Tacoma Narrows

You may start your dive from here and carefully drift to the bridge and back again (if your calculations are correct!), or you can walk your gear down to the bridge and begin diving from there. This is the location of the upper parking you'll use if you come here on the weekends. Yes, the gate is locked, and you will kill yourself from this point trying to get your gear to the entry. If you arrive on a weekday, however, this gate is mostly open until the early afternoon, so you may be able to drive your gear to the drop-off point by the Treatment Plant. This the turn around spot at the treatment plant. Drop your gear off, and carry it down the fence line, over the railroad tracks to the water's edge. This is the parking area just inside the park--- still a distance from the entry point. From here, you may use a tank cart to get your gear to the water's edge. If carefully planned, a drift dive to and from the bridge would be most exciting!

This was a good boat-drift dive. We saw a cute octopus just sitting on top of the rocks, a grunt sculpin, and lots of red irish lords. Our dive buddies saw wolf eals. We also found tons of human-made stuff that had been 'lost overboard' while constructing the bridge.

This site is essentially closed due to construction of a new bridge. Diving may still be done there but you may run the risk of law enforcement involvement. Construction is scheduled for at least another year.

A great dive during slack tide. Current becomes difficult above 2 kts, although it makes for great drifting. Lot's of ling cod, small kelp environment, abundance of reef life in wreckage of old bridge directly under new.

This is a killer drift dive, but I highly suggest doing this as a boat dive, especially if you are not from the area. The current rips through here and you could end up miles from where you started, but it is so fun to dive.

The Narrows is a great dive for advanced divers, and requires a live boat. Strong currents are a constant hazard. The combination of currents, depth, and poor visibility has killed divers here, but care and preparation can reward you with a great dive -- lots of wolf eels and octopus in the rocky habitat along the shore, and often dog shark sightings around the bridge supports. Several dive charter operations in the area regularly visit the Narrows.