7 Tips for Shore Diving at Puget Sound

1. Check the Local Tides Checking the local tide times and knowing the adjustment for your dive site can be the difference between a nice dive and a pointless drive.  Time your entry about 15 minutes prior to the “slack tide.” The slack tide time period is the time between the high/low tide and the point where the water begins to reverse. Puget Sound is the "World’s Largest Bathtub," they say, filling and emptying twice a day.  This creates currents often too strong for the recreational diver. 2. Be Aware of Where You Are Due to the enormous amount of recreational and commercial boat traffic throughout Puget Sound, it’s always a good idea to use a Dive Flag, but it isn’t required by all counties or municipalities in the re...
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6.5 to 7 mil suit? We put our OW students in 14 mm of neoprene, and almost everybody I know who dives Puget Sound dives dry.