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Pacific Northwest (PNW) Diving Resources

Selected Local Dive Shops


Under Water Works

Tigard, OR

PADI

Thunder Reef Dive Center

Vancouver, WA

 PADI & NAUI

Eight Diving

Des Moines (South Puget Sound), WA

SDI & GUE; Support tech diving

YSS Dive

Hoodsport & Tacoma & Port Townsend, WA

PADI & NAUI & Commercial/Harvest Diving; Support tech diving

Jade Scuba Adventures

Port Orchard, WA

SDI & TDI


Boat Dive Operators

YSS Dive Charters

Hood Canal

Partner with YSS Dive

Pallin’ Around

Hood Canal & Olympic Peninsula

Partner with Jade Scuba Adventures



Devil Fish Diving

Puget Sound &the wrecks of Lake Washington


Dive Site Maps

Seattle Dive Tours

Nice and clear maps covering most popular dive sites in Puget Sound and Hood Canal

Washington Scuba Alliance

Crow sourced dive site maps


Conditions Reports

NOAA Tides and Currents

Official tide and current reports from NOAA. Use the map to find the closest station to the dive site

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Plan Your Dive

Interactive map of dive sites with details and integrated with NOAA tides and currents info

PNW Diving

Crowd-sourced dive reports, covering Puget Sound and Hood Canal

Northwest Dive Club

Forum-style including conversations, planning (ex: buddy, dive site details, tides), classified, and more


Selected Dive Clubs (non dive shop sponsored)

Most activities happen on their Facebook groups. Most dive shops organized regular (monthly or weekly) club dives.

Marker Buoy

Based in Puget Sound.
Facebook group here

Bottom Dwellers

 Based in Seattle. LGBTQA+ friendly.
Facebook group here

Kelp Krawlers

 Based in Olympia, Lacey, and Tumwater.
Only on Facebook