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Dive Guide: Deception Pass — Current, Wharf Piles and Kelp
Deception Pass is Washington's most current-swept dive. How to time the slack, where to enter, and what lives on this bull kelp corridor between islands.
Tom Okafor ·
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Atlas6 min read
Dive Guide: Point Lobos — The Slot in the Reserve That Fits You
Point Lobos limits divers to a handful of reserved buddy teams a day. How to get a slot, dive Whalers Cove's kelp, and respect California's oldest rules.
Tom Okafor ·
Atlas9 min read
Dive Guide: Portsea Pier, Victoria — A Weedy Seadragon Shore Dive at the Edge of the Heads
Portsea Pier packs weedy seadragons, rays and sponge gardens into a shallow, easy shore dive near Port Phillip Heads. Conditions, access, etiquette and what to see.
Tom Okafor ·
Atlas9 min read
Dive Guide: Rapid Bay Jetty, South Australia — Leafy Seadragons Beneath the Old Limestone Jetty
Rapid Bay's twin jetties on the Fleurieu Peninsula offer leafy seadragons, blue devils and squid in easy shore-diving depths. Access, conditions and seasons.
Tom Okafor ·
Atlas6 min read
Dive Guide: Whytecliff Park — Vancouver's Front-Yard Kelp Wall
Whytecliff Park is Vancouver's classic shore dive: a protected bay, a plumose-covered wall and bull kelp in Howe Sound. Full access, routes and wildlife guide.
Tom Okafor ·
Atlas9 min read
Dive Guide: Gerstle Cove and Salt Point's Bull Kelp, Sonoma Coast
Gerstle Cove in Salt Point State Park is Sonoma's signature shore dive — bull kelp, red abalone and sculpted sandstone reefs in one of California's first marine reserves.
Tom Okafor ·
Atlas9 min read
Dive Guide: Goat Island Marine Reserve, New Zealand
Goat Island — Cape Rodney–Okakari Point — was New Zealand's first marine reserve and remains its finest shore dive: big snapper, crayfish and golden kelp in five metres.
Tom Okafor ·
Atlas9 min read
Dive Guide: Bicheno — Tasmania's Quiet Red-Rock Reef
Bicheno's Governor Island marine reserve packs weedy seadragons, Red Velvetfish and golden kelp into easy boat dives off Tasmania's east coast. A diver's guide.
Tom Okafor ·
Atlas8 min read
Esperance and the Recherche: Granite Islands, White Sand, Golden Kelp
A coastal atlas guide to Esperance, Western Australia: kelp forests beneath the whitest beaches in the country, granite islands, seadragons and how to see them.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Atlas10 min read
Dive Guide: Second Valley, South Australia — Leafy Seadragon Country
Second Valley is the Fleurieu Peninsula's classic shore dive: leafy seadragons under the jetty, boulder ledges, gentle depth and serious marine life.
Tom Okafor ·