the scuba zone - west coast diving 2025

West Coast Diving - 2025

This is a log of my dives and pictures from Vancouver Island for 2025.

Chemainus (2025-03-16 11:30) *Prism Topaz Rebreather & Canon R50 with Nauticam NA-R50 housing and Inon macro*

Swam to the dry dock #1, then over to #2 and around, over to the small wall and along, then back to dock 1 and home. Excellent dive.

Chemainus (2025-03-09 11:38) *Prism Topaz Rebreather & Canon R50 with Nauticam NA-R50 housing and Inon macro & Piranha P2 scooter*

Once again we scootered up pipeline to turnoff (wheel) then NW to boat rocks. Toured boat rocks then scootered back SE to pipeline and home. The replacement battery I built for the heated vest worked well and kept me warm. Awesome dive.

Chemainus Video

Chemainus (2025-03-02 11:50) *Prism Topaz Rebreather & Canon R50 with Nauticam NA-R50 housing and Inon macro & Piranha P2 scooter*

Scootered up pipeline to turnoff (wheel) then NW to boat rocks. Toured boat rocks then scootered back SE to pipeline and home. One battery on the heated vest was dead this morning so it was a cold and shorter dive. Otherwise an awesome dive.

Chemainus Video

Chemainus (2025-02-17 11:50) *Open Circuit (manifolded double 100s) & Canon R50 with Nauticam NA-R50 housing and Inon macro & Piranha P2 scooter*

Scootered up pipeline to turnoff (wheel) then NW to boat rocks. Toured boat rocks then scootered back SE to pipeline and home. Awesome dive.

Chemainus Video

Chemainus (2025-02-09 11:55) *Open Circuit (manifolded double 100s) & Canon R50 with Nauticam NA-R50 housing and Inon macro & Piranha P2 scooter*

Scootered to the lighthouse then NW and found the boat. It's a really great wall by the boat, and we found a few lingcod on egg masses. Swam around the wall and returned to the boat. Then then scootered back to the pipeline and home. Overall a great dive!

Chemainus Video

Chemainus (2025-02-01 12:10) *Open Circuit (manifolded double 100s) & Canon R50 with Nauticam NA-R50 housing and Inon macro & Piranha P2 scooter*

Scootered to the lighthouse then NW and found the boat. It's a really great wall by the boat, and we found a few lingcod on egg masses. Swam along, then scootered back to the pipeline and home. Overall a great dive!

Chemainus Video

Chemainus (2025-01-26 11:48) *Open Circuit (manifolded double 100s) & Canon R50 with Nauticam NA-R50 housing and Inon macro & Piranha P2 scooter*

Excellent dive today. Splashed and scootered to lighthouse, then NW until we found a wall, missing the boat. Swam E along the wall before turning and scootering back to pipeline and back home.

Chemainus (2025-01-12 11:48) *Prism Topaz Rebreather & Canon R50 with Nauticam NA-R50 housing and Inon macro & Piranha P2 scooter*

Excellent dive today. Splashed and scootered to lighthouse, then NW until we found a wall, missing the boat. Swam E along the wall before turning and scootering back to pipeline and back home.

Chemainus Video

Chemainus (2025-01-05 12:13) *Prism Topaz Rebreather & Canon R50 with Nauticam NA-R50 housing and Inon macro & Piranha P2 scooter*

Excellent dive today. Splashed and scootered to lighthouse, then kina-sorta NW (scooter compasses acting up) and found airplane wall. Swam to debris field then scootered to pipeline and back home.

Chemainus Video