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Another great place to grab a few crab for dinner. It`s an easy drive, and parking is just a few feet away from the entry. If you`re looking for peace and quiet, this is the place!
Directions: Take the nearest exit from the South side of the Newport Bridge . Head down the hill until you are by the water on East side of the bridge. You’ll be on SE Marine Science Drive . Continue for a short way, and turn right on SE 25th Street , then left on SE Ferry Ship Road . When the road dead ends, you’re there!
We dove this site a few times in a weekend. It was both my buddies and my first dive without a professional instructor/dive master with us. The vis was about 6ft and we saw a number of crab and other types of life. Once you get out a ways the current picks up when exchange is about to happen. Overall a good dive, one which we will return to.
Dove the Wacoma dock to try out new gear. This is just a nice, easy dive. Gently sloping mud bottom with lots of shells, some starfish, a dozen clam necks sticking out of mud holes, a few anemones and one smaller ling cod. Water temp 45F, and the deepest point inside docks was 21’ on a tide level of around 3 or 4 feet. The fill station has moved to the little store by the south beach boat launch ramp. You drive right by it on the way to the Wacoma dock dive spot. Haven’t filled there yet but I will soon.
http://www.shorediving.com/Earth/USA_West/Oregon/Wacoma_Dock/index.htm