Site Resources & Tools
Dive planning for Broken Point
Site Briefing
Typical San Juan Islands -style dive, lots of invertebrates, octopus, rockfish. Lots of steep sections.
Conditions: Can generally be done on either flood or ebb, just dive one side or the other depending on the direction of the current.
Marine life: Octopus and rockfish on steep reef sections.
โ ๏ธ Safety & accuracy
Before diving at Broken Point, 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Briefings may be out of date or have inaccuracies.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).
See an issue? Would you suggest a different default station or depth? Suggest briefing updates.
Nearby Stations
Wasp Passage narrows (31 ft) -- 1 mile away
Friday Harbor, San Juan Island -- 4 miles away
Nearby Dive Sites
- Bell Island (~1 miles)
- Hoffman Cove (~3 miles)
- Turn Island (~4 miles)
- Odlin County Park (~4 miles)
- El Capitan (~4 miles)


