Fort Flagler Pier is a shore accessible salt water dive site, located in Fort Flagler State Park, WA. This dive site has an average rating of 4.00 out of 5 from 1 scuba divers.
Fort Flagler is great out-of-the-way park for sightseeing, picnicking, and of course diving! The scenic drive, alone, to the park is worth it for a weekend outing from Seattle. For those who brought your Scuba gear, prepare for a fascinating dive. Fish, macro life, plume worms and anemones have engulfed the pilings that march far out into the Admiralty Inlet. As usual, dive on a slack tide.
Directions: From Seattle, take the Edmonds/Kingston ferry to 104. Continue North through Port Gamble and over the Hood Canal Bridge. In about 5.5 miles, turn right onto 19. After 11.5 miles, turn right again onto 116 and head North to the end of the road, in about 10 miles. You’ll then be at the entrance of the park.
I just spent some time around the pier structure. I didn’t know there was a reef out there. I might go back to find it sometime. The current was moving when I was there so I just kept it shallow and hung out with the fish in the pier. Very colorful life there. Schools of mini flounder shimmer away from you through the sand on exit.
This was a great dive. Lots to see on the artifical reef- underwater trail for easy navigation. We missed slack so the current made the dive an advanced dive.
Nice, secluded dive site. A pretty drive down Marrowstone Island. The park offers other things to do for your non-diving friends and partners. The pilings (0-40ft) are loaded with life, great for photographers. Beyond the pilings (>30-40ft) are fields of sea pens, concrete hidey-holes for fish and critters, and a hard sandy bottom sloping gently down. Very current dependent, as it is exposed to the sound. During a good slack tide the pilings would make a good dive for beginners or a navigation class. Farther out is good for intermediate divers seeking more variety.
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