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Kermode Bear on the Beach

Post author By Nautilus Staff
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Post date 2008-07-23

By Nautilus Staff on July 23rd, 2008 in Archive

Our morning dive on the wreck of the Transpac was outstanding as usual with visibility estimated at 80 feet or more. The Transpac is without a doubt the most amazing wreck I have ever seen – standing upright as it does with the transom of the 180 foot fish boat plunked down on a ledge at 285 feet with the bow at 110 feet and the wreck aligned almost perfectly upright on the sheer wall. Did a dock dive in the afternoon and those divers who stayed under the pilings had a fabulous dive with giant pacific octopus sightings as well as 20 plus ratfish (aka chimera). We’re off to Shushartie Bay (Dillon Rock) and Browning Wall tonight and then in to Vancouver to finish off this very fine trip.

Tags bc forest service, British Columbia, Browning Wall, Butedale, chimeras, dillion rock, dock dive, ghost town, giant pacific octopus, kermode bear, princess royal island, ratfish, sushartie bay, transpac, vancouver, wreck diving

A 180ft Fishboat Pinned Vertically to a Wall!

Post author By Nautilus Staff
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Post date 2008-06-17

By Nautilus Staff on June 17th, 2008 in Archive

The amazing thing is that there is a ledge on the wall 285 feet below the surface and as the ship was sliding down the wall, the stern wedged itself on the ledge and the ship came to a dead stop in a vertical orientation! The stern of the 180ft ship is at 285 feet and the bow is at 110 feet! It’s not often one gets to see a large fishing vessel pinned vertically to a wall! I did one of my most memorable dives ever here when my instructor and I splashed to 285 feet on Inspiration rebreathers. The water was so clear that we could see from the stern all the way to the bow looking straight up towards the surface through a cloud of rockfish swimming around the mast (and no, I wasn’t narc’d!!).