The Fox Island Bridge is a hidden jewel among South Puget Sound dive sites. Rarely do you hear about it, but it is worth a try!

Timing your dive around these currents is critical when diving this site from shore. Entry is easy from the public boat launch parking lot on the south end of the bridge. During the dive, you swim from stanchion to stanchion, so good visibility and/or a compass are advised!

Currents: Old write-ups had the ideal window for diving this site at about 1:45 minutes prior to slack before ebb at the North Tacoma Narrows current station. But stations have changed since some of those early write-ups, so take that with caution. Either a super mild day or accompaniment by boat is advised until we can get an updated advisory.

If you do dive it, you will be rewarded with richly colored bridge columns covered with life. On my last dive at this site I think I spotted almost ten different species of nudibranchs: white-lined dirona, three-lined aeolid, Janolus fuscus, sea lemons, spotted dorid, clown nudibranch, and more!

There's a nearby boat ramp that works for lighter boats.

Maximum depth at the middle of the bridge is about 60 ft. Most of the marine life at this site is bottom dwelling; likely the current here makes other types of life more rare.

Conditions: Go on a mild day! Swim along the jetty to the first bridge pylons when the current allows, then descend.

Marine life: Commonly seen: buffalo sculpin, sculpin, short plumose anemone.