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.

Titlow Beach

Tittlow Beach has a very easy entry and decent parking. Showers are provided in the summer, but bathrooms are a bit of a walk through the park. Currents can be very strong and this dive really should be done at slack for beginners.  Great Dive!!

#2 - Titlow Beach

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!

Sunrise Beach Park

This is an amazing dive!! It is best if you go by boat and anchor just off shore. There is a buoy that marks the reef. You can find huge octopus, wolf eel, shells, ling cod, and tons of fish.

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