Scuba Diving the Oregon Coast (Winchester Bay-Triangle)

Scuba diving the Oregon Coast (Winchester Bay Triangle) is a very easy and fun dive, it is called the triangle because the jetty rocks form a Triangle (view the Photo in Post) , also the home of Triangle Oysters where they raise the oysters and harvest for sale and is located in the Boat basin area close to where the boats are put into the water at the boat dock.

So Grab you Dive Gear and lets go.

You will find  The Triangle access road if you stay on the main road keeping the water and the boats on your right heading west.

When the main blacktop road starts to make a left you will see a gravel road off to the right, this is the road you will want to take, you will pass the emergency storage building for helping dune accidents .

If you continue up the gravel road  you will see a opening in the fence on the right side, this is where you turn to get into the parking for the triangle area.

Once you arrive at the parking area you will see the Coast Guard lookout tower, this is used for watching the water condition and looking for any stranded boats that may need assistance.

You can park alongside the road and begin to get your dive gear ready. Once you are ready you can work your way in the sand to the water’s edge.

In full dive gear walk out into the water so you can begin to put your scuba fins on, once you have your dive fins on  start swimming or back kicking your way to the center of the triangle, get close to the rocks and drop down to the rocks below, if you are too far away from the rocks you may loose your way and end up in the sand and have to surface later just to find out where you are.

There are 3 Culvert tubes that go thru the rocks and this is the way some of the fish get into the triangle from the bay opening. So if you stay relatively close to the tubes you should se some fish.

You can work your way under water to the other end of the triangle where it is a lot of sand and once there start you under water journey back to your entry point.

You will usually see many fish and everything else you would see in the open ocean, but this diving area is all enclosed so it is not affected by the surge too much, and the tide changes come slower too.

I have dove this spot many times and it is very fun to take your time and have a easy dive and not have to fight the currents and surge.

This is a very good scuba diving spot for a beginner, and gives you a way to test your dive gear,  with no water surge or current you can explore your heart away and not have to worry.

Enjoy and let me know how your dive was at my website, Thanks and have a great Dive. Greg  at Scubahappy.com  ( 5% off  entire cart on dive gear with this Coupon (0001) at checkout).