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Location: Vancouver Island (Canada (west))
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Dive Centres / Liveaboards:
Following is a list of dive centres or liveaboards that are based in Vancouver Island.
If you are a dive centre or liveaboard operating in this location and are not on the list make sure to add your details ( please click here ).

Website / email Address Contact: Recognise these: Will train these: Languages:
Sundown Diving Ranked as OK by independant reviewsRanked as OK by independant reviewsRanked as OK by independant reviews Course available Equipment hire available Dive shop available Enriched gas available Accomodation available First Aid and Oxygen available
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22 Esplanade St
Nnaimo, B.C.
Canada
V9R 4Y7
phone 250-753-1880
fax 250-753-1880
toll free North America 1888-773-3483
email sundowndiving@shaw.ca
PADI, BSAC, CMAS, NAUI, SSI, IANTD, TDI/SDI, PADI, IANTD, English, Click here to edit this listing
celebrating our 20th year, come join us diving on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. We are a full service dive facility open year round enjoying the beautiful emerald green, diverse marine life that our area has to offer. Offering a variety of dives from shore sites to current swept passages with a range of diving from beginner to technical levels. Beautiful wall dives, wolf eel and octupus dives, 3 artifical reefs including the Canadian Destroyer escort 366 foot long 'Saskatchewan', the 400+foot Cape Breton and our newest reef the Rivtow Lion.
Deeper Aquatics Ranked as OK by independant reviewsRanked as OK by independant reviewsRanked as OK by independant reviews Course available Equipment hire available Dive shop available First Aid and Oxygen available
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1782 Alberni St.
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6G 1B2
Dylan Currie
Wade Goodwin
PADI, BSAC, CMAS, NAUI, SSI, SSA, HSA, IAHD, SSAC, IANTD, TDI/SDI, PADI, English, Click here to edit this listing
Deeper Aquatics brings the thrill of SCUBA Diving to the very accessible location of downtown Vancouver. Being a full service dive shop specializing in PADI educational dive courses, dive charters and supplying rental and retail dive gear, Deeper Aquatics can service all of your West Coast diving needs. British Columbia is renowned as the best cold water diving in the world and is highlighted in the 2005 SCUBA Diving Magazine, Readers Choice Awards, as the Healthiest Marine Environment in North America.
Sidney Dive n Surf Course available Equipment hire available Dive shop available Enriched gas available Accomodation available Has a photo centre First Aid and Oxygen available
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#111a- 2506 Beacon Ave Sidney BC V8L 1Y2 1-866-655-0979 toll free
(250) 655-0979
TDI/SDI, IANTD, SSAC, IAHD, HSA, SSA, SSI, NAUI, CMAS, BSAC, PADI, PADI, English, Click here to edit this listing
Sideny Dive n Surf is a full service PADI dive facility and dive charter operator. Minutes from local wrecks HMCS Mackenzie/ GB Church, southern gulf islands,
Saanich Inlet cloud sponges, Race Rocks & more!
dry suit rentals and training, equipment repair etc
Emerald Sea Adventures Course available Equipment hire available Enriched gas available Accomodation available First Aid and Oxygen available Can rent rebreathers
Click here to access the website
2550 Beacon Ave
Sidney, British Columbia
(250) 893-6722 Click here to edit this listing
Experienced local skipper and dive instructor. Specializing in private dive charters. Photo/Video shoots, technical, research and two tanks dive trips. Dive trips: Six gill sharks of Hornby Island, Sea Lions of Race Rocks, Humpback expeditions of Goletas Channel, Wrecks (HMCS MacKenzie, GB Church, Van Leen...). Limited to 8 divers on 28'6' ultra modern RHI with cruising speeds of 30kts. Explore the Jewel's of the Pacific in a safe and comfortable fashion.
Great Ocean Adventures Course available Equipment hire available Dive shop available Accomodation available First Aid and Oxygen available
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1636 Cedar Hill X-Rd
Victoria, BC
V8P 2P6
1-800-414-2202
250-475-2202
PADI, PADI, English, Click here to edit this listing
We are a 5 star full service Padi facility which includes rentals, servicing and dive courses from children to adults of all ages!
Bamfield Dive Shed Course available Equipment hire available Dive shop available Enriched gas available Accomodation available First Aid and Oxygen available
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2962 3rd Ave
Port Alberni, BC CANADA V9Y 2A7
phone: (250) 723-3483
fax: (866) 846-9810
PADI, BSAC, CMAS, NAUI, SSI, SSA, HSA, IAHD, SSAC, IANTD, TDI/SDI, PADI, English, Click here to edit this listing
We are a full service PADI dive shop serving Port Alberni, Bamfield and Barkley Sound. We offer sales, service, rentals, repairs and training as well as Air, Nitrox, TriMix and Argon. We feature AquaLung, Apeks, ScubaPro, BARE Wetsuits, and DUI Drysuits. Beginner through Divemaster training is available.

Port Alberni is your gateway to the Pacific Rim. Come and see us for your diving needs, or just to talk about the great diving we have.
HideAway Diving Equipment hire available Enriched gas available Accomodation available First Aid and Oxygen available
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Browning Pass HideAway, Browning Pass,
PO Box 512, Port Hardy, BC V0N 2P0
Toll-free N. America 877 725 2835 or 1 250 753 3751 PADI, BSAC, CMAS, NAUI, SSI, SSA, IAHD, SSAC, IANTD, TDI/SDI, English, French, Click here to edit this listing
Diving out of Port Hardy and the Browning Pass HideAway year-round, we offer great diving, great boats and excellent crew who really know the Queen Charlotte Strait area. Our specialties are photography (UW and above), marine life, and marine mammals. Our priority is your safe enjoyment of this most spectacular area...
Liquid Heaven Diving Experience Course available Dive shop available Accomodation available
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# 103 2537 Beacon Ave
Sidney, BC Canada V8L 1Y3
(250) 655-4611 or (250) 888-1601 PADI, PADI, English, Click here to edit this listing
Liquid Heaven Diving Experience in Sidney BC Canada on Vancouver Island is a first class, full service PADI dive education facility, located a mere 150 feet from the waters.

Option key:
Course available Can train divers Course available Will rent equipment Course available Have a dive shop
Course available Can supply enriched gas Course available Do liveabords Course available Can arrange accomodation
Course available Have a photo facility Course available Have first aid kit and oxygen Course available Rent rebreather equipment

Hotels and Resorts:
Following is a list of hotels and resorts that are based in Vancouver Island.
If you are a hotel or resort operating in this location and are not on the list make sure to add your details ( please click here ).

Name Website / email Address Contact: Has a local dive centre:
Browning Pass HideAway
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www.VancouverIslandDive.com
Click here to contact themClick here to contact them
Browning Pass, Port Hardy
British Columbia
Toll-free North America (877) 725-2835
From Europe/Asia 1-250-753-3751
Yes Click here to edit this listing
Located at Browning Pass, the best dive area in BC. Three floating cottages & docks, + 2 dedicated dive vessels make up The Browning Pass HideAway. 'Right-out-our-door' dives include 7-Tree Island, the Wall, Hussar Pt, Hunt Rock and many more. We also run 2-tank trips to great sites in Queen Charlotte Strait. Some favorites, within an hour, are 'the Wolf-eel Condos', home to at least 14 wolf-eels and as many giant Pacific octopus. In the Deserters we dive Barry Islet, Whistler Pass, and more. In Seymour Inlet, we dive Tremble Rock, the Outer Narrows, Cliff-Hanger, Lou's Hole and more.
Guests enjoy our canoes, kayaks and rowboats to explore between dives.
We offer pkgs to individuals & groups, for overnight to a week. Included are comfy accoms, hearty west-coast home-style meals, 3 or 4 dives/day, air, tanks, wts, guiding, plus use of small boats.
Summer & fall, the whales and dolphins are here, and the sea birds...if you want, we'll take you out to see them between dives too!


Travel Agents:

Following is a list of travel agents that have holidays in Vancouver Island.
If you are a travel agent and are not on the list make sure to add your details (please click here).

Website / email Address Contact:
Dive World Wide
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www.diveworldwide.com
Click here to contact themClick here to contact them
Dive Worldwide
Long Barn South
Sutton Manor Farm
Bishop's Sutton
Alresford
Hampshire
SO24 0AA
UK

Tel: 0845 130 6980 (local rate call)
International Tel: +44 1962 737 641
Fax: 0845 130 6985 (local rate call)
Fax international +44 1962 737 649
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At Dive Worldwide, our speciality is to tailor make a holiday to your individual specifications. We cater for the experienced diver wishing to explore new areas to non-divers wishing to learn to dive.
We have a highly skilled and knowledgeable team on hand who have travelled the world, owned and managed overseas dive centres, been dive guides and tour leaders, and who have had years of experience in the travel industry.
Between us we continue to research, explore and photograph dive destinations around the world in order to organise better itineraries for our guests. Together with all of our colleagues overseas, we are committed to offering a safe, enjoyable and educational experience.
We all have spent years travelling the world in search of exciting and new destinations - a passion we endeavour to share with our clients alongside our knowledge of the world.
Our knowledge of worldwide destinations enables us not only to combine dive regions but countries and even continents: - the options are only limited by your imagination and of course your budget... virtually anything is possible, think big - think Dive Worldwide!
Simplicity Travel Inc
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www.go4fun.org
Click here to contact themClick here to contact them
22186 S Haines Rd
Canby OR 97013
503 266-3873 Click here to edit this listing
Dive Travel Specialist. Also selling travel packages to non-dive destinations. We host groups of divers on trips 3-4 times a year. If you need a dive buddy, join us. Rich is an SSI scuba instructor. We enjoy introducing scuba and assisting those who need a little extra encouragement. Feel free to call or go to our web-site to see where in the world we are going next.
Schoener Tauchen
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www.schoener-tauchen.de
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Hastedter Heerstr. 211
D-28207 Bremen
Germany
Tel. +49 (0)421 - 450010
Fax +49 (0)421 - 450080
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Diving Travel Specialist from Germany with partner agencies in Switzerland, Poland and Australia

Web Links:

Following is a list of relevant websites for Vancouver Island.
If you would like to add one to the list please see below.

Liquid Heaven Diving Experience
Liquid Heaven Diving Experience
Liquid Heaven Diving Experience in Sidney BC Canada on Vancouver Island is a first class, full service PADI dive education facility, located a mere 150 feet from the waters.

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