Dive Review of see below in
Canada/Vancouver Island

Other Canada reports
Subscriber Content Preview
Active subscribers go here

see below, Aug, 2004, by Fiona Rattray, Ont, Canada . Report 1832.
No photos available at this time
Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Last summer, my niece took a high-school earth sciences course through Ocean Educations out of Victoria, BC; she got her advanced open water certification as well as studying marine biology for three weeks. After her ourse was over, I met up with her and we dived Vancouver Island. I dived in a dry suit, and my niece dived in a 7 ml wetsuit. First stop was Great Ocean Adventures, in Victoria, BC. The shore diving included Henderson Point and then Ogden Point Breakwater, a kilometer of granite seawall sticking out into the Pacific; lots of macro critters. The dive shop was helpful and easy to deal with when booking the dives before the trip. Next, we headed up to Nanaimo, BC and dived with Ocean Explorers Diving; their boat went out to HMCS Saskatchewan, a destroyer sunk as an artificial reef. Big cabezons, tons of plumose anemonies, rockfish and lion's-mane jellies. The second dive was to Snake Island, with a seal basking area and lots of ledges with critters. We ened the dive snorkelling with the seals. These two dives were great, and the captain gave an entertaining and informative pre-dive briefing. We went further north to Quadra Island, home of Abyssal Dive Charters. Big current diving; I've never seen so much life even in tropical waters. Orcas sighted on the ferry back. Lastly, we dived with Relax Zen Dive Inn, near Duncan, BC. This was service at its best, a small operation serving delicious local food, with Zen-inspired accommodations and fantastic shore and boat diving. The highlight was a boat trip to Saanich Inlet to dive Senanus Island and the fragile cloud sponges at 100 feet. Unfortunatly, these good people are not in the dive travel business at present. This was my first Vancouver Island trip, and certainly not my last. Last word from my niece: get a dry suit and dive here every year!
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	[Unspecified]
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, dry	Seas	calm, choppy, currents, noCurrents
Water Temp	50-0°F / 10--18°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	0-0 Ft/ 0-0 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

Leave a comment (Subscribers only -- 200 words max)
Subscribers can comment here

Subscribers can post comments, ask the reviewer questions, as well as getting immediate and complete access to ALL 81 dive reviews of Canada and all other dive destinations. Complete access to all issues and Chapbooks is also included.

All Canada Dive Reviews and Reports
Diving Guide to Canada
Diving Reviews for All Dive Destinations

Featured Links from Our Sponsors
Interested in becoming a sponsor?

Reef & Rainforest, Let our experience be your guide -- Reef and Rainforest

Reef & Rainforest, Dive & Adventure Travel A full service dive travel agency that specializes in exotic destinations (South Pacific, Indian Ocean, Africa, South & Central America).

Want to assemble your own collection of Canada reports in one place?
Use the Mini Chapbook Facility to create your personalized collection.

Note: The information here was reported by the author above, but has NOT been reviewed nor edited by Undercurrent prior to posting on our website. Please report any major problems by writing to us and referencing the report number above.

Undercurrent Home

Page computed and displayed in 0.13 seconds

Get more dive info like these and other important scuba updates sent monthly to your email. And a FREE Recent Issue of Undercurrent
Get a free monthly email and a sample issue!

Dive Review of see below in Canada/Vancouver Island

see below, Aug, 2004,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Overall Rating

Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

Dive Policy

What I Saw

Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Dive Review of see below in
Canada/Vancouver Island