Fort Worden / Port Townsend Marine Science Center is a east-facing shore dive in North Puget Sound. Typically, visibility here is about 13 ft (range 5–25 ft), based on 17 pnwdiving reports from 2021 through 2026.
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Dive report for 6/25/26
- Visibility
- A grimy 5 feet, 5-10 feet in the shallows (high tide)
Wanted to check out a different equipment layout. Vis was 5 feet at best, there was a wicked eddy current around the pier pilings, that kicked up a lot of silt to zero vis. . Still a fun dive!
Dive report for 5/25/26
- Visibility
- A hazy 15 feet, 10-15 feet in the shallows (high tide)
Solo dive to test gear. Surprisingly clear and calm, given the recent algae bloom and current predictions.
Fort Worden currents have been hard to predict, so this dive was interesting because it was the slackiest slack for the entire dive. Entered the water at 1138 at a predicted flood going into ebb. Maybe a slight flood current on entry, but the rest of the dive was very slack. Pt Wilson (0.6 mi NE) predicted slack at 1253, Marrowstone Pt prediction (1.1 mi NW) predicted slack at 1129. Point Hudson subordinate slack prediction was not available today. An intermediate, fairly flat high tide (Port Townsend) was at 1131. Not much wind.
Putting it all together: Diving on a flat-ish high tide from flood to ebb, near the Marrowstone slack prediction, seems like a good bet. The Pt Wilson prediction is useless, as usual.
The previous two dives here we found Capital One credit cards (different owners). What's the odds of that? No credit cards or cell phones on this dive, ha.
So C 🐟🐟L about the 🍼 fish. Strange about the 💳💳 😂 🤗🌊🤿♻️🚯 thanks for cleaning up 🫧
Oh, and hundreds of baby flatfish on the sandy bottom in 3-6 ft of water. Very fun! Schools of anchovie-like fish around the pier, look like sand lances to me.