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Lumber Dock
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Located in the commercial fishing area of Garibaldi, the Lumber Dock is a great place for finding crabs. Generally the area is protected from boaters, but a dive flag is recommended. An interesting note: there is no law in Oregon that says a boat must stay away from a dive flag. This is a very dangerous situation. Stop by Doug's Diving (in the background of the second entrance photo below) and sign their petition for a minimum safe boating distance to divers.
Directions: From Portland, take Highway 26 West to Highway 6 West into Tillamook on the coast. Drive North 9.9 miles into the Heart of Garibaldi, and turn left onto 7th Street as shown below.
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11/21/2003 Bill Osburn (Avg: 3.28 Review) - Been here a few times, what made this dive better was visibility 15 to 20 ft. Not too many keeper crabs this is definitely a clam dive. Surf was bit more choppy but then the rain was coming down hard and the wind was very fierce. This is my first year diving so what I have been told is that the algae has died down making the water more blue rather than the green I was used to. Saw a few pile perch here before that would be worth taking, but nothing over 4" this time. Great dive for a beginner.
10/21/2003 Bill Osburn (Avg: 2.86 Review) - Good place for clams and some crabs, bottom full of little crabs. Not too much else to see here but haven't ventured much past the dock. Vis is usually not too good but hit it usually as the tide is going out so that is expected. A few rocks to climb down to the shore but ok after that, rocky bottom (small med) dock supports are good to steady yourself on. Not many fish here and not worth trying to spear the ones that are there they need to grow quite a bit. Large parking lot full of boat trailers and vehicles so the little area just next to the dock is usually accessible. Good dive to start with or to hit if there isn't much tide exchange. Lots of clams
12/17/2002 Scott Richardson (Avg: 2.61 Review) - I dive here sometimes out of boredom but there is really not much to see. It's a sandy, rocking bottom. I usually do well getting crab here as well as clams but the vis can get bad and it's pretty boring.
12/14/2001 Jeff Breazile (Avg: 2.49 Review) - Did 2 dives here one day because the Jetty was too rough. Vis was about ~5ft current was manageable, but it did sweep away all the mud we kicked up chasing crabs and digging clams. Bottom is all mud, nothing very interesting, the dock pilings provide shelter to the usual suspects, lots of perch, some Dungeness, lots of red rock crab. Tons of clams! Picked up a limit of steamer clams in 1/2 a dive. Fun dive if there is nothing else diveable. Interesting note on the warning above about dive flags and boats, when I dove here it was salmon season so the bay was packed full of boats. Naturally we used a dive flag because we wanted to explore the outside of the dock pilings also. We placed the flag off the end of the dock in about 18-20ft of water. On our second dive we heard a boat right on top of us, when we surfaced under the pilings to investigate it was some fisherman in a small aluminum boat taking our dive flag and float!?!?!? We yelled at them and they threw it back in the water and sped off!
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GPS: OR0301
N45°33.5445'
W123°54.9151'
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Head toward the water on 7th Street.
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| Entrance
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GPS: OR0302
N45°33.2804'
W123°54.9124'
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From the trailer parking area, pull into this gravel turnout. You'll see the dock at the edge of the gravel pad. There are restroom facilities off to the left in the paved parking lot.
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GPS: OR0303
N45°33.2651'
W123°54.9587'
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Park away from the equipment staging area.
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| Overview
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It should be safe to dive within the dock and piling area. Beware of boaters if you venture out into the deeper water.
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GPS: OR0305
N45°33.2499'
W123°54.9486'
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It's an easy climb down the rocks and into the water.
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Last Verification: September, 2001
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