Site Resources & Tools
Dive planning for Box Canyon
Site Briefing
Box Canyon is a dive site near Neah Bay with Star Wars-like trench topography. Epic dive!
Remote Olympic coast diving.
Access: Boat.
Marine life: Dense invertebrates cover the canyon walls on healthy years.
Hazards: Extreme currents and remoteness. Watch for swell and fog.
โ ๏ธ Safety & accuracy
Before diving at Box Canyon, always check the site-specific wind/wave forecast, tide/currents, and recent reports (latest: Oct 13, 2024)! Reminder: Winds (even offshore winds) can impact slack time.
Briefings may be out of date or have inaccuracies. Dive within your training and experience. The first time diving a site, join someone familiar with the site and/or start on a mild day.
See our currents, tides, wind, and waves guide for help reading charts and planning current-sensitive dives.
The nearest NOAA or XTide current and tide stations within 25 miles are selected by default when available. NOAA stations show charts here; XTide stations link to Dairiki. Click a pin on the map below to choose another station for current, tide, camera, or buoy data (you may need to zoom in or out).
See an issue? Would you suggest a different default station or depth? Suggest briefing updates.
Nearby Stations
No current station within 25 miles of this site. Zoom out to see further out stations. If you know of a better station from some other source, let us know!
NEAH BAY -- 5 miles away
Nearby Dive Sites
- Mushroom Rock (<1 mile)
- Stellar Rock (~1 miles)
- Tatoosh Canyon (~1 miles)
- Tiger Ridge (~6 miles)
- Third Beach Pinnacle (~7 miles)


