Northwest Dive Club

So.... every time I mentioned to someone that I had never dove Keystone they turned to me in wide eyed incredulity, "YOU'VE NEVER DOVE KEYSTONE?!?!" :tomnic: :nutty: :BDub: Wow... give a guy a break... Seattle traffic is evil and I live in the South end, which makes several awesome norther...

Keystone on 12-21-18 after a week of crazy storms was 8 to 10'. I want to see this site in good viz! Still awesome....

Great shots and a lovely dive! Thanks for telling the story here...

Keystone definitely delivered in spite of the storm!

I will post pictures later. Thanks to Eric for a wonderful introduction to a wonderful dive site!

I just read the whole thing. Even if I only take half of what he says as the truth, that is a classic example of a state agency steamrolling over a small business. I might have taken what he’s saying with a larger (maybe 3-5 shotgun shells worth of) grain of salt, but I myself have been on the rece...

I've got a chunk of days available to dive during that time as well. Please post your plans, and if you're having trouble figuring some out we can get creative! Not sure what tides are doing during that time but we should be able to find some great places to dive! (A day at Sund, anyone?!)

Very nice!

Thank you!

Such beauty and diversity!

[Trying to figure out how I could do this without breaking the bank.]

In the meantime, back to Bonaire this Summer.... surprise, surprise.

I dug out my old copy of Lange's Handbook of Chemistry. Lead oxide (PbO) is yellow. Lead chloride (PbCl2) is white. The milky stuff we are probably seeing from our soft weights is probably lead chloride (not definitive). It could form if some of the lead dissolved due to corrosion or some other typ...

Pretty cool, but the response indicates that 24 might be a bit ambitious. Maybe 12?!?

Awesome shots, btw!

YellowEye wrote:

Hope it gets better next week, I have some days off to burn!

Me too!!

Initial forecast does not look promising, however!

Solid Choice!

Yikes! I'm guessing not the best conditions for my first "experiencing Keystone" dives!!!

YellowEye wrote:Big waves can make the lumpies very hard to photo, that's for sure! So we may have to watch.

I think that since the wind is out of the South the surf isn't as bad?!?!!? Not sure. I know a North or East wind blowing directly on the shore is terrible....

I'd like to..... the rain I can deal with (100% chance), but the 18 mph south winds (worse in the afternoon) might be a bit much. I'm sure that underwater things are amazing! We shall see.....

Three Tree on Dec 11th in the dark, rainy, and windy was a quite nice 30'+ under the waves!

Tell me about it. I braved the 20 mph winds - lots of work for one "normal" dive.

Gorgeous video Val!!!! Don't sell yourself short. That is amazing footage of incredible creatures and awesome behavior! That psychedelic frogfish is amazing. Just looking at him is enough of a trip all by itself.... :breakdance: (I wonder what would happen if you licked it?!?!) :tomnic: :calvin: :to...

Nice! Thanks for sharing!

H20doctor wrote:Yep... just silence ... Diver Dave does Have a compressor.. So that's a Plus ... But No Boat, So that option is to ask around to Sitka Residence, and come up with a Boat Plan ... Cause shore diving there stinks..

carlk3 wrote:Edmonds, Dec 7, midday low tide

Nice!!

Redondo on Dec 6th was a hazy 25'. Not spectacular, but not bad!

Exactly that's what I thought I thought Keith had posted this... LoL .. but we all know the golden passes are all gone Ha! And if it works out I'm not counting on any golden passes... I'd just love to spend a few days diving up there! And you never know what secret passes are lurking in the wings.....

Really cool looking!!

Were you diving under a coal barge or a nuclear power plant?!?!

Diver_Dave wrote:Working on the boat with these vultures over my head..

Awesome!

Good luck on the boat!!

H20doctor wrote:Is your Boat Drive line Fixed .. ? Cause every time I'm there it's dead on the Dock ...

I'd love to!!

Holy thread resurrection Batman!! When I first read this I was pissed off at Bassman for planning this trip and not telling me!?!!