Name:

Three Tree Point - North

Location:

Des Moines, Washington.  Central Puget Sound

Type of Dive:

Shore Dive

My Most Recent Dive Here:

5/26/2006

Number of Dives Here:

13

Reasons to Make the Dive:

Cool tire reefs covered in life.  Also a great spot for night dives.

Life to See:

Ratfish, Alabaster Nudibranch, and lots of other great stuff!

My Own Personal Rating:

9/10

Directions/Coordinates:

Take Hwy 518 east towards Burien from I-5.  Go until it ends and turns into 148th.  Keep going straight through a few lights...then turn left (south) on Ambaum.  Then turn right (east) on 152nd.  Then...uh, I just remember how to get there...it's hard to describe.  Turn left by a private school...follow the road way down, then turn left around a sharp corner at a stop sign...look for the beach access after a quick right hand turn.  I'll try to get better directions.

Other Reviews, Site Maps and Resources for This Site:

Pacific Northwest Scuba:  Map and Review

Description:

This site in Des Moines is hard to get to, has poor parking, no facilities, and a longish walk to the water...yet I keep going back.  (OK, I kinda borrowed that line from SeaOtter, and modified it a bit.  It's a GREAT website.)  The tire reefs out from shore are full of life.  I could spend an entire dive just looking around one reef.  I highly recommend this dive site if you're in the Puget Sound area.  It is outstanding.  (But a bit hard to find...make sure you get directions that are better than the ones I've got here.)  At this point, I can't even think of all of the different things I've seen there.  My first dive here seemed almost overwhelming.  A note about this site:  The beach access is very small and close to houses.  Please respect the property owners.  Let's keep this open as a dive site.  It's worth it!

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