Welcome!
... to The Perfect
Dive, a site created with
the help of local divers like
yourself to provide you the
resources needed to plan
your perfect dive.
You are invited to leave
reviews and upload content
as often as you like. The
more participation the site
receives from you, the more
comprehensive it will be for
the dive community.
Log-In |
... to upload photos, leave reviews and edit your profile.
|
|
|
|
|
Now Viewing... |
USA: Pacific Northwest - The cold, emerald waters of the Pacific Northwest are a real treat for Scuba diving. This region of the website includes dive sites and galleries in the Puget Sound, Hood Canal, the San Juans, and the Oregon and Washington coasts. Divers in the Pacific Northwest are presented a large variety of life, ample dive locations, and dynamic diving opportunities such as walls, bull kelp forests, drift dives and dive parks.
Change Region
|
|
Featured Site |
 |
Edmonds Underwater Park
Edmonds Marine Walkway , Edmonds, WA
Type: Saltwater
Difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate
Entry: Moderate Shore Entry
Attractions: Large Wreck, Small Wreck, Debris, Tire Reef, Eel Grass Beds
|
Edmonds park is a huge (20+ acres) and shallow (the deepest point is about 45 feet) marine park. The bottom is so gradual that it is impossible to tell which way shore is so take a good compass heading before descending. There is a good map near the restrooms that shows what’s out there and where to find it. Buoys on the surface and rope trails on the bottom help you to navigate the site and find the different features. Be prepared for a long surface swim as the best stuff is way out there. The bottom here is sandy, and the only structures are the man made objects placed here. Luckily, that includes some good sized boats including an old wooden tug that is half way gone. Also many pipes and concrete structures. The park is huge, so if you see alot of divers heading to one spot, pick another if you want solitude. If man made structure is not your thing, then don’t worry, the stars of the show here are the freakishly huge fish. This site has been a sanctuary for a long time and with no fishing sites near it, the fish are able to grow to monstrous sizes. In particular the lingcod are impressive with many topping 5 feet. The cabazon are also truly huge for their species. Look closer and you will find grunt and longfin sculpin, gobies, nudibranchs and other small treats. As you swim out, you will pass over extensive eelgrass beds in the summer, a good place to find hooded nudibranchs. One last note...bring your camera, you really will have a hard time convincing people how big the fish are!
|
The Perfect Dive is brought to you by: |
|
|