Siuslaw River - Crab Hole is a shore accessible salt water dive site, located in Florence, OR.
Another excellent place for crab. The location is a little remote and out-of-the-way, which provides additional adventure! No more than 40 feet deep, you’ll find crab and clams, and the occasional abandoned crab pot lost by boaters.
Directions: Located in Florence, on the North bank of the Siuslaw River, you’ll need to get on Rhododendron Drive, which parallels the river bank heading to the ocean. For a scenic drive, head West on 9th Street and turn right on Rhodie, or go West on 35th street and turn right on Rhodie.
I have dove here a few times before and it is a pretty good spot. Crab hole (unlike what it says) can get down to about 65’. I like to dive slack and head towards crab hole or on a small exchange do a drift dive on the outgoing. I have been much more successful on the drift dives looking through the rocks for crab and various fish while spear fishing.
Also called Crab Hole, but not a lot of crabs. We did get a bunch of clams. I’ve dove there many times, some days are great viz 30+ while the next day I can’t see my hand. Getting in about 45min before high slack is the best. Since they changed the entry, it’s so much easier to get in and out.
We dive this site all the time! It’s our "default" dive site. We typically make a drift on the incoming tide and then a slack dive on the high tide. The site is also divable on small exchanges. There is a small finger jetty upstream from the entry that creates eddy currents. If you venture away from the jetty wall, make sure you know your compass headings! If you’d like to join us sometime, check out http://www.diverhead.com/ where weekend dive trips are organized on a regular basis.
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