Florence North Jetty Dive Park

Florence North Jetty runs along the north side of the Siuslaw River mouth in Florence, at the end of Rhododendron Drive, and holds Oregon's official dive park. The state designated the SCUBA Park in 2003 and converted the old fish ladder at the site into a purpose-built diver entrance. Steps drop straight into the water, giving what one dive-guide site calls the easiest jetty water access on the Oregon coast. Depths run from 15 to 60 feet along the jetty structure.

The Crab Hole is a small semi-circular hole in the jetty-construction bottom where Dungeness crabs gather, dropping to 55 or 60 feet. Divers can also enter at the SCUBA Park steps and ride the tide west along the jetty to the exit at the west parking lot at the end of the road. This drift dive is a popular route, and the site is described in Oregon dive guides as among the most-dived in the state. Slack-tide entry is advised outside the sheltered SCUBA Park side.

Below the fish-ladder entry, the boulders and reef structure of the jetty make this a rocky reef biome. The outer face, exposed to open-ocean swell, is a surf zone biome. Wolf eels turn up occasionally in crevices in the jetty structure, and octopus have been reported at the site as well. Water temperature runs 45 to 55 degrees Fahrenheit, and visibility typically sits near 15 feet, reaches 20 on a rare very-big high tide, and has been reported near 30 in exceptional windows.

Free paved parking sits at both the SCUBA Park entrance and the west-end End of the Road lot for the drift exit. The fish-ladder steps make the sheltered side accessible to beginners, though the drift portion runs to intermediate. No marine reserve or conservation area covers the jetty, and standard ODFW marine-zone rules govern take. The Oregon Ocean Endorsement is required for ocean angling and spearfishing beginning January 1, 2026.