Sidney BC Diving at it's bestDive Sites

Scuba Diving in Sidney BC is among the best in the world. Our cold temperate seas support vast numbers of invertebrates and fish. There are dive sites as colourful as our famous Butchart Gardens. Marvellous visibility, intriguing shipwrecks, incredible corals and the giant Pacific octopus make the oceans around Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands and the Sunshine Coast an underwater paradise for diving enthusiasts.

The water is not much colder than the waters of northern California , permitting diving year round. Winter diving is popular, and in some respects is even better than summer diving, as the water temperature is only a degree or two lower, but the visibility is so much better in winter.

The West Coast of Vancouver Island is known as the Graveyard of the Pacific, a name it earned as a result of the many ships that have been wrecked in the area over the past century. These wrecks, along with reefs, pinnacles and a multitude of marine plant and animal life, including an amazing variety of starfish, are a real lure for scuba divers.