Come Dive Alaska

[Uncle Pug]

BTW... Alaska diving really is great.... Stika Diver was just trying to be funny... I think.

Someday I'll take him up on the offer.

 

[JustJoe]

I've always been fascinated by Alaska. When I was a kid a family friend moved there after her husband died. She would come back to Florida during the cold months with amazing artwork, both hers and things she collected while there.

I was still willing to lend Sitka Diver an ear even after the first post. The second post of his was enough.

Joe

 

[diveborg]

I can't speak for Alaska and Western BC, but in Seattle there is plenty of shore diving available. Along with the dry suit, you'd also need a hood and thick gloves (or dry gloves), and a good dive light is nice too. Here's a couple more cool pictures that Uncle Pug has posted from Port Hardy (North Vancouver Island).

BTW, Diveborg, how do you get the pictures to appear inside the post like that?

Thanks,
Jason

I have the Diving Concepts drygloves, so the only part of me that gets wet is my head and that has a hood on it. I always take a light when I dive, doesn't matter if it is warm or cold water, day or night. I really like the Ikelite PCa as a little backup light.

The syntax you use to imbed images on this message boars is put the URL of the image inside of :

 

[Uncle Pug]

TechAdmin has been testing it and I guess it is turned on. But for some reason I can't get it to work with the link to a photo in the gallery. :11:

 

[JasonH20]

The syntax you use to imbed images on this message boars is put the URL of the image inside of :

When I first joined Scuba Board a couple months ago I tried that and it didn't work, so I wrote it off... It appears they turned that feature back on a couple weeks ago! Cool!
Thanks,
Jason

 

[Uncle Pug]

 

[Uncle Pug]

OK... you can't embed the gallery link but if you *view* the image you can embed that url.

 

[diveborg]

Wow! Those wolf eels look prehistoric. Obviously the temps require a dry suit, but those pics are awesome.
Do you have long boat rides or are shore dives more common?

I prefer boat diving as it is just easier, but shore diving is possible. I've done most of that in Washington state. The Hood Canal has some good sites and the Edmund's Underwater Park is fun.

What kind of extra gear would be required besides the dry suit (and appropriate weighting)?

Gloves of some kind, I have dry gloves, a hood, ankle weights(for me), a light, and your BC should have a pretty good amount of lift. That is because if your drysuit has a catastrophic failure, you'll be pretty heavy. I do know some people that will dive wearing a wet suit, I can't take the cold so I have to go dry.

 

[diveborg]

Don't forget Washington, we have good cold water diving here as well.

That is a great stubby squid photo. I've not seen one of those yet.

 

[Brandon]

Sitka folk are delightfully tacky... yet unrefined... just like Hooters!

The diving up here in Alaska is great... vis can be horrible, but when it's nice, it's awesome.

BC is constantly winning best diving awards... there's a reason.

Cold PacNW diving is my favorite.

-B.