Site Review by
Wayne Sargent
Date: 02/17/2004
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Reviewer
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Site Condition
(1=worst, 5=best)
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Name:
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Wayne Sargent
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Entry:
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2.00
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Email: |
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Bottom:
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2.00
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City: |
Silverton
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Reef:
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3.00
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State: |
OR
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Animal:
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4.00
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Country:
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USA
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Plant:
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4.00
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| Diving:
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2 years |
Facilities: |
2.00
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Dives:
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180 |
Solitude:
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2.00
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Roads:
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4.00
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Evaluation |
*Average: |
2.98 |
| Easy to drain 3 tanks here.... from Olympia, I-5 Exit 104, onto Hwy-101-North, go 5.8 miles & turn right at Hwy-101/Hwy-8 to Shelton, go through Hoodsport ~28 miles, cross Finch Creek Bridge north of town, then 2 miles, just approaching a rise in a left turn there's small turnout, trail about center of turnout, down 155 steps to the high water, PRIVATE LAND here so enter between white boundary markers at trail's end, swim about 55 degrees for about 10 minutes, drop 15 to 80 feet... Typical: current 0-1.3 knots, vis. 20 ft, weekend very busy, octopus, wolf eels, crabs, fish... Hood Sport/Dive is about 4/10 mile north with air, Nitrox, & showers, and a key to enter the Sund Rock site directly from a private parking area for ~$15-pp. The 200-300 ft long rocky wall is nice... also there's a north wall a couple hundred feet or so north of this wall that's easily accessed from the paid parking area... and an anchor, and a small boat... and if you like sea whips, plumose anemones, nudibranchs, moon snails, and crabs, although sparse, try south of Sund Rock 20-50 ft. |
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Enjoyment Level |
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Snorkel:
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3.00
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Beginner:
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2.00
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Intermediate:
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4.00
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Advanced:
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3.00
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Night diving:
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4.00
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Seasonal Information
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Season:
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Winter
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Year: |
2004 |
| Visibility: |
2.00 |
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Current:
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4.00
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Surf:
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5.00 |
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