Port Townsend is a south-facing shore dive in North Puget Sound. Typically, visibility here is about 13 ft (range 5–20 ft), based on 19 pnwdiving reports from 2021 through 2026. For the site briefing, see dive planning for Port Townsend.
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Recent Visibility Reports
Dive report for 6/7/26
- Visibility
- A hazy 10 feet, 15 feet in the shallows (high tide)
The squid are laying eggs. The adults were hanging around watching me remove the pesky red crabs who were eating on the pile and I think I got a few more thumbs up from the group.
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Dive report for 3/23/26
By Glenn Grant
- Visibility
- A snowy 15 feet, 10-15 feet in the shallows (incoming tide)
Bottle hunting, found a couple. Schools of tubesnouts, not many shrimp.
Hilary Rose, pnwdiving.com and 1 others
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