Salt Creek Recreation Area (Tongue Point)

Often called the best shore diving in Washington, this Clallam County park sits on the Strait of Juan de Fuca about 13 miles west of Port Angeles beside the Tongue Point Marine Life Sanctuary. Rocky reef fingers, kelp beds and surge channels hold open-coast life rarely seen inside Puget Sound, with most diving in the 20-40 ft range beyond the kelp line. It is an advanced, ocean-exposed site - swell, surge and thick kelp demand careful timing - and the easiest of the three diver access points is the staircase beside campsite #63.