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Les Davis Fishing Pier, Tacoma |
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Reviewer |
Site Condition |
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| Name: | Peter | Entry: | 
5.00
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| Email: | Click Here | Bottom: | 
4.00
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| City: | Deming | Reef: | 
3.00
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| State: | WA | Animal: |
4.00
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| Country: | USA | Plant: |
3.00
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| Diving: | 4 years | Facilities: |
3.00
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| Dives: | 180 | Solitude: |
3.00
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| Roads: |
3.00
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Evaluation |
*Average: |
3.61 |
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| First time I dove this site and I did it twice on 9 Nov. 08. It was right after the big rain storm and vis wasn't all that great. About 15' the first dive and at high tide the sediment seemed suspended and vis went down to about 10' or less. H2O temp was 50 degrees. There was a class of about eight people and other than visiting with them on the beach I didn't see them on either of my first two dives. We did two dives during the day and two after it got dark. Didn't notice anything difficult about the current or surf that hindered us. Started out at the stairs and headed out on a 20 degree bearing. There's a bench out at 30' that's about 50' to 75' wide. After that the bottom starts dropping. The deepest I got was 97' the deepest in our group was 112'. Right around the 30' mark at the end of the bench old concrete pieces of Tacoma Narrow Bridge are there, aka Galloping Gerty. Lots of perch and lingcod, on, around, under, and hiding inside the holes in the concrete. Bring a back up light in the day. Anenomies, starfish, rockfish, shrimp, and crabs are everywhere. Saw my first octopus on my first dive. It was at 60' about 100' out, and 200' west of the stairs. Look for crab bodies in a pile. It was hiding in its den. The suckers were about the size of a quarter. We were daring each other to stick our hands in the den and yank it out. No takers. There's a lot around Les Davis Pier for relaxing after diving. Dozens of people were jogging on, lots of restaurants and parks. We did a lot of goofing off between day and night diving. Parking was not an issue all day. The lot was less than half full all day long. It wasn't raining either. | |||
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Enjoyment Level |
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| Snorkel: |
3.00
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| Beginner: |
4.00
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| Intermediate: |
4.00
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| Advanced: |
4.00
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| Night diving: |
4.00
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Seasonal Information |
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| Season: | Winter | ||
| Year: | 2008 | ||
| Visibility: | 
1.00 |
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| Current: |
3.00
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| Surf: |
3.00 |
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