Sunday had me leading a dive charter with three divers, two from Vancouver, and one from Thunder Bay Ont. Our first dive was up at 9 mile point. I went to anchor in the little bay, and proceeded down the wall and around the corner. In about 40 feet of water, just near the point, I found a lovely Giant Pacific Octopus, in his/her den. Very beautiful. The rest of the dive was rather pale in comparison, though I did come across a big colony of Shaggy mouse Nudibrandts.
Dive two was spent on the HMCS CHAUDIERE, though I do dive it a lot, I never really get tired of it. On this occasion I was to be treated to a lovely experience…..I had an encounter with a young Harbor Seal. I was waiting at the bottom of the 70 foot line for the other divers to make it down, and there to my right this seal was sitting there looking at me, wondering why I was there. My friend stayed with me throughout the dive, it was really amazing!
Looking to dive the Chaud, be sure to visit Suncoast Diving to book your charter!!
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The past week has been a busy week in the Sechelt Inlet. UW Explorers spent Tuesday doing a deep decompression dive on the Power Lines at 150 feet. We made our way down into the Big Chimney Sponges. The visibility was not bad but still pretty murky in the 25 – surface water column.
Thursday had us out in Coopers Green, and completed Julie’s Open Water course through SDI. The day was good, and the weather certainly improving as the week went along. The water is about 2 degree’s cooler then
the inlet, and the visibility is pretty murky to almost 40 feet, and very dark. Overall it was another good day of diving, and a big congratulations to Julie for completing her Openwater course!
Friday we were out on the boat conducting some fun diving with a couple of customers. The visibility was amazing with easily 100 foot. The first dive was at Half Island, and the marine life was in great abundance, and we lucked out with an encounter with a small octopus. Dive two was out at Tuwanek Point, and once again the visibility was amazing. From the surface, I was able to see the small sailing boat at 30 feet. As we descended I knew we were in for a great dive. The nudi’s were in great numbers, lots of crabs and various other fish.
Today was spent diving with the Sunshine Coast Dive Club, and once again we were out to the right island in Tuwanek. Overall the dive was great at 51 minutes. There was a good surface current to deal with, but the vis was amazing, and it was another great dive!!
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