Fulton Creek Reef is a south-facing boat dive in Hood Canal. Typically, visibility here is about 18 ft (range 13–25 ft), based on 4 pnwdiving reports from 2022 through 2026. For the site briefing, see dive planning for Fulton Creek Reef.
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Dive report for 6/2/26
- Visibility
- A clear 20 feet, 5-10 feet in the shallows (outgoing tide)
This was at the coordinates provide for Fulton Creek So. 39 ft at anchor, reef goes out to over 100' easily. Cold and clear today!
💭 Discussion about Fulton Creek Reef -- 5/28/26
Does anyone have lat/lon (accurate within reason) for this site? Thanks in advance!
Yeah, we've been looking for a better coordinate. If anyone knows, let us know!
Best I've found is this old site: https://web.archive.org/web/20210803214615/http://www.visitolympicpeninsula.com/canal.htm
Excerpt:
Fulton Creek North
For the adventurous diver that likes to explore, there is some interesting structure north of Fulton Creek and south of McDonald Cove. Just north of a sandy beach on the north side of Fulton Creek starting in about 40’ of water you’ll find a rocky finger heading southeast to a depth of about 95’. To the north of that, across a sandy bottom, you should find some rock structure from 60’ to 90’. A little further north, closer to shore in 40’ to 80’ you’ll find another rocky finger that extends out to the southeast. Still further north, just south of McDonald Cove, you’ll find a variety of structure including small ledges and terraces, boulders, and maybe a swim-thru formed by large boulders. Wolf Eels, Giant Pacific Octopus, Lingcod and a variety of rockfish are found throughout this area. There can be some current here on a large exchange making good habitat for a variety of invertebrates. Divers who like to get away from the popular sites and explore will like this area. You’ll need a boat to access this area. If you’re exploring, a live boat pickup would be best. This area covers about .4 miles of shoreline.
Fulton Creek North GPS coordinates
47 37.100N 122 57.996W on the southern end
47 37.352N 122 57.484W on the northern end
👍 thank you!
Updated pnwd to list the center of these two coords as the location for the site. Thank you!
Thanks! Will load these and try them next week.
I would have to say that this is NOT a great dive in Hood Canal. We did see some some sea whips at about 80 fsw. The rest is broken rock and rubble. We will try the coordinates provided for Fulton Creek N and hope it's better.