Dive Review of Rockfish Divers in
Canada/Victoria Island Saanich Inlet

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Rockfish Divers, Mar, 2005, by Rory L Cox, WA, USA . Report 1620.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Jonathan Grant from Rockfish Divers has an outstanding operation out of Brentwood Bay on the Saanich Inlet of Victoria Island. Saanich Inlet is a North American fiord, with tidal exchanges in the 10 ft. range. This makes for a nutrient rich enviroment, with the top 40 ft of water exchanging daily. Below 80 to 100 the water doesn't exchange, which makes for a wonderful crystal clear, though dark wonderland. Our first dive was to see "glass sponges", which apparently are only in this area. Visibility was only about 10 ft until the 70 ft range, then we encountered clear, cold water. The sponge field was at 100 to 120 ft. The sponges looked like large piles of white bones. During this dive I experienced a bouyant accent from 60 ft., the operation was outstanding, providing oxygen back to shore. They observed for a period of time and provided numbers to local recompresion chambers. Very professional in response. The next day we dove a seamount that was at 65 to 70 ft. The seamount is in an area of high exchange which contributes to the large variety of sealife. Our final dive was a drift dive at exchange. This provide a 3 to 4 knot journey over white anemone fields, numerous nudibranch species and carpets of tunicates covering the bottom filtering out the rich water flowing over them. The wild northwest setting, the rich and varied diving and the great hospitality of our hosts made for an unforgetable Canadian weekend.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Puget Sound, Roatan, Florida Keys, Cozumel, Belize
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	48-50°F / 9-10°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	30-40 Ft/ 9-12 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	120 ft., Safety Stop
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	No fresh water for cameras, but good dry protection. Very wide variety of subject matter underwater. Glass sponges, fish, nudibranchs, crabs, sea slugs

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Dive Review of Rockfish Divers in Canada/Victoria Island Saanich Inlet

Rockfish Divers, Mar, 2005,

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Dive Review of Rockfish Divers in
Canada/Victoria Island Saanich Inlet