Port Hardy

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British Columbia, Canada

Best timeSeptember to May

Water temp6-10°C / 43-50°F

Visibility10-25m / 33-82ft

AccessBoat Dive

Dive typesScuba

DifficultyIntermediate

Max depth25 m

Avg depth15 m

Nearest airportYZT

Wolf eelsGiant Pacific octopusMacro

Scuba

The waters around Port Hardy, at the northern tip of Vancouver Island, offer incredible critter diving. It's one of the best places in the world to reliably find the giant Pacific octopus and the bizarre-looking wolf eel.

Features

A world-class destination for cold-water critter diving. The rocky reefs here are a hotspot for finding giant Pacific octopus, wolf eels, and a huge variety of colorful nudibranchs and other macro life.

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