Winchester Bay is a shore accessible salt water dive site, located in Winchester Bay, OR. This dive site has an average rating of 2.00 out of 5 from 1 scuba divers.
The Crab Dock at Winchester Bay is a nice location for just about everything. We wanted to ’pull up roots’ and move here once we realized everything this small community could offer. Plan on spending the day there just diving, crabbing, eating and soaking up the ambiance of this coastal town.
Directions: Winchester Bay is located just South of Reedsport, on the Southern bank of the mouth of the Umpqua River. From 101 in Winchester Bay, turn North on Broadway, then an immediate left onto Salmon Harbor Drive. Wind your way to the water until you see the landmarks below.
If you know the little quirks there it’s all you could want, from ling, cab, wolf eel, crab, clams and more even in the warm currents sturgeon and shark.
Dove here this past weekend 6/14/09. Was a fun little dive under the Pier. Vis was about 5’. I found a few crab pots that were cut free. Lots of junk under the pier. Nice and easy dive for any level diver. Pretty shallow, max was 21’ low tide. Parking is good and the walk into the water was easy.
Diving the jetties from 1970 to present. Diving with the tides for slack water very good for fish and crab, also if you know where gaper clams are. Jetties are accessible with caution for all levels of divers with caution as to tidal currents from shore of off boat. North side of the South jetty is the best for fish, crab, clams. The water runs from 10 ft to aprox 60 ft visibility, best at high slack. The ocean water is usually clearer than the river.
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