Vancouver: Boat Dive for Certified Divers
ID: GYG730188-1185169
Category:
Country: Canada
Duration:
05:00 hours
Description
This 5-hour adventure from Horseshoe Bay offers certified drysuit divers the chance to explore by boat the pinnacles, canyons, sponge gardens, and marine life like wolf eels and Pacific octopus.
This options does include full drysuit equipment package, but you MUST be a certified drysuit diver.
Vancouver British Columbia's best dive sites can be seen with this boat trip from Horseshoe Bay. Choose to dive or simply ride along to enjoy the mountain scenery. Divers will see pinnacles, canyons, sponges, wolf eels, Pacific octopus, and seals that make their home in Howe Sound.
Arrive at the Expedition Center in Horseshoe Bay 60 minutes before departure to unload and set up your gear, or to pick up your rental equipment. The boat, Topline, is equipped with a dive platform, onboard compressor, viewing deck, heated cabin, and marine toilet. Explore Howe Sound’s underwater world, including Vancouver’s first artificial reef, the HMCS Annapolis. Post-dive, warm up with hot soup, hot chocolate, or tea before returning to Horseshoe Bay.
Highlights
- Explore pinnacles, canyons, sponges, and the HMCS Annapolis.
- Encounter seals, Pacific octopus, wolf eels, and nudibranchs.
- Enjoy amenities like a heated cabin, viewing deck, and onboard compressor
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Please arrive 60 minutes before your charter is scheduled to depart and check in at the Expedition Centre to pick up needed equipment, then head to unload your gear at the boat dock in Sewell’s Marina.
INCLUDED
- Diving by boat in the Pacific Northwest
- Full drysuit equipment package - certified drysuit divers only!
- Professional and experienced staff, dive buddy available
- Fully customized vessel, including compressor on board
- Local area knowledge
- Hot beverages - hearty soup, hot chocolate, coftee, tea
NOT INCLUDED
- Dive computer and dive light (available for rental)
- Transportation to/from expedition centre
- Parking fees in Horseshoe Bay
- Gratuities
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.
