Top Snorkeling and Scuba Diving in Pierce County

A great place for artifact hunting, Titlow Beach offers pilings, walls and crevices to explore. Make sure you see the pillars of white sea anenomes on the posts. Fantastic. Pacific Octopus are known to be around as well! Set up equipment on picnic tables and walk down a hill to the beach. Titlow Beach is also known as 6th Avenue Dock. Titlow is found on the shores of the Tacoma Narrows. Head North on Highway 16 from I-5 in Tacoma as if you are heading to Gig Harbor. Just before the ol' Galloping Girdy (The nickname of the previous bridge span-- look it up on the Internet!), exit and take a left on Jackson Ave. Turn right on 6th Street, and wind your way down to the park.

This site has it all! Well, almost-- no wrecks, no Whale Sharks-- but if you are looking for interesting marine life, this is the place. With a creviced wall at about 30 to 60 feet deep and 100 feet long, you'll spend most of your time exploring the nooks and crannies. Wolf Eels and Octopus are the highlights. Bring two tanks, and plan to spend the day in the area-- but not the night, as the gates are locked at dusk. If you aren't familiar with using the tide tables, don't dive this site-- the current can surprise you! Found in Gig Harbor, about 6 miles NW of Tacoma. Take either exit of Highway 16 to get to Gig Harbor, and wind your way around to the North part of the harbor. You'll find yourself on Peacock Hill Ave NW. Make a right on 96th Street NW, then a left on Crescent Valley Drive. In less than a mile, turn right onto Hallstrom Dr. NW and follow the signs down to the park. Remember the landmarks going down, as you won't find "Gig Harbor: This Way" signs coming back up!

Popular site for out-of-towners and dive training. Rock piles provide for marine habitat. Great photo ops. Gently sloping area, easy entry. Beach/boat access. Ample parking, restrooms, consesions, picnic tables and restaurants. Popular training site. Commencement bay; N Ruston Way. Les Davis is also known as Les Davis Pier.

A very distinctive wall dive running North and South. This Dive is fore advanced divers. Done as a drift dive if by boat. Able to dive from shore on a minimal tide exchange and slack current. need to make current corrections from Narrows current table. Day Island Wall is also known as DIW.

Awsome Dive. Lots of Small boat wrecks. Mostley in about 35-50 foot of water. Dive sight is in front of a old shutdown marina. Lots of sea life diversity. Great for begining divers. Bridge over the railroad tracks and steps down to the beach is a little bit of a workout but not bad. Driving through downtown Steilacoom heading west on Lafayette Street, take a left onto Union Street. After aprox. 1/4 of a mile take a right on to Gove Street. Come to T-intersection at 1st Street, take right onto 1st street and drive aprox 200 yards to parking area on the left side of the road at Salters Point. Gear up, walk over bridge, down the steps and walk past the picnic are to the side of the marina where the pilons are. This is the entry point. Splash in and at about 30 ft turn south and dive along the front of the marina. 35-45 feet is where most of the wrecks are. Have fun, be safe,and go DIVING! Saltar's Point Beach is also known as Steilacoom Marina.

This is a great site to practice skills. sandy bottom, shallow and little or no current. Not much to see here. but is a fun easy dive. has a Outside shower and good set-up facilities. Parking lot/ are is a fairly long distance from the actual dive / beach access. Bring a cart with wheels Sunny Side Beach is also known as Sunnyside Beach.