Tire & Trash Reef Discoveries

The Puget Sound Tire Reef Project is an effort to identify, understand, quantify and prepare to mitigate the trash tire reefs located in the Puget Sound. This project is partially funded through a Public Participation Grant from the Washington Department of Ecology, but is not necessarily endorsed by the Agency. Additional funding is provided by Coastal Sensing & Survey, Washington Scuba Alliance, Innerspace Exploration Team, EIVA Software, GUE Seattle.

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The interactive map above shows the known trash reef locations. Selecting an individual reef will open more information about that reef. As data is collected direct links to images and datasets are made available.

Tires At Old Town Dock - Tacoma - ROV Image

Tire Bundles at Salt Water State Park

Metridium Anemones on Tires - Seahurst Park

Tires & Rock at the Seattle Fishing Pier Reef

Tire Bundles at Des Moines Marina - Scanning Sonar From ROV

Tires at End of Pier 51 - Seattle

Tire Bundle at Three Tree Point - ROV Image

3D view of tires and concrete on hillside.