Dive # 25 Date: October 6, 1996. Location: Edmonds
Purpose: Access: shore Weather: sunny
Water Temp: Visibility: sunny PSI Used: 1600 psi air
Max depth: 38 feet Time: 40 minutes Total Hours: 14:11
Comments:
 
Dive # 24 Date: September 29, 1996. Location: Kelvin Grove
Purpose: Access: shore Weather: overcast
Water Temp: Visibility: 30' PSI Used: 1300 psi air
Max depth: 55 feet Time: 33 minutes Total Hours: 13:31
Comments: Dove middle wall. Small octopus, fish galore! Small lingcod, rockfish, perch, sculpins, etc. Interesting star.
 
Dive # 23 Date: September 29, 1996. Location: Kelvin Grove
Purpose: Access: shore Weather: foggy & overcast
Water Temp: Visibility: 30' PSI Used: 1400 psi air
Max depth: 84 feet Time: 26 minutes Total Hours: 12:58
Comments: Dove along right hand wall. Somewhat rotten vis above 60', Two definite thermoclines!
 
Dive # 22 Date: September 22, 1996. Location: Keystone
Purpose: Access: shore Weather:
Water Temp: Visibility: 40' PSI Used: 2100 psi air
Max depth: 25 feet Time: 49 minutes Total Hours: 12:32
Comments: Strong current on swim to pilings. Big octopus under log @ left side of pilings. Grunt sculpins, green anemones, rockfish, lingcod, perch. Small octopus - I thought he was a starfish - in a piling. Came out and we played with him for about 20 minutes.
 
Dive # 21 Date: September 22, 1996. Location: Keystone
Purpose: Access: shore Weather:
Water Temp: Visibility: PSI Used: 1900 psi air
Max depth: 59 feet Time: 40 minutes Total Hours: 11:43
Comments: HUGE octopus at end of jetty. Lots of life, fantastic vis! Tons of fish!
 
Dive # 20 Date: September 15, 1996. Location: Porteau Cove
Purpose: Advanced - Naturalist Access: shore Weather: sunny
Water Temp: Visibility: PSI Used: 1700 psi air
Max depth: 38 feet Time: 32 minutes Total Hours: 11:03
Comments: Octopus, rockfish, seaslug, seastars, seacucumber, lingcod, kelp greenling, white anemones, hermit crabs, dungeness crab, sea peach, perch, red anemones.
 
Dive # 19 Date: September 15, 1996. Location: Porteau - Nakaya
Purpose: Advanced - Deep Access: shore Weather: sunny
Water Temp: 42 F Visibility: PSI Used: 1800 psi air
Max depth: 95 feet Time: 26 minutes Total Hours: 10:31
Comments: HELL of a long swim! Lots of shrimp, squat lobsters.
 
Dive # 18 Date: September 14, 1996. Location: Whytecliff
Purpose: Advanced - night Access: shore Weather: rainy
Water Temp: Visibility: 10' PSI Used:
Max depth: 37 feet Time: 34 minutes Total Hours: 10:05
Comments: cool... very tired....
 
Dive # 17 Date: September 14, 1996. Location: Batchelor Bay
Purpose: Advanced - S&R Access: shore Weather: rainy
Water Temp: Visibility: PSI Used: 1200 psi air
Max depth: 20 feet Time: 21 minutes Total Hours: 9:31
Comments:
 
Dive # 16 Date: September 14, 1996. Location: Batchelor Bay
Purpose: Advanced Navigation Access: shore Weather: rainy
Water Temp: Visibility: PSI Used: 700 psi air
Max depth: 12 feet Time: 34 minutes Total Hours: 9:10
Comments: 21 kick cycles = 100'
 
Dive # 15 Date: September 8, 1996. Location: Edmonds
Purpose: Access: shore Weather: raining & windy
Water Temp: Visibility: 40' PSI Used: 1700 psi air
Max depth: 40 feet Time: 40 minutes Total Hours: 8:36
Comments: Swam through drydock with Pierre - very neat! BCD inflator valve sticky - kept filling...
 
Dive # 14 Date: September 8, 1996. Location: Edmonds
Purpose: Access: shore Weather: overcast
Water Temp: Visibility: 40' PSI Used: 1600 psi air
Max depth: 38 feet Time: 39 minutes Total Hours: 7:56
Comments: HUGE lingcod, lots of stuff to see. Some nudibranchs, rockfish
 
Dive # 13 Date: August 25, 1996. Location: Porteau Cove
Purpose: Access: shore Weather: sunny
Water Temp: Visibility: PSI Used: 1500 psi air
Max depth: 56 feet Time: 32 minutes Total Hours: 7:17
Comments: BIG lingcod!
 
Dive # 12 Date: August 25, 1996. Location: Porteau Cove
Purpose: Access: shore Weather: sunny
Water Temp: Visibility: PSI Used: 1600 psi air
Max depth: 41 feet Time: 36 minutes Total Hours: 6:45
Comments: Neat plumose anemones
 
Dive # 11 Date: August 24, 1996. Location: Whytecliff
Purpose: Scuba Review Access: shore Weather: sunny
Water Temp: Visibility: PSI Used: 1700 psi air
Max depth: 55 F Time: 38 minutes Total Hours: 6:09
Comments: Dove left wall, tried navigating from shore to wall and back again.
 
Dive # 10 Date: August 24, 1996. Location: Whytecliff
Purpose: Scuba Review Access: shore Weather: sunny
Water Temp: Visibility: PSI Used: 1600 psi air
Max depth: 65 feet Time: 33 minutes Total Hours: 5:31
Comments: Seal joined us for most of dive! AWESOME! Looked down, and he was swimming belly up, staring at me. Tried looking in all the cracks with us.....
 
Dive # 9 Date: November 18, 1995. Location: Caulfeild Cove
Purpose: Access: shore Weather: high overcast
Water Temp: Visibility: 10' PSI Used: 2150 psi air
Max depth: 32 feet Time: 59 minutes Total Hours: 5:57
Comments: Bright orange spiny crab, very neat. Supposedly octopus & wolf eel at point by anchor. Lots of red urchins.
 
Dive # 8 Date: November 13, 1995. Location: Caulfeild Cove
Purpose: Access: shore Weather: rainy
Water Temp: Visibility: 15' PSI Used: 1900 psi air
Max depth: 47 feet Time: 60 minutes Total Hours: 4:58
Comments: Large red urchins, tons of white plumose anemones. Ron found baby octopus in a bottle.
 
Dive # 7 Date: October 14, 1995. Location: Ioco
Purpose: Access: shore Weather: cloudy
Water Temp: Visibility: 10' PSI Used: 2200 psi air
Max depth: 34 feet Time: 45 minutes Total Hours: 3:58
Comments: Lots of crabs. My new wetsuit is toasty warm!
 
Dive # 6 Date: August 1, 1995. Location: Porteau Cove
Purpose: Access: shore Weather: clouded
Water Temp: 48 F Visibility: 30' PSI Used: 2400 psi air
Max depth: 68 feet Time: 46 minutes Total Hours: 3:13
Comments: Very dark! Saw tug wreck, some big fish, lots of white anemones.
 
Dive # 5 Date: August 1, 1995. Location: Porteau Cove
Purpose: Access: shore Weather: clouded
Water Temp: 48 F Visibility: 25' PSI Used: 2200 psi air
Max depth: 56 feet Time: 39 minutes Total Hours: 2:27
Comments: Wall dive... cool! Saw lots of stuff! (did wall off campground)
 
Dive # 4 Date: July 30, 1995. Location: Whytecliff
Purpose: Open Water #4 Access: shore Weather: sunny
Water Temp: Visibility: 20' PSI Used:
Max depth: 60 feet Time: 28 minutes Total Hours: 1:48
Comments: Saw 2 octopus! This is soooooo cool!
 
Dive # 3 Date: July 30, 1995. Location: Whytecliff
Purpose: Open Water #3 Access: shore Weather: sunny
Water Temp: Visibility: 20' PSI Used:
Max depth: 35 feet Time: 26 minutes Total Hours: 1:20
Comments: I hate taking the weight belt off.....
 
Dive # 2 Date: July 29, 1995. Location: Porteau Cove
Purpose: Open Water #2 Access: shore Weather: sunny
Water Temp: Visibility: 1' PSI Used:
Max depth: 26 Time: 29 minutes Total Hours: 0:54
Comments: Couldn't see a thing!
 
Dive # 1 Date: July 29, 1995. Location: Porteau Cove
Purpose: Open Water #1 Access: shore Weather: sunny
Water Temp: Visibility: 10' PSI Used:
Max depth: 26 feet Time: 25 minutes Total Hours: 0:25
Comments: WOW! This is NEAT!
 

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