No dive shop in Neah bay itself, but you can get air fills at the Snow Creek campground/resort. Here's their link:
http://www.snowcreekwa.com/index.html
There is a small dive shop at Curley's Resort in Sekiu. Here's a link:
http://www.curleysresort.com/
The wreck of the Andalusia is near Snow Creek and is a fascinating dive. You can do a series of dives in the immediate vicinity of Waadah Island. Any good fish finder will show you all SORTS of cool bottom structure all around the island. The best spot off Waadah, though, is "the Fingers". There is a bunch of rocky ridges that my best friend and I always called "the Dinosaur Backs" that other folks INSIST on calling the "Fingers".....I ask you, which name is more COOL?!!!! Anyway, they are at the Western end of Waadah island and the diving there is simply stupendous. Here's a good link:
http://www.seaotter.com/marine/html/waadahfingers.html
My absolute favorite dive site out near Neah Bay, bar none, is Duncan Rock. It is a lone rock, (actually the top of a small seamount), out in the Pacific Ocean outside the Strait of Juan de Fuca. It can only be dived on the rare occasions when conditions are good, however, as they can get can get downright MEAN out there, so dive it
only when the seas are calm and the weather fair....this is NOT a joke!
There are
plenty of great dive sites around Tatoosh Island as well.
Here's a link to a list of some of the dive sites in the area:
http://www.curleysresort.com/Dive_Sites ... can%20Rock
Neah Bay has some of the absolute
finest diving in the PNW....it can literally take your breath away! The only reasons it isn't swamped with divers are the general difficulty in getting there, the fact that a boat is required for the vast majority of the dive sites, and the overall lack of facilities.
Have a great time!
- John
and I thought I'd sneek in a dive or two while I'm there. Any one here been diving out that way? I'll have my boat and a trusty driver. Any spots I should check out, any I should avoid. I don't think there's and LDS there, can anyone confirm that. Let me now. Thanks.
