Site Resources & Tools
Dive planning for Breakfast Rock
Site Briefing
This is a big rounded pinnacle that rises abruptly from a seemingly featureless bottom (~90 fsw). This site is less current sensitive than the nearby big-name sites in the area. You can often dive the island on the lee side of the current. We've had some wonderful candystripe shrimp encounters at this site.
Conditions: Probably only want to dive off a live boat here. Anchoring could be tough and it might be impossible to make it back to the boat in the currents that rip through San Juan Channel. Kelp could be a hazard on top of the pinnacle.
Marine life: Commonly seen: candystripe shrimp
⚠️ Safety & accuracy
Before diving at Breakfast Rock, always check the site-specific wind/wave forecast, tide/currents, and recent reports (latest: Sep 6, 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Briefings may be out of date or have inaccuracies.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).
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Nearby Stations
Pear Point, east of (32 ft) -- 2 miles away
Friday Harbor, San Juan Island -- 3 miles away
Nearby Dive Sites
- Shipyard Cove Wreck (~2 miles)
- Friday Harbor Trawler (~2 miles)
- Turn Island (~3 miles)
- El Capitan (~3 miles)
- Eagle Point (~4 miles)