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West Coast Diving - 2026
This is a log of my dives and pictures from Vancouver Island for 2026.
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Chemainus (2026-02-22 11:28) *Prism Topaz Rebreather & Piranha P2 scooter & GoPro Hero8 & Canon R50 with Nauticam NA-R50 housing and Inon macro*
Scootered down the pipeline to the 737 line, along the line to the cinder block; over the top and along to the silver tank; N to the 737;
swam fore-aft then scootered back. Out starboard forward door, along side, behind the tail and along port and along the wing; then
back to cockpit, then over to silver tank and over the cut to the line. Followed the line to the boat island 'turnoff', then S (120) for 4-5min and found
boat island. Scootered S side of boat island past boat and back over to N side, then SW to star reef, anong star reef to star, then followed
pipeline to home. It was supposed to be stormy and windy but rain stopped at beginning and no wind. Coming out there was some wind but not
bad. Overall an awesome dive.
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Chemainus Video
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Chemainus (2026-02-16 11:33) *Prism Topaz Rebreather & Piranha P2 scooter & GoPro Hero8 & Canon R50 with Nauticam NA-R50 housing and Inon macro*
Scootered down pipeline to star reef, then swam star reef to end taking photos. Scootered back to pipeline and then home. Excellent dive although
the it was very cold and the vis was pretty terrible.
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Chemainus Video
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Chemainus (2026-02-08 11:33) *Prism Topaz Rebreather & Piranha P2 scooter & GoPro Hero8 & Canon R50 with Nauticam NA-R50 housing and Inon macro*
Scootered down the pipeline to the 737 line, along the line to the cinder block; over the top to the green tank and along to the silver tank;
N to the 737; swam fore-aft then scootered back. Out starboard forward door, along side, behind the tail and along port and along the wing; then
back to cockpit and over to silver tank. Scootered to yellow tank and had a look around, then back to silver and over the cut to the line. Along
the line until it cut north, then skirted deep rocks until pipeline. Arrived at the line tie-in to the pipeline!
Along pipeline to star, then NW along rocks for photos, then back to pipeline and home. Current was first strong W then after the plane it was
strong E after slack. Vis was good but somewhat cloudy; worse after slack. Overall an awesome dive.
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Chemainus Video
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Chemainus (2026-02-01 11:33) *Prism Topaz Rebreather & Piranha P2 scooter & GoPro Hero8 & Canon R50 with Nauticam NA-R50 housing and Inon macro*
Scootered to boat island today and then to the 737 and through, then back to boat island and home. Awesome if very cold dive!
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Chemainus Video
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Chemainus (2026-01-25 11:33) *Prism Topaz Rebreather & Piranha P2 scooter & GoPro Hero8 & Canon R50 with Nauticam NA-R50 housing and Inon macro*
Scootered down the pipeline to the 737 line and along to octo rock, where the octo was hiding deep and not interested in us at all. Scootered
and swam S and SE along the various reefs but not much is out this time of year. Very cold dive but still very good.
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Chemainus (2026-01-18 11:33) *Prism Topaz Rebreather & Piranha P2 scooter & GoPro Hero8 & Canon R50 with Nauticam NA-R50 housing and Inon macro*
Scootered to boat island today and took lots of macro photos plus a video of brittle stars. Awesome if very cold dive!
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Chemainus Video
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Chemainus (2026-01-11 11:33) *Prism Topaz Rebreather & Piranha P2 scooter & GoPro Hero8 & Canon R50 with Nauticam NA-R50 housing and Inon macro*
Rainy day today, so geared up at the picnic tables under the metal roof at Chemainus. Headed out along the pipeline to the deep line, then over
to see if the octo was home (nope!). Along the line to the block and over the reef to the green tank, then along the wall to the silver tank before
heading off to the 737. Scootered the interior again and then around the tail and back to the front. Finished up by going over the reef again and
south to boat island. Found one octo on boat island, then headed back to the pipeline and home.
It was cold today so I took some video but no photos. Still, an awesome dive!
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Chemainus 737 & Octo Video
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Chemainus (2026-01-04 11:33) *Prism Topaz Rebreather & Piranha P2 scooter & GoPro Hero8 & Canon R50 with Nauticam NA-R50 housing and Inon macro*
Awesome dive along the pipeline to the deep line and over to Octo Rock. Found the same octo in the den but he didn't want to play today.
Then headed along line to boat island take-off spot and headed south to boat island. Found octo in den there as well. Then SE back to reef and pipeline
before heading home. Overall an awesome dive.
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Chemainus Octo Rock Video
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