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- Thu May 09, 2024 9:58 pm
- Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
- Topic: Million views as of May3, 2024
- Replies: 7
- Views: 277
Re: Million views as of May3, 2024
I look forward to your posts and learn so much from them. Thank you!
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 12:25 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: NWDC offices closed today…?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 717
Re: NWDC offices closed today…?
Just send 5 Bitcoin to deloof@nwdiveclub.com. No need to call. SOP when the office is closed. Don't let your membership expire!
- Mon Dec 18, 2023 11:49 am
- Forum: Dive Planning
- Topic: San Juan/Orcas Diving
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2934
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 12:12 pm
- Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
- Topic: Atomic fins, mask, and snorkel at Skyline
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1524
Atomic fins, mask, and snorkel at Skyline
We went diving at Skyline yesterday and there was a pair of Atomic fins, a mask, and a snorkel(!) that someone clearly forgot there. If, and only if, they are yours, they were out there yesterday and hopefully still are, if not already retrieved.
- Sun Sep 10, 2023 2:43 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: High Water Temperatures
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1345
Re: High Water Temperatures
Yup. My DC read 57-59F on a night dive at Three Tree on 8/22. I think my buddies only saw up to 57 on theirs, so there could be a degree or two of instrument variance, but still hot. Welcome to the new normal - "Where your fish come out of the water already cooked!"
- Tue Jul 04, 2023 10:24 pm
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Jellyfish Bloom
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2884
Re: Jellyfish Bloom
If bioluminescence is active, go there at night for something truly magical. I ran into a huge school of small moon jellies once years ago at Three Tree on a night dive when it was active. Their margins and tentacles just lit up every time I waved my hands as they clearly had been eating the dinofla...
- Thu Jun 29, 2023 11:44 pm
- Forum: Gear Central (Recreational)
- Topic: ISO Beginner Dive Gear (Seattle)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1814
Re: ISO Beginner Dive Gear (Seattle)
I agree with checking CL - that's how I got my drysuit and insulation when I started. On FB, I'd stay local - e.g., Rain City Scuba and PNW SCUBA buy sell trade. I've seen too many reports of people being scammed for high value stuff when being shipped to feel very comfortable buying from far away, ...
- Sun Apr 16, 2023 11:25 am
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: NWDC offices closed today -
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2232
Re: NWDC offices closed today -
I really think you should accept Boatcoin as well. Just remember not to jump in on that one if it's going down instead of up.
- Wed Apr 05, 2023 5:18 pm
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Whidbey Island Critters
- Replies: 5428
- Views: 1033929
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Jan - do you have an answer to your question for why the sea stars are twisted like that? I have noticed pairs doing that several times over the past few weeks and been puzzled, since they don't mate like that. I don't remember seeing it much in previous years.
Thanks!
Thanks!
- Sun Jan 08, 2023 1:00 pm
- Forum: Gear Central (Recreational)
- Topic: Dry suit undergarments
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6665
Re: Dry suit undergarments
If she wants to dive here (or do snow sports, the other time I use it), seriously, have her get a prescription from her doctor - and use dry gloves with good liners. It's the only way I was able to keep diving here. Trust me, I'm a doctor :-) (Really - though I never use that phrase IRL.) In case he...
- Sat Jan 07, 2023 5:00 pm
- Forum: Gear Central (Recreational)
- Topic: Dry suit undergarments
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6665
Re: Dry suit undergarments
I'm a wimp with Raynaud's (fingers and toes go dead white/cold/numb if they get cold) and I could not dive here without taking a dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker (they are mostly used as blood pressure meds - e.g., amlodipine, nifedipine, felodipine) before diving, plus dry gloves. I really l...
- Mon Nov 21, 2022 6:50 pm
- Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade Dive Gear
- Topic: Complete gear package. Good stuff! ATTN tall slender people
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3508
Re: Complete gear package. Good stuff! ATTN tall slender people
Also sent a PM.
- Fri Apr 29, 2022 9:32 pm
- Forum: Underwater Imaging - Photography & Video
- Topic: jelly fish Movie
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5150
Re: jelly fish Movie
Really nice movie, thanks! It reminded me of maybe 5 years ago, early in my diving career, when a buddy and I did a night dive at Three Tree. We had heard bioluminescence was active so agreed to turn off our lights periodically and check. Coming back, we got some flashes. Then, near shore, we ran in...
- Thu Feb 24, 2022 6:22 pm
- Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade Dive Gear
- Topic: Apollo large neoprene drysuit - free! - GONE
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1289
Re: Apollo large neoprene drysuit - free!
Suit now given away. I hope it is good for many happy dives!
- Sat Feb 19, 2022 11:00 pm
- Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade Dive Gear
- Topic: Apollo large neoprene drysuit - free! - GONE
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1289
Apollo large neoprene drysuit - free! - GONE
[NOTE - edited from original post last night as I went and looked at it and realized I had misremembered some things.] I was gifted an Apollo Bio-Pro neoprene drysuit a while back that I had hoped to use if my brother got certified and came to visit. Alas, that is never to be, so I'd like to gift it...
- Sat Feb 19, 2022 10:56 pm
- Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade Dive Gear
- Topic: Match for a M/L Hollis F2 fin?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1201
Match for a M/L Hollis F2 fin?
I have a pair of M/L Hollis F2s that I have used for travel in the last several years. Alas, one of them developed a crack through the middle strut/pillar, so it is floppier than the other. Glue did not hold and Hollis was of no use (out of warranty and they don't sell singles). So does anyone have ...
- Mon Nov 01, 2021 10:47 am
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Tank shrimp from Three Tree?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2840
Re: Tank shrimp from Three Tree?
Thanks! I thought about that (I've never seen either one before) and, now that you make me look more, I think deep blade is probably right. There is a toothed ridge that I think is on the top (and not far side, as I had been thinking) of the carapace. Size (~1") is right, substrate is right for...
- Sun Oct 31, 2021 9:49 pm
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Tank shrimp from Three Tree?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2840
Tank shrimp from Three Tree?
Can someone who knows confirm if this is a tank shrimp? Looking through Lamb and Hanby, it seems to match that much better than anything else. They state it is rare in Puget Sound and I've certainly never noticed one before. This was down in a crevice and its movement caught my eye. DSC01017_DxO.jpg...
- Mon Sep 13, 2021 9:37 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: The Mola Mola Mission
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2018
Re: The Mola Mola Mission
We saw several (from above the water) on a whale-watching boat in Monterey Bay a couple of years ago. Don't know how common they are there, but there were a few. But if you want to see them from underwater, probably not helpful - not close to shore. But quicker/cheaper to get to than the Galapagos.
- Thu Sep 09, 2021 9:57 pm
- Forum: Underwater Imaging - Photography & Video
- Topic: August at Skyline
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4092
Re: August at Skyline
Very nice, sharp, colorful, and well-composed. I'd be interested in what you conclude about video light(s) vs. strobe. I switched to video lights so I can shoot in burst mode (with a Sony A6000), which seems to get me at least 1 shot in a burst in focus. But I keep thinking I should try a strobe aga...
- Mon Mar 15, 2021 2:26 pm
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Whidbey Island Critters
- Replies: 5428
- Views: 1033929
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Many thanks, Jan. I learn so much from your posts and love your photos and cartoons. It will really be said if the bull kelp does not come back to Keystone. I thought folks might be interested/saddened in this recent Smithsonian article on this massive die-off of California kelp forests, attributabl...
- Sat Feb 27, 2021 10:19 pm
- Forum: Gear Central (Recreational)
- Topic: Warmest Dry Glove Liners?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4527
Re: Warmest Dry Glove Liners?
If, like me, you have Raynaud's (fingers turn white/numb/useless when they get cold), take a dose of a dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker (amlodipine, nifedipine, felodipine; they are blood pressure meds. and require a prescription) maybe 4-6 hrs. before diving. I could not dive here without th...
- Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:20 pm
- Forum: Gear Central (Recreational)
- Topic: Warmest Dry Glove Liners?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4527
Re: Warmest Dry Glove Liners?
I just got a pair of these wool/fleece liners and they were warmer than my previous double-liner solution (the big yellow things that came with the dry gloves and smaller, polypro liner gloves). https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01L6WQ9V4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=11 Is dex...
- Mon Sep 14, 2020 2:08 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Whales: Orcas and more
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3222
Re: Whales: Orcas and more
Yeah, hard to imagine anyone being entertained just by watching amazing creatures swimming in the water.
Thank you again for sharing!
Thank you again for sharing!
- Mon Sep 07, 2020 2:49 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Whales: Orcas and more
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3222
Re: Whales: Orcas and more
Very cool, thanks! Any recommendations for locations having a decent probability of seeing orcas from shore? We've lived here 22+ years and I've seen 1 doral fin (male) once, from the Tsawassen ferry. Skunked at Lime Kiln Park. If COVID ends and we're still here, we should definitely go out with Wes...