N A K W A K T O R A P I D S

P O R T H A R D Y

P O R T M C N E I L

THE BIG THREE

Nakwakto

Timing these trips to match the tides allows us to dive the Guinness World Records fastest navigable tidal rapids! Ok, we don’t dive it at it’s fastest but we’re still in there! Here you will see the famous Nakwakto Gooseneck Barnacles as well as a ton of life in this unique underwater ecosystem.

Port Hardy

The amount of life in Port Hardy is simply overwhelming. A bucket list trip for anyone with a drysuit. Port Hardy above and below the surface never disappoints. Think walls of colour, and i mean COLOUR! and on top of those walls you’ll find yourself in magical forests of kelp. This place is special! There’s a reason this place is known as God’s pocket.

Port Mcneil

The often overlooked Port Mcneil is just as special as it’s more popular neighbour. The water funnels down the East side on Vancouver Island and brings with it all those nutrients & all that life - Port Mcneil is full of it. Not only does it have the incredible colours, corals & anemones but it also has an abundance of macro life. There are so many nudibranchs here it’ll blwo your mind. From the tiny to the massive, Port Mcneil is also a hotspot for whale watching and dive boats often come across orca & humpbacks as well as dolphins, porpoises, sea otters & even minke whales.

We head out to for 3 days of some of the best coldwater diving in the entire world. Walls full of colour, covered in coldwater corals and macro life, huge schools of fish, an abundance of fascinating jellies and magical kelp forests to safety stop in.

Popular dive sites include: Browning Wall, 7 Tree Island, Rock Of Life, 5 Fathom Rock, Mola Mola, Fantasy Island, Berry Island

We’re here for diving, but the surface intervals in this area are like none anywhere else in the world. We go searching for Sea Otters, Sea Lions, Humpbacks, Orcas .. basically all PNW Marine mammals! We have even spotted a few Mola Mola & Blue Sharks !

I N C L U S I O N S :

• 6 boat dives

• Optional additional shore dive

• 3 nights shared accommodation

• All tanks & weights

• Lunch on board x 3

W H A T W E M I G H T E N C O U N T E R :

• Cold Water Corals

• Sea Otters

• Kelp Forests

• Red Irish Lord

• All Sorts of Rockfish

• Basket Stars

• Giant pacific octopus

• Wolf Eels

• Macro life including. Nudibranchs, Gunnels, Shrimp & Jellies

• Stellar & California Sea Lions

• Colourful sponges & anemones,

• Humpback Whales

• Orca, Dolphins & Porpoise on surface intervals