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Snorkeling and Scuba Diving at Point Whitney
A life-encrusted intake pipe extends out, running north-south. You'll find the pipe starting at about 15' and running down to 100 feet, more or less depending on the tides. Look for GPOs under the supports. The start of the pipe is located near the center of the parking area. (There's really two pipes, but one is shorter.) Octopus Gardens Dive Shop has a good map and write-up of this site on. Point Whitney (near the Washington State Shellfish Laboratory) is a fine site on the Hood Canal north of Hoodsport.
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Andy Derenthal
Aug 30, 2013, 12:00 AM
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The dive shop Octopuses Garden recommend this site since we were looking for a current independent site. This is a good site for beginners or as a second shallow dive since the bottom slopes very gently. Also, it is very convenient to follow the pipelines and not have to worry too much about navigation. Once we found the pipeline (which is about 100' to the left of the pilings) we followed it slowly down to about 40'. Saw lots of life on and under pipeline including octopus, lemon nudi, decorator crab, rockfish, etc. the highlight for us was being buzzed by a 3-4 foot dogfish who circled us one and then scooted away.
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