Whidbey Area

GreyIII · Aug 22, 2004

I'm just curious how many other Whidbey Divers are posting on this board?

I'm very new to diving and am just looking to see who else is around.

My wife and I are both going to be diving but we are interested in diving with others!

Kayla · Aug 22, 2004

I'm not too incredibly far from Whidbey Island. Don't know if your firmiliar with the Mt. Vernon/ Burlington area, but thats where I'm at!

Kayla

GreyIII · Aug 22, 2004

Oh yeah, I'm very familiar with the area. I work in La Conner and have lived here pretty much since the early 80's.

Any advice on good places to dive for newbies?

diver doh · Aug 22, 2004

Good places for newbies are Langley Marina (while we still have it), Keystone Jetty and Coupeville Marina. Head south and get on the ferry for Mukilteo T-dock (and maybe the oil dock), Edmonds Underwater Park, Seacrest Cove 2...

Or, head to Anacortes and catch a boat dive with one of the dive charters there.

So many places, so little time.

Jeff

Kayla · Aug 22, 2004

Jeff suggested just about everything that I was going to. The only other place I can think of it Octopus Hole. I think that I can get you directions if you're interested. We saw a huge octopus there a couple weeks ago!

Where in LaConner do you work? I have family that lives on the channel in LaConner.

Kayla

wedivebc · Aug 22, 2004

I am not from Whidby but I passed through and did a cool dive at Keystone last week.
The guy at Oak Harbor dive shop was real helpful and only charged me half what the lds I rented from the next day did for the same stuff.

Keystone had several large octos and some of the ling cod could have been big enough to ride on.

Kayla · Aug 23, 2004

Keystone is a great dive spot! In the summer it can get pretty crowded on the weekends, and even sometimes during the winter. Most of the time in the middle of the week, there is NO ONE, and its pretty awesome! I don't think that I have ever done a dive there that I can complain about!

Kayla

MechDiver · Aug 23, 2004

diver doh:
Good places for newbies are Langley Marina (while we still have it
Jeff

Whats up with Langley? I haven't been there in years, but that's the only place on Whidbey thats worth the drive IMO.

MD

MXGratefulDiver · Aug 23, 2004

MechDiver:
Whats up with Langley? I haven't been there in years, but that's the only place on Whidbey thats worth the drive IMO.

MD

Last year they were talking about closing it because they wanted to develop the area. They were talking about moving the fishing pier somewhere else, and opening an area near the new pier for diving. It would, of course, mean the end of the tire reef.

Haven't heard anything since then ... I know there was opposition, but money usually does the talking ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

MechDiver · Aug 23, 2004

NWGratefulDiver:
Last year they were talking about closing it because they wanted to develop the area. They were talking about moving the fishing pier somewhere else, and opening an area near the new pier for diving. It would, of course, mean the end of the tire reef.

Haven't heard anything since then ... I know there was opposition, but money usually does the talking ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Moving the fishing pier to open ocean would be fine with me

Too bad about the tire reef as that's a nice place to poke around.

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