Winter diving in Victoria BC

Hello divers and wanna be divers. This little blog is going to be a bit more directed to fair weather divers and wanna be divers so don't take offence to the comments given below. People, do you realize that the West Coast of British Columbia has the most awesome diving anywhere? We have more life per square inch than anywhere in the world and YES, we do have the colours. This is one of the most exciting places to dive anywhere. We have wall dives, natuaral wrecks, artificial wrecks and some very rare things only found here in the Sannich Inlet and certain parts of the BC West Coast: like giant sponges. The sponges for your information are unknown anywhere in the world. Sponges are fused strands of glass. They shatter like glass when touched, so don't touch. Theses giants are up to 12 feet across and are decades old. The ones at the Queen Charlottes are up to 9000 years old.

We have bragging rights to the biggest giant octopus of the world. We have six gill sharks, wolf eels, and huge array of fish species and anenomeos galore. It is an absolute paradise for photographers or vidiographers. I am quite amazed that the West Coast does not get its right to more coverage on TV and dive magazines. I guess for national photographers they like to see the ladies in bikinis in warm bathtub water versus Canadian divers all dressed up in drysuits. Diving here is not really a fashion statement, well maybe a little. Canadians are proud to be the best taught in the world, and we also love the better equipment that you can purchase her for extreme climate diving. Warm water divers have no advantage to us cold water divers. Their skills for the most part are not as polished as ours. Most Canadian divers have mastered skills like buoyancy and communication. I have dived since 1977 and I have been most places around the world and have yet to see a more beautiful place to dive than our West Coast. The waters of Victoria and surrounding Gulf Islands, the Barkely Sound, the northern tip of Vancouver Island offer every type of desired diving to the most experienced diver and novice diver in the world. We not only offer world class - diving but you can experience whale watching, eco- touring, lounge around some world class hotel and motels and of course, eat fanatastic food in some quaint little restaurants in these areas. The Victoria area is known as the most desired place to live in Canada with the most mildest climate in the country. We don't have the cold weather like Alberta or the Yukon so the diving here is not as cold as you think it might be. If you have a desire to learn to dive, come see us at Liquid Heaven. We have top quality gear and top quality instruction that is tailored to each persons ability to learn at his/her time. You will be looked after like your my own child in the lessons. We have special winter rates for beginner scuba courses and a special for Valentines this week for rental gear. Come on in for a coffee and discuss your future in diving with us. Don't save all your money to be taught in warm water destinations, you will be unhappy with those results as I hear it all the time from customers. I look forward in seeing you soon.

"Dream Deep, Dive Inspired"

Padi Grandadi

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