Lime Kiln Point is a southwest-facing shore dive in the San Juan Islands. Typically, visibility here is about 25 ft (range 10–45 ft), based on 11 pnwdiving reports from 2022 through 2026. For the site briefing, see dive planning for Lime Kiln Point.
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Recent Visibility Reports
Dive report for 4/24/26
- Visibility
- 30+ feet, 15 feet in the shallows
Beautiful sunny morning with clear blue water at depth. Top 30ft have plankton and jellies but still nice vis. Most of the sea cucumbers were retracted. One wolf eel. No living octopus seen. Crazy numbers of yoy rockfish - schools of them. Lots of adult black, yellowtail, and coppers too. Torn off octo arm. Candy stripe shrimp. Funnel sponge. Fish eating anemones. South Haro Strait current station is the best I've found but still not entirely accurate for here: 9:30am should have been a weak flood but it was a weak ebb instead. Lots of old growth kelp. A little bull kelp is growing but not reaching surface yet. Curious harbor seal.
Dive report for 6/20/25
- Visibility
- 10 feet, 5-10 feet in the shallows
Poor vis, still lots of things to see over 3 dives. 6 candy stripe shrimp- 3 small and 3 huge. 4 adult wolf eels. Tiger rockfish. Orange hermit crab.
I miss candy. 🍭 🦐 Thank you for the report. I miss you tons 🤗
Wolf eels - 2 right below the lighthouse 75ft and 92ft deep under ledges. Two others under ledge a moderate distance north of there at 95ft. There is a fantastic small wall that drops from 90-110ft running north that has big rockfish schools and some tiger rockfish.
fantastic
Thank you
Hello Justin ! Cool report! I was wondering where about did you find the wolf eel? I have never seen any there ! Cheers !