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Crab Dock
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A great site for, what else, CRABS! The Docks have easy access and entry, but you do have watch out for the current. Plan your dive for slack! Exploring under the dock, lost items, from the landlubbers above, are there for the taking!
Directions: Take the nearest exit from the South side of the Newport Bridge. Head down the hill toward the water, and find the parking lot close to the bay just to the East of the bridge. You won't see the dock until you start to walk toward the water.
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11/01/2006 Jjeff (Avg: 2.51 Review) - I dove this once with a local diver. We walked out the dock and climbed over the rail (he has jumped before) which gives the dry people a chance to ask questions and assures them that we are looking for lost pots, not their crabs. I surfaced swam back to the jetty/shore, since I didn't want to climb up the pilings. I will do it again.
02/12/2003 Mark Schneider (Avg: 2.28 Review) - This is not really much of a dive. Entry down rocks on west is okay but then you have a long surface swim. Entry from jetty on east allows less swimming but bottom is really mucky. Surprisingly little life around pilings. Crabbers on dock can be highly suspicious. I actually wanted to review the OSU research vessel dock which is a much better dive but was not listed. You just follow the road about another 1/2 mile to a large dead end turn around. You can see the dock from there. Not a great dive but much better than crab dock. There is a sunken tree, a large tire, a number of other items and a rock jetty. Lots more life and if you dive on the high after a minus tide the crabs can be numerous.
06/13/2002 Steve Frisbie (Avg: 2.41 Review) - Did this dive once before moving away from the area years ago. It's a bit of a swim out to depth. Kind of a mildly interesting dive, going from pier post to pier post in low viz. It was the first time I'd done that, kinda neat. Occasional crab, garbage and sometimes a free crab-pot can be found (there was one the day we dove with no rope attached). There are crab fishermen on the pier who will give you stink-eye because they think you are after their crabs in their pots, so I wouldn't crab here. Little do they know that you'll see more crabs outside the pots than inside...help them out if you find any by putting them in the pots. Lots of Geoducks can be found here. Pick up a razor clam shell and fan deeply (helps if there is a tide to carry away the silt) around the necks which stick an inch or two above the surface of the muck and you might be able to get yourself a 3-5 lb supply of clam chowder meat.
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GPS: OR0501
N44°37.1999'
W124°03.1983'
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Looking toward the South end of the bridge, you'll find plenty of parking here.
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Looking North, the dock is just a short hike down the path.
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GPS: OR0503
N44°37.2730'
W124°03.2345'
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Carefully transverse the rocky jetty to the beach, and head out to end of the dock, where it falls off to about 45 feet.
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Last Verification: July, 2001
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