Northwest Dive Club

With the loss of the pier at Mukilteo and the crabbing......
Has anyone been diving around the Boeing dock and if so,
have the crabs moved to that area making it worthwhile to
do some crabbing there this summer?

yes , i was there today ...Lots of crab , so far so good , should be a good year

Oh yeah. I'm hungry all ready.

A few words of caution about diving around the Port of Everett (Boeing) dock. This is a working dock and the long shoreman / tug operators get very upset if you are diving aound or in the dock while they are dropping off or picking up a barge I have seen them get very upset with divers there. We did talk to one of the security guards that works at the dock and he said it was ok to dive around it. Also if there is a barge docked there it is considered an overhead environmant so dive underneath it at your own risk.
I think that at some point in the near future that too many divers diving this site will get us banished due to possible interference with the main purpose of this dock which is delivery of airplane parts.
Just my $0.02.

Mike

Yes dove this site a lot last year for crab. I was underwater when they moved the barge once, it is definitely a working pier.

So would it be prudent to ask the habor authority when would be a good time to dive that location?

Rockfish..What you were talking about it at the north Boeing dock.... We are talking diff dock.. not diving anywhere near that North Boeing dock ...so that is not the crab area... the crab area is the destroyed old fuel Pier and now that it's destroyed it is 100% open for diving

I don't know how anybody would get access to that North Boeing train dock, Because it's all cut off and you can't get in there and the signs say no trespassing...

Steiger wrote:So would it be prudent to ask the habor authority when would be a good time to dive that location?

No Boeing owns that dock and it's restricted...

OK so you were diving the old fuel dock site that was torn out last year.

H20doctor wrote: I don't know how anybody would get access to that North Boeing train dock, Because it's all cut off and you can't get in there and the signs say no trespassing...

Chris: Edgewater Park is open now. I see divers going in right next to it.
-Curt

oldsalt wrote:

H20doctor wrote: I don't know how anybody would get access to that North Boeing train dock, Because it's all cut off and you can't get in there and the signs say no trespassing...

Chris: Edgewater Park is open now. I see divers going in right next to it.
-Curt

You wound know this answer as you live there curt.. The fence / gate for the Noaa peeps says no public access, so unless there's another driveway to get back in there ?

Rockfish wrote:OK so you were diving the old fuel dock site that was torn out last year.

Yes that was the main spot since I've been scuba diving and it has been the honey hole because of all of the muscles that grew on the pilings... the crabs would climb the pilings break the muscles off and feed on them on the floor.. so if divers are now diving the Boeing Pier I don't see that happening because those pilings are made out of a different material and think they're either metal or concrete? so I'm not sure if the same muscle growth is happening on those pilings, but anyway if it's open it's open. ..I'm not here to be the scuba police... I've only done one scuba dive in there and it was on scooter

You can access the park from Mukilteo Lane. Going up from the ferry landing, turn left on second street. From second, turn left on Mukilteo Lane. You will see the place where you can cross the railroad tracks. It's a good entry point. I saw morningdiverbob diving there.

Curt

oldsalt wrote:You can access the park from Mukilteo Lane. Going up from the ferry landing, turn left on second street. From second, turn left on Mukilteo Lane. You will see the place where you can cross the railroad tracks. It's a good entry point. I saw morningdiverbob diving there.

Curt

Shhhhh. DL, Curt, DL!! I had that parking lot to myself the entire crabbing season. Pulling my crab limit every morning. Then one morning, another diver parked next to me. Uh oh. Secrets out.

H20doctor wrote:

Rockfish wrote:OK so you were diving the old fuel dock site that was torn out last year.

Yes that was the main spot since I've been scuba diving and it has been the honey hole because of all of the muscles that grew on the pilings... the crabs would climb the pilings break the muscles off and feed on them on the floor.. so if divers are now diving the Boeing Pier I don't see that happening because those pilings are made out of a different material and think they're either metal or concrete? so I'm not sure if the same muscle growth is happening on those pilings, but anyway if it's open it's open. ..I'm not here to be the scuba police... I've only done one scuba dive in there and it was on scooter

I actually really enjoy diving that dock. While it's a really long Saltwater St Park type walk-a-swim out there to get to anything good, the end of those pilings are pretty beautiful. I've found the giant tractor tire pile with octos and other critters. And if you wanna Moon Snail show, there's thousands there and there's a couple bottle fields as well.

Edgewater,T Dock (really looks like an "I"), Fuel Dock, Boeing Dock, Old Fuel Dock. It's hard to follow even for someone who has been there many times. There's even one web site that mistakenly refers to the Fuel dock as the T Dock. So for those struggling with it I offer this:

Mukilteo Dive sites by ohopdiver, on Flickr

The big X means it has been removed.

DO NOT EVER DIVE THE BOEING DOCK, EVER. There are sharks, Orcas, and leopard seals all looking for anything resembling a seal.

Erika you will be fine with your pink tank

Norris wrote:DO NOT EVER DIVE THE BOEING DOCK, EVER. There are sharks, Orcas, and leopard seals all looking for anything resembling a seal.

Yup. Stories are true! pseudo science reports are all over it!

I was attacked the other day at the dock by this...

The T-dock used to be T-shaped. Then the storm that damaged Ivars so that it had to close for a year converted the T into a lower case "i" . Ron Sallee and I were diving it then. It was kind of freaky with the pilings coming down. The exit was an adrenalin rush, with the surf breaking over the seawall. Driftwood was lying in the intersection when we left.
Sorry Erika, I didn't know it was your secret.
-Curt

I loved the old fuel dock for picture taking. Can live without the crabbing. Is the Boeing dock similar? Could I convince someone to show me around some time?

...I can say the photos were taken at the T-Dock if anyone asks. I know how precious parking is.

There is plenty of parking at Edgewater Park (Boeing pier), and it's free.
-Curt