a really cool (and rare!) encounter with a breaching humpback in the middle of Bellingham Bay yesterday afternoon. I'm wondering if it was the same one you spotted in the pass. Wow. Photographing a breaching humpback still eludes me. The appearance of humpbacks is one of th...

As I type this a Gray Whale spouts in front of my house. While grays are common, their presence at this time of year isn't. With climate change, we have also seen a change in whale behavior. A lone gray was feeding in front of my home when I left yesterday to go whale watching in the San Juans. For ...

Chris: While I visited TI in my boat, I never got a chance to dive it. According to my books, there are several diveable wrecks off the Island. Keep posting. This site is my window to the underwater world. I like our Jacque Cousteau hat.
-Curt

Chris: While I visited TI in my boat, I never got a chance to dive it. According to my books, there are several diveable wrecks off the Island. Keep posting. This site is my window to the underwater world. I like our Jacque Cousteau hat.
-Curt

Bob: Your photo looks like the long-beaked dolphin. Do you know if that is right?
-Curt

The craters in the mud look like the holes left by gray whales when they feed. They can be in amazingly shallow water. Have you seen grays in Samish Bay/Chuckanut waters? Curt

YellowEye wrote:Very cool!
Do you know if he made it out with the prey?

I couldn't see all the way to the shore where he was. The other two times I have seen this they made it in with a cormorant. Grisly.
-Curt