A great site for, what else, CRABS!  The Docks have easy access and entry, but you do have watch out for the current.  Plan your dive for slack!  Exploring under the dock, lost items, from the landlubbers above, are there for the taking!

Take the nearest exit from the South side of the Newport Bridge.  Head down the hill toward the water, and find the parking lot close to the bay just to the East of the bridge.  You won't see the dock until you start to walk toward the water.

Crab Dock

I dove this once with a local diver.  We walked out the dock and climbed over the rail (he has jumped before) which gives the dry people a chance to ask questions and assures them that we are looking for lost pots, not their crabs.  I surfaced swam back to the jetty/shore, since I didn't want to climb up the pilings.  I will do it again.

#2 - Crab Dock

Fingers is probably the best known dive in the Newport area.  The jetty area provides some great hiding places for the smaller marine life, and the fingers outstretching perpendicular from the main jetty can protect you a bit from the current.  It is recommended that you dive one of the first three fingers you come to, as the fourth and fifth are subject to stronger current.  Since this is the main channel out of Newport Bay, dive only at slack tide, and be careful of the boat traffic.

Take the nearest exit from the South side of the Newport Bridge.  Head down hill toward the water, and turn left on SW 26th Street, which then takes you to SE Jetty Way and the park.

Fingers

This is a top spot for valley divers, and a great spot for spear fishing.  My sister had her checkout dive here (2-3 finger).  I once dove two dives at the fifth and sunken jetty, and did a third drift dive out with no gun and saw two huge lings and rock fish.  Sand will shallow up to about 10' (from 30-20) that's when it's time to get out.

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