Conditions & tides
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About this site
Salt Creek sits on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, along the Strait of Juan de Fuca near Port Angeles. The site is part of Salt Creek Recreation Area, a shore-diving spot known locally for its rocky intertidal and nearshore terrain. Diving here reaches a maximum depth of about 6.1 metres and is considered an intermediate dive.
AI overviewMarine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Giant Green AnemoneAnthopleura xanthogrammicaReported here · unconfirmed
Aggregating AnemoneAnthopleura elegantissimaReported here · unconfirmed
Pacific Purple Sea UrchinStrongylocentrotus purpuratusReported here · unconfirmed
Black Leather ChitonKatharina tunicataReported here · unconfirmed
Purple Shore CrabHemigrapsus nudusReported here · unconfirmed
Red Sponge DoridRostanga pulchraReported here · unconfirmed
Red Sea UrchinMesocentrotus franciscanusReported here · unconfirmed
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