Spokane River – Boulder Beach
Boulder Beach is the
Spokane River between Market and Argonne on Upriver Drive.
It’s the only large, paved parking area on the river side of the road,
so you can’t miss it. It’s an easy walk down a bunch of paved stairs to the
beach. Unfortunately, it is more difficult humping your gear back up. I like to keep my
gear on and take one or two rests on the way back up.
The beach is sandy and
often crowded with swimmers. The best dive is
to head up stream against the very little current, then drift easily back. There are a few
fish here, some nice trout and some giant suckers. There’s also lots of crawfish, but
I wouldn’t eat any from hear (but they are fun to play with and bring back to the
kids).
The beach is named Boulder
Beach for good reason. There are lots of fun boulders to swim around, and even one small
cavern. This is shallow water, with one place
we call the 35 Foot Hole, ‘cause if you put your depth on the bottom, and the
river’s up, it will read 35’. The rest of the dive is closer to
15’-20’.
You can find stuff here. I
have found a mask, snorkel, $150 Oakley sun glasses, and once there were one dollar bills
floating around. I also once found a metal box filled with stuff the FBI took away from
me! See: http://www.scubaboard.com/t41290.html
This is an easy dive, close
to home and a nice night dive.