Northwest Dive Club

Ooh ooh - pick me! I know the answer! That is a Tadpole Sculpin

That's a Roughback Sculpin - nice shot

Hello all - today I'm in Kirkland for some training and I brought along my gear for a dive or two this evening. I have been to Alki Cove 2, Alki Pipeline, Redondo, Three Tree North, but otherwise I've done very little diving in the south sound. I'm trying to figure out my plan for tonight and wonder...

I came across this reference to Canary rockfish being in large numbers off the WA coast (Westport). Wish I had seen a few more of them up at Neah Bay. http://www.nwcn.com/sharedcontent/northwest/environment/stories/NW_091108ENB_westport_fish_LJ.6810691c.html Thanks David. More articles on the topic...

Thanks for the piece about the glacial erratics! Last spring, we did a dive at Partridge Bank, where we wandered around among these huge chunks of rock, and I had wondered where they came from and why they were there. When I drifted along Partridge Bank all I saw was sand and Sea Pens - I need to g...

Nice dive at Deception Pass - I always enjoy the colors there.. The colors, structure and critter mix at Deception Pass are absolutely unique I think - I'm almost certain I'd recognize anybody's photos from there. I really hope we don't end up with some kind of tidal power generation project in tha...

Here's a question... What would you do if you DID find a body while you were diving? :pale: :dontknow: My answer: If it was within 130fsw (I carry a 150' finger spool) I would shoot a bag and tie the spool off to the body or something nearby, but I'd prefer to secure it to the body itself. Then I w...

Not being a forensics expert, how does a body work in the water? Seems to me that as long as it's not wearing concrete shoes, it would sink initially (lungs fill with water, making it negative.) As the initial decay starts, do the tissues release gas like they do on land? Does that make the body bu...

A couple of weeks ago I went on a trip to the north end of Vancouver Island with a group of my friends. There were three boats and bunch of crazy people. Most were there to fish, but three of us spent the whole time diving. We did some exploring of sites that looked to have potential from our charts...

This was the first time I've been diving in the Neah Bay area and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The variety of rockfishes is really a pleasure. REEF AAT trips are tiring but very rewarding - providing the opportunity to explore sites with a small group of skilled and critter-crazy divers. I think we coll...

Shortly after boarding the Mark V this past Monday our group of REEF AAT divers were asked by Mike Ferguson to be patient as the boat and its various systems were still somewhat new and likely to need some tweaking. In addition, it was the first time he'd run the boat in the Neah Bay area (previous ...

Here is Doug - slaving away with his survey slate in hand.

Oh... I am so sorry for all of you who were not there last night. There were only three of us - first dive was in the pilings and the second was along the jetty. It was slack the whole time - and I mean really slack - no current. The surface was calm and the visibility was a good 25' to 30'. There w...

This Wednesday I'm heading up to the north end of Vancouver Island (Telegraph Cove) Telegraph Cove itself is quite nice to dive. I've actually been down in the cove...right outside the exit to the cove (shallow - 80' or so?) as you head out into the channel, the group I was with about a year ago sa...

Good morning, Just saw your post about your trip to the Telegraph Cove area. I've never done any diving over there but what caught my eye was the "sea fan" search. Don't know if there are any in that area but if you are looking for any in the future we have them on the west side of the Is...

This Wednesday I'm heading up to the north end of Vancouver Island (Telegraph Cove) with a bunch of friends and our boats - we're looking forward to about a week of diving, fishing, and (almost certainly) some unruly behavior. We did this same trip last year and had a grand time. For the most part w...

Hi all - wanted to pass along this sighting - these days I don't see new-to-me critters very often. Wednesday evening at Edmonds I stumbed upon a Taylor's Sea Hare - beautiful and quite fascinating. Look carefully around the base of each blade of eelgrass you may spot more of these cool nudibranchs....

This Sunday (August 10th) evening looks to offer some nice tidal conditions at Keystone Jetty and the weather forecast looks fine too. So - I've made arrangements with the park ranger to have the facilities open late enough to allow a night dive or two. I'm planning to get there around 7:45pm. If yo...

If you get down here, go to Coral Street at high tide and have a blast. It's not deep, we didn't even break 30 feet, but we found more critters than we could count, including three new-to-us nudibranchs. I have some tentative ID's, but I'm looking for confirmation if possible. The Sea Slug Forum is...

Thank you.

Anyone know where I can price and purchase SI Tech valves online?

To my surprise I saw very few large fish, only one Lingcod and a few Greenling. They don't seem to be very abundant around Telegraph Cove and Port McNeill either. My theory is that the better visibility and light penetration means food sources are available deeper - so the Lingcod are down there ou...

Don't forget the Diamond Knot and the Tacoma Narrows Bridge Stanchions. Neither is all that deep, but now you can stay as long as you'd like, and get to know the sites much better! :occasion5: Straying off topic sorry - I won a place on a Bandito charter recently - having done very little diving so...

It looks like a juvenile rockfish to me. Identifying them is not something I'm very confident in, but some of the markings suggest Copper Rockfish or perhaps Vermilion Rockfish.

.... if you really wanted to get wet. http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=38575537 Almost (but not quite) that far. I definitely need a PWC in my toy collection sometime - I've often thought about how I could use one for transport to/from dive sites. Anyone doin...