Trip Report:Tacoma Diving

[Runrayrun]

Went out with Rick of Bandito Charters on December 30th out of Tacoma. Rick is great to dive with, 2nd time out with him. Dove the east end of the Narrows Bridge and Sunrise Park. Water was 48 degrees, viz varied. At the narrows viz was no more then 15 feet down to 60 feet, very little to see. At Sunrise viz much better, at least 30 feet from 20 feet on down. The Octopus were everywhere at Sunrise. Found 4 in in 35 minutes, one was huge, biggest I've ever seen.

 

[TSandM]

Thanks for the report! I'm surprised to hear that there was little to see at the Narrows -- I've always assumed that, because of the currents, there would be a lot of life on the pylons.

 

[Runrayrun]

Might have been, but we didn't get to see the bridge structure. The current was strong, about 3 knots, just like a Cozumel drift dive! Went right past the bridge itself before we got down too far. I was with my 17 year old daughter who hasn't been in water less then 75 degrees for 4 years, we took our time getting down.

 

[TSandM]

I remember doing Milepost 8 (just up from the bridge) when the current was like that. All you could do was sail by and gaze with amazement!

Well, at least Sunrise made up for it, huh? I love that dive.