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Lost: GoPro in underwater housing and head mounting straps. Lost at Copper Cove. This was borrowed for a commercial video shoot and I feel terrible for losing it. If found, please let me know. A company logo appears in the video, I can provide the name on the logo for verification. Thanks!

Does anyone know if there is currently a place to get fills in Powell River? A couple months ago I went for a long weekend of camping and diving and was a tad disappointed to find that the self-proclaimed scuba capital of Canada didn't have a dive shop. The shops listed online are no longer in...

The Underwater Council of BC has just released an excellent book detailing everything you could possibly want to know about diving Howe Sound by boat (including 3D maps of each site). All proceeds from book sales go directly towards installing and maintaining mooring buoys in Howe Sound to...

This is probably a dumb question but I have to ask... I'm heading to Maui next week and I'm looking forward to seeing my first sharks in the wild (aside from the local dogfish and ratfish here in the PNW). It sounds like I'm likely to see whitetips and grey reef sharks and I'm curious to know...

The Underwater Council of BC is hosting a free BBQ and "Meet and Greet" at Whytecliff park on Saturday, June 2nd! Everyone is welcome to stop by and enjoy a free hot dog and meet the UCBC directors. We'll be chatting about our current and future projects as well as looking for your input on...

I've been asked to help find participants for a hypoxia study in the SFU hyperbaric chamber. They are looking for male volunteers between 19 and 50 years of age who are non smokers, willing to come to the lab for 4 Saturdays, full days to be in the chamber. It pays 200.00. This is a great...

The Underwater Council of British Columbia will be holding their 2011 annual general meeting on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at 7:00 pm. The meeting will be held in the meeting room of The Edge Diving Centre (973 Marine Drive, North Vancouver, BC). Our guest speaker will be Dr. Chris...

Has anyone dove here? The park website lists diving as an activity and above water it looks very promising but I'd hate to hump my gear down to the beach to find only mud. Any comments about what the bottom and currents are like would be much appreciated. I decided at the last minute to camp...

There have been rumors going around that the wolf eel at Ansell was killed by a spearfisherman. Well, we saw him yesterday so he's apparently not dead, although he didn't seem very happy. He was laying in the sand not really doing much at all. Since wolf eels mate for life, it is possible that...

Happening in Richmond, BC on Oct. 21-23. In case anyone is interested in attending, here's the schedule: http://www.cc-uhms.ca/documents/Schedule%202011.pdf

To aid in diving sites that don't have washroom facilities I got a p-valve, my wife got an RV with a full bathroom - go figure. Anyway, we're embarking on our first voyage to Vancouver Island next weekend and I'm wondering which sites around Victoria and Nanaimo have parking spaces suitable...

The Underwater Council of British Columbia has been revived and is hoping to gain more members and take a more active role in the BC diving community. Among other projects, the UCBC has installed and maintained public mooring buoys at dive sites in Howe Sound since 1997. Have a look at the...

I know Lookout is famous for it's unpredictable currents but last night it really screwed me. According to the tide tables, there should have been an exchange of less that 1 foot/hour which is why we decided to dive Lookout. What we got was the strongest, most irregular current I have...

My wife and I are heading to Bonaire for the first time this winter. We'll be staying for 3 weeks and doing nothing but shore diving. I figure we'll be needing around 60 tanks over the course of the 3 weeks. My question is: Are there any shops that will allow you to purchase a bunch of tank...

I recently returned from a trip to Manzanillo where I managed to squeeze in 5 shore dives. I had a bit of trouble finding info on shore diving Manzanillo online so I thought I'd share my experience... Overall the diving was decent but this is definitely not a dive destination (at least for...

I came across this clip from a show called Deadliest Catch... not exactly a depiction of the wolf eels that we know and love. I wonder if someone will start making steel shank fins so these evil creatures don't eat our feet! Deadliest Catch - Wolf Eel

Time to clear out the closet: -DIN adapter for Aqualung/Oceanic regs, never used since it doesn't fit on my Apeks regs - $50 -pair of small DUI Thinsulate undergarment booties, used once (didn't fit in the drysuit boots) - $10 -womens Genesis BC, size small. Pink on black with 2 zipper...

It sounds crazy, I know, but consider this: In 260 dives, I've only ever seen 1 or 2 dead fish on the bottom, never anything big. On Thursday evening near Caulfield Cove we came across a largish GPO (about 3' long tenticles) lying dead in the sand. It was completely intact except for a hole in...

Until now, I've been very happy with my Bare NexGen. It was the most affordable suit I could find which appeared to be of good quality (the material is pretty much bombproof). HOWEVER, I am now about to replace the zipper for the second time in 2.5 years. My first zipper failed at dive 50. I...

Anybody know if the Zeagle DIN to yoke insert (Amazon.com: DIN Valve to Yoke Valve Insert For Scuba Tanks: Online Scuba) will work with a Worthington/XS Scuba tank? The details say it only works with a 200bar valve. The valves on my XS Scuba tanks are 3442psi (230bar?). I realize this seems...