Seattle Dive Tours

Check Out Some of the Best Dive Sites in Seattle and Puget Sound

Below are just a few of the amazing and beautiful dive sites in and around Seattle and Puget Sound.

Alki Seacrest Park (Cove 2)Alki Seacrest Park (Cove 2)

Also commonly referred to as “Alki Cove 2” or just “Cove 2”, this dive site is one of the most popular in Seattle. For a first dive, enter the water and head down to the rock pile at approximately 45’ to look for Giant Pacific Octopus. On the way back, keep an eye out for Kelp Greenling, Vermilion Rockfish, and Red Irish Lords Read more…

150- Alki JunkyardAlki Beach Junk Yard

This dive site is a delightful park at the end of Alki Ave., in the funky Alki section of West Seattle. It features a long sandy beach with retainer wall, 3 staircases down to the beach, and a shady grass area with picnic tables and BBQ pits. The park has restrooms, restaurants nearby, and lots of room. Read more…

150- Edmonds Underwater ParkEdmonds Underwater Park

Also known as Bruce Higgins Underwater Trails, this site is one of the best known and most popular in the Puget Sound region, visited by over 25,000 divers annually. The site is also a marine protected area and some of the biggest Cabezon and Lingcod in the area can be found here. The park was built and maintained by a small group of volunteers that can be seen out making repairs and improvements on weekends. Read more…

150- Les Davis Marine ParkLes Davis Marine Park

Les Davis is an easily accessible park with good parking, and plenty of amenities including restrooms. picnic tables, and a take out stand open in the summer. The dive site itself is accesses via a staircase maintained by the Washington Scuba Alliance. Read more…

150- Redondo BeachRedondo Beach

This dive site is two dives in one. For the first dive, enter the water via the concrete steps just south of MaST Aquarium and do a short surface swim to the end of the aquarium building. Descend and head out head straight out along the rope to find several several small boats at approximately 85’. Look for lots of marine life under and around the boats, including Copper rockfish, Buffalo sculpin, and Giant Pacific Octopus. Read more…

150- Saltwater State ParkSaltwater State Park

Saltwater State Park is 10 miles South of Seattle set in old growth timber, and has an amusing back story. It was built in 1926 as a peace effort to end the historic rivalry between Seattle and Tacoma and a monument commemorates the parks construction. Read more…

150- Three Tree PointThree Tree Point North

This lesser known dive site is nestled in a quiet neighborhood 20 minutes south of downtown Seattle in Burien, WA. The entry point is down a short slope and along a sandy beach. It has an eel grass bed, followed by a silty bottom and a debris field containing lots of marine life. Look for Spiny pink star, Brown rockfish, Coonstripe shrimp, Rock sole, Spotted ratfish, Painted greenling, and even a few Pacific Spiny Lumpsuckers in the warmer months. Read more…

150- Titlow BeachTitlow Beach

Just South of Point Defiance Park and with a view of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, is Titlow Beach. The dive site is essentially the old ferry dock and pilings that ran before the first Narrows bridge was built in 1940. On a sunny winter day, Titlow Beach can be one of the most beautiful dive sites in Puget Sound. The best time to dive Titlow Beach is during high slack, swimming strait out to the pilings and descending down to the shallow (40′-45′) bottom. Read more…


Seattle Dive Tours is a boutique scuba diving tour company in the Northwest, founded in 2012. Our daily guided dive tour, limited to 4 guests, includes 2 shore dives with a PADI dive professional, all your gear, and free hotel pick up. Seasonally, we also offer night dive tours of Puget Sound.

For divers wishing to continue their dive training, we teach PADI scuba diving classes, including Open Water through Divemaster, and speciality courses featuring Northwest diving.

For 2018, Seattle Dive Tours is donating $5 of every guided tour and class to 5 organizations.  These are:
Project AWARE– Ocean Conservation
Patriots For Disabled Divers – Funding quality scuba training for disabled veterans and others with disabilities throughout the United States.
West Seattle Food Bank – Providing food and other items to needy families in West Seattle.
Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition/TAG – supporting a healthy Duwamish River for the benefit of the community, fish and wildlife.
Highline MAST Aquarium at Redondo – sponsoring summer camps for 4th, 5th, and 6th graders to learn about our ocean.

Please support us in these efforts by booking a tour or class, telling your friends about us and supporting these organizations.

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