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Snorkeling and Scuba Diving at Alki Pipeline
For a change of pace from the other Alki dive sites, try the Pipeline. You may find an octopus in the rubble, as well as most other marine life found in the area!
Just South of downtown Seattle, take the West Seattle Bridge to hop over to West Seattle. Just before the bridge ends, make a right onto Harbor Ave SW. Drive Northwest until you round the point and find yourself heading Southwest on Alki Ave SW. Travel for a couple of miles until you round another point. Once on Beach Drive, heading Southeast, pull over at the end of the little stretch of beach at the corner of 63rd Ave SW. This is a roundabout way to get here, but it's the most scenic!
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Mike W.
Jul 25, 2009, 12:00 AM
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Much better than cove dives. Bottom composition conducive to good vis. and not silty, and pounded like the coves. We had 25-30 ft. in July. Shallow dive for long bottom time: we got over an hour, could have stayed longer but got cold sitting still taking pictures. Easy to navigate, easy to enter. I especially enjoyed the fields and fields of sea pens. Lots of critter filled eel grass covering the pipe. We dove it on the slack before flood and the slight current at the end of our dive took us right back to the entry. I really enjoyed this mellow dive. Great dive for newbies.
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