Northwest Dive Club

A friend of mine is looking to do a referral class with the classroom and pool sessions here (live in Sammamish) and the diving in Oahu. Any recommendations for shops to work with in Oahu?

There would be one adult and his son who is 15 (junior cert).

The trip is in April.

Thanks,
-Chris

I believe one of the reasons water baths were used originally was in case a tank failed during filling. The water bath would absorb some of the energy of the explosion.


-Chris

Excellent situational awareness and execution of rescue! I wonder why he decided to jump in the water to begin with?? That's easy. It looks like a text book case of "Instant Idiot. Just Add Alcohol." Very well done, guys. Though, from the description, I wonder if he has any clue what you ...

ohopdiver wrote:Great job of rescue and reporting. Did the film crew capture it?

Thanks.

Yes, the camera man picked up his camera after he hung up with 911. He would have footage of the last part of the tow and the hand off to the firefighters.

-Chris

Excellent situational awareness and execution of rescue! I wonder why he decided to jump in the water to begin with?? He jumped in due to depression and a desire to escape from it. I am sure his actions were fueled by the intoxication. EMS was talking to his girlfriend about getting some help for h...

There are snorkeling 31 sites listed on www.theperfectdive.com. Just check snorkeling in the difficulty section of the quick search. You could also check shore dive box to narrow it down to 23 sites.

It will give you enough information to help decide the best destination for you.

Thanks,
-Chris

I am posting the details of a rescue my buddy and I were part of in case it helps someone else in the future. Luckily this effort was successful and the victim escaped more serious consequences. Lessons learned (the only reason I am posting this at all): -Do not hesitate to act if you see something ...

Any ideas on the approximate depth or location? Where was the last place you saw it?

-Chris

[quote="Scubak"]Is this going to be different from the perfect dive site now? K[/quote] This is Chris from http://www.theperfectdive.com. It seems like Nwcid's site is focused specifically on Inland sites. There is an inland region that can be selected from the drop down under the logo in ...

The spring low tides are a great opportunity for beach clean-up in areas that are generally underwater. I was on a more industrial Seattle beach during a lunch break last week and was able to easily collect a bunch of plastic garbage from the location in a short amount of time. The trash would have ...

Sorry for the dupe. I didn't see json's post until mine was submitted. Looks like your up json.

George F. Bond. The project was SEALAB.

USNS Carl Brashear and the USS Stethem?

Scott,
Any chance you can share some of the reported locations from the database in this thread?

Thanks,
-Chris

Thanks Dusty. I did a search and failed to locate any photos of a Dusty Light. Will you post one or more here?

-Chris

Really good points. The conversion would need to be really cheap to be worth it. It sounds like that isn't the case. Thanks for the great information.

What is your preferred primary light? Is it one you built? Do you build lights for others? Do you have a picture and cost?

Thanks,
-Chris

Here are some photos of the setup.

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Thanks,
-Chris

Yes, it is a rechargeable with the 14 watt and 30 watt Xenon lamps and a 3-way switch to choose between brightness during the dive. Love the light but the yellow tint isn't great for the photos.

http://www.uwkinetics.com/products/d8-xenon

I will post some pictures tonight.

Thanks!
-Chris

I have two Underwater Kinetics D8 rechargeable lights which I purchased in 98 and 2000. I love the brightness, durability and width of beam. I am not super fond of the yellow color of the light beam and have occasionally wanted a little longer burn time. I would love to be able to convert to LED wit...

I think it maybe my friends. She is a new diver and lost her mask there a few weeks ago. She is sending me the description now.

Thanks for posting and making a good impression on a new diver.

-Chris

Here is a story about their plans.

http://www.q13fox.com/news/kcpq-greenpe ... 7900.story

South sound efforts from a few months ago.

http://www.king5.com/news/environment/E ... 08973.html

One of my dive buddies found remains in cove 2 in waste deep water. They were also in a bag which was inside a box. It was not the same remains found which were referenced in the link above.

Thinking he had found a geo cache he opened the bag dumped it out and only then realized what it was.

Laura James posted a reply in a clean-up thread a great synopsis of types of trash and removal priority. I think it is relevant to this discussion.

http://www.nwdiveclub.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=18348

Thanks Laura.

-Chris

I like the idea of bringing in rock instead of relocating existing rocks because of the critters already inhabiting the solo rocks.