Barview Jetty

Barview Jetty guards the north side of the Tillamook Bay entrance, about 1.5 miles north of Garibaldi in Tillamook County. Access runs through Barview Jetty County Campground, a 160-acre coastal park operated by Tillamook County Parks. Divers enter directly from the campground grounds along the jetty edge. Local dive references split the site into outer, middle, and inner sections of the same north jetty. At the tip, freshwater flowing out of Tillamook Bay meets ocean saltwater in the mixing that shapes what divers see underwater.

The campground sits on the Highway 101 corridor. As of 2025 it charges $27 per night for a tent site and $61 per night for a cabin, and offers 73 full-hookup and 266 tent sites with restrooms, showers, and a playground. The campground's amenities make it the most developed access point of the region's dive jetties, and one reason Barview is the most-referenced north-coast dive jetty in the Oregon dive community.

The riprap of the north jetty makes the site a rocky reef biome, with crevice and boulder structure along the outer reaches. Because the outer face opens to unbroken Pacific swell at the mouth of Tillamook Bay, that section is a surf zone biome as well, tide and wave energy stacking on top of one another. Scuba divers use Barview primarily for spearfishing; documented catches along the outer jetty include large lingcod and Dungeness crab.

Parking at the campground is ample and includes restrooms, showers, and water; a Tillamook County day-use pass may apply. Aside from a few minutes of slack tide, the current is always roaring here and will easily pull a diver out to sea if they are not careful, so slack tide is the only workable window on the ocean face; the inner face is milder. Spearfishing is legal at Barview under standard Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife rules, with the 2026 Ocean Endorsement required for jetty spearfishing.