I’ve made the executive decision to hold off on the BBQ until later next week, probably friday July 18th or sat the 19th. We’ll send out an official email invitation when things are finalized. Sorry about the confusion!

I have returned from my longer than expected trip to Norway, and figured another bbq is in order! It’s quickly coming up, as in this Saturday, July 12th! So cancel any plans you’ve made and come see more landscape photos than you ever wished to see!

 We hope to see you at the happening place of Suncoast Diving at around 6pm.  Bring your own meat and drinks, plus a dish to share. The bbq will be provided. And if you could let us know if you’re coming, that’d be dandy as well. Consider it a important club meeting. Hope to see you there!

Andrew was kind enough to write up about this Saturday’s charter, the first and from the sounds of it, definitely not the last of it’s kind for SCDC.

Saturday’s club dive was a splashing success. Sarah, Bob, Carl, Brendan, Peter, Vince and myself were taken by Andy on the Malaspina water taxi too Fearney Point. A beautiful sunny day above water and outstanding vis below. The extreme vertical wall, combined with vis in excess of 70′ enticed all three dive groups into triple digit max depths. Nothing makes me more aware of being a stranger in a strange land than excellent visibility on a sponge covered wall like this one. Some of the life that I could identify included chimney sponges, cloud sponges, soft coral, a school of juvenile herring, swimming scallops, rock scallops, orange peel nudibranchs and all the things I couldn’t name. This dive goes from the top of my ‘to do list’ to the top of my ‘to do again list’. Thanks again to Rob and Jen for the continued supply of free air.

Thanks to Andrew for helping us keep everyone informed about the great dives!

Ah, Skookumchuck, how I heart thee!

Today found those club members, quick enough to grab a seat on the charter boat, headed up to Egmont. We met at Suncoast Diving in the morning, got everyone organized, and while Sarah, Dave, John and Rebecca (a strictly Skookum-watcher today) drove up to the BackEddy Pub, Brenden, Ken and I raced up the inlet on the zodiac.

The water was glassy calm on the trip up, though this “summery” June weather made us all wish for toques, sweaters and mitts. After collecting everyone from the BackEddy marina, we took the 5+ minute jaunt around the corner to the first set of powerlines in the Agamemnon Channel. Sarah and I got down deep enough to see those Gregorian Red Fan Coral, plus the amazing amount of Cloud Sponges.

Coming back for a quick lunch break at the pub, we headed out with eerily good timing to hit slack tide just after 3. As always, the chuck didn’t disappoint, with huge, colourful life EVERYWHERE! It was a nice easy ebb tide, the guys making it farther down the narrows than me and Sarah, who got stuck in a backeddy. There were grins all around as we surfaced, dropped off our driving divers on the dock and headed back to Sechelt.

A bit of a longer day for the Sunshine Coast Dive Club today, but definitely a good one. Thanks to Ken for driving the boat today, and to Suncoast Diving for the use of their zodiac!

Greetings after another successful drop-in club dive! We had a great turn out today, the weather cooperated for the most part, and the visibility has definitely been clearing up in the inlet.

This morning saw myself, Brenden, Carl and Stephanie head out to Tuwanek with Suncoast Diving. We completed that… lovely… surface swim over to the right island, dropped down to a max of 60′, and headed off. We passed over what once was a boat at the tip of the island as we descended, at 30′ approx, which I hadn’t seen before. We didn’t quite make it out to the wolf eels today, or I missed them completely, both options are possible.

Dive two we were joined by Bruno, and swam over to the left island. Dropping down the 30′ marker bouy we started on a nice wall dive. We encountered Ken and his OW student in the first couple of minutes, but luckily the groups didn’t get mixed up; Because I know it’s difficult to distinguish between me and Ken when underwater:P We saw a large sea blubber we navigated around, and found a very decent sized octopus at 50′, but we couldn’t coax him out.

All in all, another great day to be a diver on the Sunshine Coast! Thanks to Suncoast Diving and everyone who came out. See you next Saturday!

Tuwanek Beach right island, was an amazing dive today. The visibility was easily in excess of 60 feet, with very little to no particulate in the water. Andrew, Carl, and I headed down to Tuwanek around 11 am. As we arrived we could see we were not to be the only divers out enjoying the amazing weather.

We carried all of our equipment to the picnic table and suited up and made the 2 minute trek to the waters edge. On our swim out to the island it was very evident there was going to be a good surface current running, which is probably the first time I have ever experienced one here in Tuwanek. Needless to say it was a good swim to the point. After sorting everything out, we descended and began what turned out to be a 51 minute dive. We encountered, crabs, Cod fish, Nudi’s and various other marine life, though we were not lucky enough to find the wolf eels this dive.

Next event for the Club will be next Saturday’s drop in dive. The Skookumchuck charter on the 11th is full, with 2 on the standby list, there is still 5 spaces on the dive on the 14th for Ferny Bluff’s…be sure to sign up so you do not miss out!!

The Club Charter set for the 14th of June has only five seats left available, so don’t delay….be sure you don’t miss out, these dive sites are world class cold water dive sites.

Book Now

We have been in contact with a dive boat out of Pender Harbour, and are trying to book a charter for the 14th June, departure time will be after 10:30 am. Weather dependent, one dive we are looking at is Ferny Bluffs, which is Ranked #2 in the world by Jacques Cousteau. The second dive is in the Agamemnon Channel, the second set of power lines, where there are huge corals in and around 150 foot mark. This will be out of reach for some, but a bit shallower there are the huge Glass sponges as well.

The costs are as follows;
Typically for divers, two tanks, is a rate of $50.00 per diver (min $300.00) This includes dive sites up to Agamemnon Channel to Nelson Rock, Malaspina Strait.
When we asked when the drop-dead confirmation date is, and it was indicated that the trip will be available until someone beats us to the books. Full payment is required up completion of the charter, however we would like to collect all funds no later then 7th June to ensure that all costs will be covered in the event of a person who needs to cancel.

The boat will carry up to 8 divers comfortably, so there are currently 8 seats open, and for the charter to go we need to have a minimum of 6 people.

Those interested are to email Sunshine Coast Dive Club ( scdivclub@scdiveclub.net )no later then the 31 May that way we can book the charter for sure.

Great News, do you like drift diving? Always wanted to try the Skookumchuck Drift dive but have never had the chance. Well this is your lucky day!! Suncoast Diving has indicated that one of the two days that the Skook is within the limits to dive, we have the boat. So, it is either the 11th or the 26th.

If you are interested in trying this dive…there is room for 6 divers, be sure to email me for the cost, and this is for a two tank dive. Be sure to email me at scdiveclub@scdiveclub.net and indicate your availability, I am thinking the 11th will be the day.

Things were at great success last night at the Meet and Greet so to speak. We had an excellent turn out, as Bruno, Mike, Rebecca, Rod, Sam, Rob, Sarah and Bob. Andrew sent in some agenda itmes for the meeting but was unable to make to the coast for the meeting.

We discussed dive destinations for the weekly drop in dives, as well as dive destinations for week/weekend dive trips as well as boat availability. With that being said there is some big news concerning boat usage, and the up coming Skook dives in June.

The plan is to get an email sent out with a calender of events, which will be sent hopefully by weeks end. Once again I want to thank everyone who was able to make to the meeting.