Whale Rocks is a ⭐ highly recommended (check conditions) boat dive in the San Juan Islands. Typically, visibility here is about 30 ft (range 13–45 ft), based on 4 pnwdiving reports from 2021 through 2022.
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Dive report for 10/16/22
- Visibility
- 30+ feet
Epic viz, epic sea lion action! Tons of inverts and colors. One of the best dives in the state.
I bet you had SL action!. We motored by two weeks ago & there were 50+ on shore. A very large male chased after us, leaping clear out of the water while knarling menacingly, succeeding in getting us to ‘move on our way’!
Hi. Sadly, there are no charters in the sji's anymore. Private boats only
Dive report for 3/13/22
- Visibility
- A hazy 10-15 feet (incoming tide)
Good dive at SBF on the colorful rocky slope at the north eastern end of the northern of the two Whale Rocks in the San Juan Islands. Little GPO amongst the painted anemones, but scared into hiding when a steller's sea lion came down to harrass play with me. PS king crabs, brooding anemones on the kelp stalks (and everywhere else), kelp greenlings, etc.
Sounds fantastic 😍🥳🐳💖🐟🐟🐟🐙🤿🖖
Wow sounds clean. Who's running boats out there? Is there a scrum?