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The group I was diving with over the weekend also reflected. We were on the canal side of Puget Sound. Once hearing the news we discussed and I'm sure all reflected. I can only imagine how "real" it becomes when you're diving within visual of a search/recovery op.

Very good suggestion. Even in warm water, when doing multiple days of long multiple dives, you'll feel it.

Great discussion! I'm creeping up on dive #100, and after a trip last week decided it's time to upgrade to a paddle fin, so this discussion was timely for me! Hit a hella current when we were trying to go "upstream" and I thought I'd expire from effort, while my buddy with paddles was working it...

Only way to know for sure is to do a checkout dive when you arrive. Seriously -- gear and people vary so much, and while everyone can give you estimates, it boils down to this: you'll have to try it and find out.

Why, oh WHY did I have to grab my phone and Google "warhammer?" *face palm* I should know better. For some reason I'm feeling very confession-ary today so I will share this: Last week in Cozumel I peed in a wetsuit for the very first time. My one mil Akona. And I don't think I'll ever do it...

I wildly flaunt the size/weight limit of carry-on luggage. :) To Cozumel I brought as carry-on my DiveCaddy with my BC, fins, reg, two wetsuits, and the turtle pack filled with assorted things like mask, lights, camera, etc. (And did I mention I still had 3 lb trim weights in that I'd...

Tony! This is Amy, part of the Blue Element crew that are here at Blue Angel. Met you on the dock yesterday! Just wanted to say hello!

Interesting thread. *whew* I'm headed to Cozumel again Saturday. I'm curious to see if the eels are still getting frisky, and I'm going to ask the dive shop we're using what their "policy" is on this activity during dives. I'd rather not support it -- I agree that feeding the fish in such a...

I saw one of these up close on Billy from Seven Seas at the Tacoma show (I mugged him when I saw him walking down the isle in his). Yes. Want one! The material gives unparalleled movement. Of course there are often trade-offs, so I'm curious about longevity under brutal use/abuse. But I have...

I've enjoyed other people's narc stories, so I thought I'd share my own. Had an odd feeling this weekend at around 85 fsw in 46 degree water at Redondo in the Puget Sound. I've done this dive many times before, without said feeling. (Day before we'd been down to a similar depth at another...

A copy of the post on NW Dive Club with a little more info as the story has developed! -- Whatcha doing Saturday? Come join the crew at Blue Element in Salem, OR, the newest PNW dive shop, for a Grand Opening celebration from 9a-6p. Come early and register for lots of cool freebies, from...

Wow, an interesting thread. Yes, much of it is subjective... as is all things, really. Even with hard objective data specs and some of those relating to performance, the human element will mean that everyone will have their own take on the situation. I'm glad the market is filled with options...

What a whackadoo. I can't imagine what someone hopes to gain from doing things like this, and how on earth they imagine they WON'T get caught.

It's just that the conditions here somewhat self-select. If you're only so-so interested in diving, then you probably won't bother to do the cold water diving here. And if you do... then you're probably knee deep in crazy about it. Thus... enthusiastic. And, as I said... crazy. But what a...

Diving in the PNW (AOW w/ an EANx card I've not used... on my next dive trip, though!!), my max depth is usually around 90 (mostly due to diving with buddies who are air hogs *wink*). I like the dive sets where you go deep but short to see something first, then waste out your tank at 40ish and...

Wrist mount DEFINITELY beats console for convenience of availability of information. I used to laugh at people that suggested two computers, but I was never happier than when I dove three-dundantly... I had my old console computer (Véo), then my IQ800 on the left wrist and my hubby's new toy on...

Over time you'll amass more than one exposure suit, most likely. Take the recommendation for now, but know you'll probably want/need a 5mm, too, and something lighter if you are diving tropical. Everyone's different, and you'll find wheather you run hotter or colder than "the norm."

Thanks for posting your thought process on this great decision! You rock! Turn this into opportunity--get signed up for a deep diver course. Then find an experienced bud and sign up for this dive as your reward! Or, ask your instructor to go or hire a deep experienced DM as a buddy. In the...

Google "scuba compass navigation" and you'll find a number of rundowns of the basics. Stop by your LDS and pick up the AOW book; there is a chapter on compass use there. I admit I didn't really "get it" until a friend loaned me this book The Certified Diver's Handbook. Same stuff, dif words...

This weekend I took the first photos worth looking at! These are from Sund Rock in Hood Canal, Washington. (These ARE the photos, minus only four: one of someone's butt [not intentional], one of my own finger [likewise unintentional], one that is a total blur, etc. These are unedited.) Sund...