This page contains a list of many of the websites, apps, magazines, and blogs that I have found incredibly useful for scuba diving information. Because I am primarily a Pacific Northwest scuba diver, many of the links fall within this niche. No doubt there are alternatives to them for other locale, but for cold-water west-coast-based divers this should be a good start!
Tides, Currents, Weather & Charts
- Saltwater Tides
- Magic Seaweed Surf Forecast
- Storm Radar
- Tides
- MarineTraffic: Live ship position map
- DeepZoom Nautical Charts
Pacific Northwest Dive Sites
Oregon
- Oregon Dive Sites
- Shore Diving
- Oregon Coast Aquarium
- Oregon Marine Reserves
- Diving off the Oregon Coast (book)
Individual dive sites (author has not dived but heard about): Tamolitch Falls (Blue Pool), Cultis Lake, Lake Billy Chinook, Port Orford Jetty and Graveyard Point, Orford Reef (offshore dive), Fogarty Creek.
A list of individual sites the author dives in Oregon: The North Jetty in Florence (and North Jetty Drift Dive), Woahink Lake, Clear Lake, Cottage Grove Lake, Newport Fingers, Winchester Jetty Drift Dive (and Triangle), Lake Waldo, Fall Creek River Dive, Trailbridge Reservoir, Carmen Reservoir. There are many other diveable spots in Oregon, but they’re not on the list because I have not yet dived them!
Washington State
- Emerald Sea Photography
- Shore Diving
- Washington State Underwater Parks Map
- Northwest Wreck Dives (book)
- Local NW Dive Sites
- Titan I Missile Silo Dive
- 151 Dives in the Protected Waters of Washington State and British Columbia: The Complete Trailhead to Summit Guide (book)
- Shore Diving Near Seattle (book)
- The Northwest Dive Guide: A Scuba Handbook for BC, Washington and Oregon (book)
- Sea Otter Dive Sites
- The Perfect Dive
Dive charters: Bandito Dive Charter (Tacoma), Ocean Quest (Puget Sound), Northwest Dive Charters (Tacoma), Divers Dream Charters – Lu-Jac’s Quest (Anacortes)
Individual dive sites (author has not dived but heard about): Lake Crescent,
A list of individual sites the author dives in Washington: Edmonds Underwater Park, Mike’s Beach Resort, Flagpole Point, Lake Washington, Keystone Jetty (Whidbey Island), Camp Casey Dive Site, the Diamond Knot (Strait of Juan de Fuca), the Tacoma Narrows.
Pacific Northwest Marine Life
Books
- Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest (book-see my review here)
- Coastal Fishes of the Pacific Northwest (book)
- Pacific Seaweeds (book)
- Whelks to Whales (book)
- Sea Cucumbers of British Columbia, Southeast Alaska and Puget Sound (book)
- Sea Stars of British Columbia, Southeast Alaska and Puget Sound (book)
Online Resources
- Marine Mammals West Coast Region (NOAA)
- Project Noah
- Sea Stars of the Pacific Northwest
- Aquatic Invasive Species of the Pacific Northwest
- The Marine Life Index
- REEF
- Pacific Northwest Shells and Marine Life Photos
Tech Diving Resources
- V-Planner
- Useful Formulas For Gas Math
- Resources and Pre-reading Assignments for Technical Diving Students
- Decompression Theory Links and Resources
- U.S. Navy Diving Manual
Scuba Hacks
- Secchi App
- Plan Your Dive: Free tools for planning your dive
Science
- The Science of Marine Reserves
- Habitat Program: Supporting fish habitat conservation and restoration across Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California and Idaho
- Rocky Mountain Research Station (temperature changes in streams)
- Long-Term Changes in the Distributions of Larval and Adult Fish in the Northeast U.S. Shelf Ecosystem (research article)
- Global alteration of ocean ecosystem functioning due to increasing human CO2 emissions (research article)
- Ocean Acidification: Changing Waters on the Oregon Coast (video)
Dive Magazines and Periodicals
- Undercurrent
- Quest Magazine (by GUE)
- X-Ray Magazine
- Tech Diving Mag
- Diver Magazine
- Advanced Diver Magazine
- Wreck Diving Magazine
- Scuba Diving Magazine
- Sport Diver Magazine
Nonprofits
- The SeaDoc Society
- Oceana
- Dive For a Cure
- Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
- The Nature Conservancy
- The Cousteau Society
- The Black Fish
- Project AWARE
Local Clubs and Organizations
- Maritime Archaeological Society (Astoria)
- Eugene Dive Club (Eugene)
- Oregon Scuba Club (Portland)
- Northwest Dive Club (a good forum for PNW divers)
- Washington Scuba Alliance (Washington)
Documentaries
- Saving Atlantis
- Chasing Coral
- A Plastic Ocean
- Sharkwater
- Mission Blue
- The End of the Line
- The Blue Planet
- Sushi: The Global Catch
- Turtle: The Incredible Journey
Friends and Personal Favorites
- TugTravelers (also author of the book Northwest Wreck Dives).
- Wreckless Diver
- Alex in Wanderland
- Emerald Sea Photography (great for dive sites in the PNW)
- Alec Pierce YouTube Channel (especially for equipment maintenance videos)
- Drenched (especially their YouTube channel)
For Fun
- Scuba Slang and Technical Terms
- Non Metro Divers Episode 1 Sea Hunt Style AND Non Metro Divers Episode 2, The Secret Sub (Best of all, they’re filmed in the Pacific Northwest!) — both hilarious videos
- Hitler isn’t AOW (video)