Top Snorkeling and Scuba Diving in Skagit County

If planned correctly this can be a easy dive and possibly one of the best shore dives in Puget sound. The quantity of life and COLORS of the life is epic. You must correctly hit the slack before an ebb current (using the correct current station). This wall is carpeted with invertebrates: bright yellow sponges, cucumbers, colorful buffalo sculpins, painted and striped stars, cup corals, the list goes on. Research this site online and you will see you only dive this site on slack before an ebb current or apparently the current will make things impossible (both ways). Done correctly it is delightfully calm and easy with a smooth current around the time you turn around helping you come back. There a nearby current station for this very channel - use that. Hop into the water about 30 minutes before slack and surface swim west past the cabana. Just past that you should encounter the beginning of a bull kelp field which is great place to drop. Continue west at maybe 45' and follow the wall which goes down to 75' or so. Worst case if for some reason things go wrong (with the current) swim directly to shore up the wall where it won't be as bad and allow you to get back. On the way back if you have air you might enjoy continuing underwater through the bull kelp forest and eelgrass which can also have a different set of critters, crab, etc. There is a public beach access before the gate to the private skyline cabana park. There is quite a bit of free street parking at the public access and along Cabana Lane but if full on a busy weekend there is also a pay lot towards the marina. There is a bathroom at the marina as well but you will need to ask for the code. Skyline Wall is also known as Skyline Marina Wall.