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I am looking at putting together a two day trip to dive the wreck of the Commodore Straits on the Sunshine Coast. I have never been to the Sunshine Coast and so I'm not familiar with the lay of the land, or the diving services available. The wreck is off Thormanby Island near Halfmoon Bay I...

I live on Vancouver Island and regularly dive in an area called Barkley Sound. Barkley Sound is well known for its marine life, and especially for its wreck diving. One of the nicest wrecks is the HMCS Thiepval which lies on its port side in about 35’ of water. The Thiepval was a 130’...

Can anyone help me with the coordinates for the migrant ship that was sunk as an artificial reef off Canoe Island in Barkley Sound? Thanks.

We are pleased to announce that the Shipwreck Exploration Team of British Columbia has become the latest GUE Affiliate! The Shipwreck Exploration Team emerged from a shared passion to explore and document the numerous wrecks lying in the waters off British Columbia, Canada. Shipwrecks in the...

On March 24-26 I joined a three diver team consisting of Kim Anderson, Guy Shockey and myself in a GUE DPV1 course taught by Dan MacKay. DPV1 is a recreational diving course meant to be a diver’s first introduction to scooters. The team might have been a little over qualified given that we are...

Over the weekend our team located a new wreck in 95'-110' in Bedwell Bay, near the VT100. We have sent the video to the experts at the UASBC and they seem fairly certain that is is the wreck of an early 20th century vessel. The initial exploration video can be seen here: Bedwell Bay Mystery...

Our team, which consist entirely of DIR trained divers in British Columbia have been working with the provincial marine archaeological society to document/survey the deeper wrecks sites that the society traditionally have not been able to access. Recently we’ve been asked to officially join the...

We have traditionally dove the wrecks in Nanaimo from Ken Adrian's boat. Since Ken's boat is no more can anybody recommend a charter operator to dive the artificial reefs? Thanks.

Our team just got back from a two day trip to dive a barge in Deepwater Bay, near Campbell River. The draw for us was the fact that the barge was rising straight up out of a 220' bottom to roughly 80'. The weekend turned out to be a bit of a mess, and we had a fair bit to contend with, so we...

On March 13 & 14 a group of 8 divers from The DIR Porject's SREU participated in a project to explore and document the remains of a wreck believed to be that of the 216' long steamer Famous (previously the Amur). This weekend was the culmination of six months of learning, planning and practicing...

We did a dive over the weekend at Willis Point in the Saanich Inlet. As soon as we dropped down to about 100' (on a high tide) we came to a bathtub. Close to the bathtub was something that looked...torpedolike. Has anybody seen it, and knows what it is?

I have only been diving doubles for a month or two and I started with hp100s. I was really head heavy and so I moved my weight from a 8lb v weight to 8lbs on a belt. This helped some but as I breathed the gas down I was still standing on my head. I just tried hp130s yesterday and they shifted...

I am getting ready to do my Tech 1 course at the end of October/05. Obviously there has been a significant cost in making the transition from my single tank rec. gear to the double tank tech gear. I have a left over Mares 1st stage with a yolk connection. I have recently had it services and...