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A friend of ours (o/w instructor) just recently moved out there and is running charters in Ucelet. I think he is the only one because he mentioned the closest dive shop charters are over an hour away. His name is Brent and his number is 250.735.3335. Henry www.edgediving.com

Hi all, The free air dive otherwise known as the "Edge dive" has been moved from Sat mornings to Sunday mornings. Free tank of air, meet at 9am at the shop and bring coffee! Henry www.edgediving.com

Les, The Cloud Sponges start at about 60 feet and head down to about 140'ish or so. I think that's where the wall bottoms out, although I have yet to verify that. Just below where you guys were, you will see dozens of Grunt Sculpins, some Sailfin Sculpins, Great Sculpins and others. There...

Hi gang The Edge Diving Centre, www.edgediving.com, has a quick day trip over the Nanaimo to dive the Saskatchewan for two dives. $110 plus transportation if you need it (alternatively you can walk on and be picked up on the other side). Feb 1st is the date. We just decided to do a quick hop...

Sheesh, Les. Thanks for all the plugs for the dive shop. I will have to take of you better! :-) Mike D and I were talking about getting out for a dive on Friday during the day. Not sure what your work schedule is like these days. Let me know.

Hi gang, We have opened a new dive shop on the North Shore called The Edge Diving Centre. We are located at 973 Marine Drive, between Capilano Mall and Indigo Books. Our telephone number is 604.990.DIVE (3483). Website address is www.edgediving.com. For those of you who are familiar with...

Hi gang, We have opened a new dive shop on the North Shore called The Edge Diving Centre. We are located at 973 Marine Drive, between Capilano Mall and Indigo Books. Our telephone number is 604.990.DIVE (3483). Website address is www.edgediving.com. For those of you who are familiar with...

If you are a gear junkie, splurge and get the color screen option. It's worth it. The difference is pretty noticeable under water. Plus it's a huge bragging right.

There are lots of good and average cave instructor and guides down there. But Bil Philips is the way to go. He is the guy that laid most of the lines and surveyed the caves that all the other guides follow. He will have the coolest and scariest stories for you. Also he is unforgiving in his...

Don't get me wrong. I don't think there was anything done wrong by the surviving partner. Searching for 1 min and then surfacing to continue to search for bubbles and then calling the RCMP were all the right things to do. I was only questioning the information of the survivor taking 20 min...

Perhaps you meant only one person died "inside" the wreck? There has been 3 death by my count "at" the Nakaya and possibly more. The very first death happened back when the wreck was still intact. 3 divers had gone down and 2 experienced divers told the 3rd and less experienced diver to wait on...

Spoke to a dive buddy who is trimix / cave certified, who also works as a divemaster for Ocean Quest (that's the LDS the victim dove out of). The two divers were both rescue divers with about 80 dives in two years of diving. The surviving diver was on a single tank and the plan was to go to...

Sharks die because they can't swim without the dorsal fin. The purpose of the dorsal fin is to prevent it from rolling over. Simply put, there are 185 species of sharks that are going to disappear off the face of the planet. You will never see them again. By the sound of your post and...

A friend of mine who is working in the China as a dive instructor right now just dove at The Gorge. She visited a site that was an old temple. Max depth was about 90 feet and abosolutely stunning. I am getting more details on it so I can go. But there are significant logostic issues such as...

This may have been answered already but the finning is done while the shark is still alive and only the fin is retained while the entire body is discarded off the ship. Out of the approximately 400 species of sharks that are around, 185 of them are near extinction. As many of you know, there are...

If you are dedicated to under water potography, you will find any CCR a huge bonus. I have found that life under water is waaaaay more approachable without LOUD bubbles from an OC system. Most of my dives I am able to touch fish and play with them because they are not scared off by exhaust...

Dr. Greg Grant or Dr. Greg Bundy. One of them is also the chamber doctor at VGH, I can't remember which one. For contact information, ask Ken Bayntun at Great Pacific Diving in North Vancouver. Henry

Jesus, That store has been closed for 2 and half years and it does not take 20 min to drive from Porteau Cove to there. Try about 40 min if not longer considering the constuction that is on the highway. The closest dive shop is Great Pacific Diving located on Marine Drive in North Van...

I've just recently purchased a sport KISS and have about 500 min on it only. I have not dove any other rebreather at all, so I don't have a point of reference with other CCRs. I didn't know there were differences in "tech" rebreathers and "recreational" rebreathers when I first bought it. I...

There were some surface current as we swam out to the Nakaya. We ended up dropping just shy of the buoy because we weren't making any head way. We took a bearing that was between the buoy and the rocks. I don't remember the heading. If you read my original post. All the details that I can...