Scuba Diving in British Columbia, Canada

Dive Site: Seymour Narrows

Location: Campbell River, Vancuver Island

For centuries, Ripple Rock in Seymour Narrows near Campbell River had been an extreme hazard to shipping on the west coast of British Columbia, creating over a hundred wrecks and claiming as many or more lives.

But on April 5, 1958, 1,375 tons of explosives were used to deepen the rock from 3 meters (9 feet) to 14 meters (47 feet) below the surface.

Now, Seymour Narrows is an extremely colorful scuba dive Campbell River boat drift dive for experts and intermediate divers with guides.

The strong current once again provides an incredible amount of nutrients and oxygen which in turn gives you a free ride through the channel and plenty of fascinating marine life to see. You can expect to see all types, colours and sizes of anemones, abalones, rock and swimming scallops, sponges, tube worms, wolf eels, colourful nudibranch, giant lingcod, tiger rockfish, and the elusive giant pacific octopus.

Close to the surface, schools of small fish find safety in numbers from spiny dogfish and our famous pacific salmon.

For more information on diving in British Columbia, see www.cooldives.com

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