Hey Michael,
I’m in the Portland Oregon area. I can always use another dive buddy. Like WaterBoy above says Clear Lake is pretty good here and there are a few river dives worth doing when they open the dams. But I mostly dive in the Puget Sound area. There are a couple of charter boats that go out and more than a few shore dives worth the drive. The close ones are about 2.5 hrs drive, the ones north of Seattle proper will run closer to 3.25 hrs. There is also a cold war era missile tube in central WA I’ve been wanting to do. The water is pretty cold up here (rarely over 50 and I’ve hit 34 before) but sounds like you expect that.