Tag: snowfall

Diving the Beautiful and Famous Browning Pass

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Archive
Post date 2008-06-07

By Nautilus Staff on June 7th, 2008 in Archive

Dive #1 was on Browning Wall with it’s densely packed populations of soft corals, sponges and invertebrate life. It is just as colourful and dense as the best of the south Pacific. Dive #2 was on Hussar Point. Dive #3 was on Snowfall where all the white plumose anemones were “out” (rather than being retracted).

Tags Anemones, British Columbia, Browning Pass, Browning Wall, Hussar point, invertebrate life, port hardy, queen charlotte strait, snowfall, soft corals, sponges, white plumose anemones

Blown Away by a Humpback Whale in Browning Pass

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Archive, Captain Mike
Post date 2007-06-05

By Nautilus Staff on June 5th, 2007 in Archive, Captain Mike

The thrill of the day was when a humpback whale came down the middle of Browning Pass just as we were wrapping up a dive at Snowfall. A couple of divers with “code yellows” made the heroic decision to “hold on” and let us drift down the pass and observe the humpback. We were all “blown away” (pun intended) when the humpy surfaced 20ft away from the skiff after a 6 – 8 minute dive. Emily and Charlie were on the skiff with me and it was awesome to see their excitement. Having the kids onboard has made this an especially and exceptionally enjoyable trip for me.