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Diving in Quadra Island, Vancouver Island,
Canada
We took the opportunity to try diving in
cold water in probably the best cold water diving spot in the world, Quadra
Island, just off of Vancouver Island.
It was very different from the Caribbean diving that we had
done before. In the Caribbean I wore swim shorts and the scuba gear. In Canada I
needed to wear the wetsuit (2 parts), booties, hood, gloves and the extra 35
pounds to compensate for their buoyancy.
The current around Quadra Island is quite intense and I had
never experienced drift diving like this.
It was also my first time using my new underwater flash, so I wasn't really
expecting to get any good pictures.
Click on the pictures to see larger versions
or go to the page with more descriptions of
trip
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A wall of Strawberry Anemone. |
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Strawberry Anemone |
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Coming up from dive |
Algae |
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Strong Current |
Swimming Scallop & Pale Sea Cucumber |
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Cauliflower Anemone |
Nudibranch ( Hermissenda crassicornis ?
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barnacles |
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swimming clam |
Hiding fish |
Jellyfish |
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Sea Cucumber |
Snails & Anemones |
Nudibranch with Creeping Sea Cucumber |
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Sea Urchin |
Starfish & Orange Cup Coral |
Sun Star |
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Painted Star |
Blood Star |
Nudibranch |
Lined Chitons |
Orange Sea Cucumber |
Pale & Creeping Pedal Sea Cucumber |
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Pale Sea Cucumber |
Pale Sea Cucumber |
Pale Sea Cucumber |
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