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Blake Island Reef

Blake Island Reef delivers a dive that’s classic Puget Sound. We love the drift here, it’s often a gentle ride, letting you really soak in the details. You’ll weave through fields of plumose anemones, their white tentacles swaying like miniature feather dusters, contrasting sharply with the olive greens and rusts of the rock walls. Keep your eyes peeled for the sunflower stars, massive and often on the move, and we almost always spot some colourful nudibranchs hunkering down. It’s a site that rewards a slow pace and a keen eye. We’d suggest diving this one on a calm day, an hour or so after slack high tide for the best drift. It’s ideal for photographers or divers who appreciate the subtler beauty of temperate waters over tropical flash. You get a real sense of the Pacific Northwest underwater ecosystem, from the sculpins tucked into crevices to the occasional glimpse of a slender crab scuttling across the substrate.