Drift
down to 76 m
Browning Wall
Port Hardy & God's Pocket, Canada
Vertical, current-swept wall covered in orange and red soft corals, giant Metridium anemones and nudibranchs.
- Experienced
- Sea otters
Diving in Canada
4 destinations and 28 documented dive sites. The strip under each destination shows its season, month by month.
Where to dive in Canada
Tobermory (Fathom Five)
Canada
Best Jul–Aug
7 Open Water, 4 Advanced, 1 Experienced+
Salish Sea (Vancouver, Victoria & Nanaimo)
Canada
Best Sep–May
3 Open Water, 3 Advanced, 1 Experienced+
Conception Bay & Bell Island (Newfoundland)
Canada
Best Jun–Sep
1 Open Water, 1 Advanced, 3 Experienced+
Port Hardy & God's Pocket
Canada
Best Apr–May, Sep–Oct
2 Advanced, 2 Experienced+
Dive sites to know
Wreck
down to 24 m
Themis Wreck (Croker Rock)
Port Hardy & God's Pocket, Canada
Broken wreck of the 270-foot freighter Themis on Croker Rock, sheltering octopuses, giant lingcod, king crabs and wolf eels.
- Experienced
- Rockfish
Wreck
down to 44 m
HMCS Cape Breton
Salish Sea (Vancouver, Victoria & Nanaimo), Canada
Recognized as the world's largest artificial upright reef, HMCS Cape Breton is a dive off Nanaimo.
- Advanced
Wreck
down to 40 m
HMCS Saskatchewan
Salish Sea (Vancouver, Victoria & Nanaimo), Canada
A 366-foot Mackenzie-class destroyer scuttled off Snake Island in 1997 that still has her forward and aft guns, home to cloud sponges, plumose anemones, wolf eels and octopus.
- Advanced
- Octopus
Wreck
down to 18 m
Porteau Cove
Salish Sea (Vancouver, Victoria & Nanaimo), Canada
Shore-dive a buoy-marked area of man-made reefs and two sunken vessels in 6-18 m of water in a BC provincial park.
- Open Water
- Lingcod
Wreck
down to 37 m
Arabia
Tobermory (Fathom Five), Canada
An 1853 three-masted barque that sank in 1884 and now rests upright at about 32 m.
- Experienced
All dive sites in Canada
Tobermory (Fathom Five), Canada
- ArabiaExperienced37 m
- Niagara IIAdvanced31 m
- The Caves (Grotto)Advanced6 m
- The TugsOpen Water13 m
- Big Tub Lighthouse PointAdvanced23 m
- Caroline RoseOpen Water17 m
- Charles P. MinchOpen Water16 m
- City of Grand RapidsOpen Water5 m
- James C. KingAdvanced30 m
- Points WestOpen Water15 m
- SweepstakesOpen Water7 m
- W. L. WetmoreOpen Water7 m
Salish Sea (Vancouver, Victoria & Nanaimo), Canada
- HMCS Cape BretonAdvanced44 m
- HMCS SaskatchewanAdvanced40 m
- Porteau CoveOpen Water18 m
- HMCS AnnapolisAdvanced34 m
- Ogden Point BreakwaterOpen Water30 m
- Whytecliff ParkOpen Water30 m
- HMCS ChaudièreExperienced44 m
Conception Bay & Bell Island (Newfoundland), Canada
- Conception Harbour Whaling WrecksOpen Water9 m
- PLM 27Advanced30 m
- SS Rose CastleExperienced50 m
- Bell Island #2 MineTechnical30 m
- SS Lord StrathconaExperienced38 m
Port Hardy & God's Pocket, Canada
- Browning WallExperienced76 m
- Themis Wreck (Croker Rock)Experienced24 m
- Fantasy IslandAdvanced26 m
- Nudi BayAdvanced21 m