Alki Junkyard – Critters and Bottles

The Alki Junkyard is a lesser known dive site, just around the corner from several very popular Seacrest dive sites, that offers some hidden jewels in the rough. From “Shaggy Mouse” Nudibranchs and Giant Sea Spiders to Juvenile Wolf Eels – it’s a great spot to shoot photos and to enjoy making a dive plan for a moderately current intensive dive site (read: OW classes aren’t held here). The eel grass looks like wheat, blowing in the wind – to be enjoyed during your safety stop, and there’s the occasional score that a bottle hunter can enjoy finding at this dive site.

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