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Ferndale
Deming Van Zandt Clipper
Marietta
Bellingham Sidney
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Edison
Lopez
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Marysville
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Robe
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FollowingSnohomish is a list of the top dive sites of the Hood Canal as rated by Betty Startup Sultan Pratt-Johnson’s 141 Dives in the ProLynnwood tected Waters of Washington and British Gold BarInd Monroe Columbia (1977); Stephen Fischnaller’s Northwest Shore Dives (2000); as well B as diver’s blog reviews, Duvallincluding Scott Bothell Boyd's Emerald Sea Scuba and Nicolle Prat's Pacific Northwest Scuba.
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La Conner Just below the surface of the waters of the Hood Canal, a whole new world Conway Ú exists waiting to be explored. It is carpeted with sponges and seaweed, populated by wolf eels and octopus and Oak visited by the occasional seal and Harbor even (rarely) a six-gilled shark. The cold water of the PacificUtsalady is daunting, but Coupeville the variety of marine life it holds is well worth the chilly SCUBA dive.Stanwood With its Silvana comparably slower currents Puget Sound), the Hood Lakewood CamanoCanal offers Port Dungeness(to the rest of Keystone Port Townsend Angeles many opportunities for shore dives and boat dives of various experience Agnew levels. Winter to early spring offer clearer visibilityGreenbank as the cooler weather Carlsborg Sequim Irondale means less algae blooms. Check with local dive on current visibility. Hadlock Portoperators
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Mount Vernon
Victoria
Gardiner Blyn Discovery Bay
Concrete
Hamilton
Clear Lake
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Bow
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Saanich
Acme
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Bellevue is a more intermediate shore dive requires you Fall City time your swim out to the dive area right before Eldon Port Preston Mercer the beginning of slack tide, so that the current Holly Orchard Southworth Snoqualmie Island pulls you out to the bridge, then you can save Issaquah Tukwila Lilliwaup your energy for the swim back. On your swim Bend Northout Burien Renton to the bridge you pass through eelgrass beds, Vashon Belfair 5 6 SeaTac which are teeming with perch, soles, shiners and Snoq Hoodsport Des other sea creatures. When you reach the concrete Potlatch Tahuya t n e K Maple Moines bridge supports you are greeted by a fantas7 Allyn 3 Union Valley Federal tic display of plumose anemonesKangley and many Vaughn Key Center Gig Harbor Covington Grapeview Way different types of nudibranchs. Be careful of boat Auburn Black traffic and pace yourself for the long swim to and Tacoma Home Diamond Palmer from the bridge. 33 FJORD Fife Matlock Map Credit: Cumberland WSDOT Dayton Lakebay 25
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