Drift
down to 76 m
Browning Wall
Vertical, current-swept wall covered in orange and red soft corals, giant Metridium anemones and nudibranchs.
- Experienced
- Sea otters
Experienced≤40 m
Themis Wreck (Croker Rock)
Dive site in 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.
- Usual dive
- 21 m
- Deepest point
- 24 m
- Level
- Experienced
- Best months
- Apr–May, Sep–Oct
- Entry
- By boat
- Current
- Strong
The story
The 270-foot freighter Themis was lost in a southeast gale and now lies broken on the kelp-covered pinnacle of Croker Rock at the end of Browning Passage, its ruins covered in plumose anemones and soft corals.
Source: scubadiving.com
The dive
A wreck and pinnacle dive from a boat. Known for rockfish, crustaceans and octopus.
Who it's for
Experienced≤40 mSource: godspocket.com
Recommended minimum: Experienced (Deep Specialty, N3).
- CurrentCurrent can be strong; you need good air management and buoyancy.
- Cold waterCold water, often with a drysuit; plan for heavier kit.
- Strong current: dive with a local guide and carry a surface marker buoy.
Conditions
- Dive type
- Wreck, Pinnacle
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Rockfish
- Crustaceans
- Octopus
- Wolffish
- Anemones
Season in Port Hardy & God's Pocket
- J
- F
- M
- A
- M
- J
- J
- A
- S
- O
- N
- D
- Best
- Good
- Possible
- Closed
- Not documented yet
Best months: Apr–May, Sep–Oct.
Source: godspocket.comWhere is Port Hardy & God's Pocket?
The point shows the Port Hardy & God's Pocket area, not the exact dive site.
More dives in Port Hardy & God's Pocket
Reef
down to 26 m
Fantasy Island
Rock piles at 20-26 m near God's Pocket where one diver counted six wolf eel dens within an 18 m swim.
- Advanced
- Wolffish
down to 21 m
Nudi Bay
Bay known for hooded nudibranchs, with decorator crabs, shrimp, plumose anemones and juvenile rockfish to a maximum of 21 m.
- Advanced
- Rockfish
About this page
Values marked “Estimated” come from our original catalogue and are being checked against published sources one by one. Sourced values link to where they come from. Conditions change with the season, the weather and the tide: confirm with a local dive centre before you dive.