Site de plongée
Barkley Sound
British Columbia, Canada
- Profondeur typique
- 20 m
- Type
- Tombant
- Niveau
- Advanced
Notes
Cold-water reef, giant Pacific octopus.
Faune marine
- Sharks
- six-gill shark (rare, deep), dogfish
- Whales & dolphins
- Steller sea lion, harbour seal, transient orca (surface), grey whale (passing Mar–May)
- Reef fish
- lingcod, rockfish (yelloweye, quillback, copper, china), greenling, wolf eel (resident pairs), cabezon
- Cephalopods
- giant Pacific octopus, red octopus, stubby squid
- Invertebrates
- plumose anemone fields, crimson anemone, Puget Sound king crab, Dungeness crab, red sea urchin, sunflower star (recovering), basket star, cloud sponge
Caractéristiques du site
- Cold Water
- Wall
- Drysuit Required
- Fjord
- Remote
- Winter Best For Viz
Quand plonger
- Idéal
- Nov–Mar
- À éviter
- Jun–Aug
Barkley Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island is classic Pacific Northwest cold-water diving — granite walls dropping into deep fjord water, plumose anemone gardens, giant Pacific octopus dens, and wolf eels in residence. Counter-intuitively, winter (Nov–Mar) gives the best viz: spring/summer plankton blooms drop visibility to a few metres, while winter water clears to 15–25 m. Drysuit + 7 mm hood and gloves required year-round (8–12 °C).
Conditions & accès
- Visibilité
- 5–25 m
- Température
- 8–14 °C
- Courant
- Moderate
- Accès
- Open access
- Niveau requis
- Advanced Open Water + drysuit specialty; cold-water experience essential
Emplacement
48.8333° N, 125.1667° W
Clubs de plongée qui visitent ce site
3 opérateurs référencent ce site sur leurs sites web
- Emerald Ocean ChartersBamfield, BC (Vancouver Island), Canada · Bateau journée[source]
- Rendezvous Dive AdventuresBamfield, BC (Vancouver Island), Canada · Centre de plongée[source]
- Vancouver Diving LockerVancouver, BC (trips to Barkley Sound), Canada · Centre de plongée[source]
Sources
Issu d'1 source
Intégrez Barkley Sound à votre plan de plongée.
Ouvrez le planificateur avec ce site présélectionné sur la carte.
Ouvrir le planificateur →