Diving Nakwakto Rapids

Diving Northern Vancouver Island.

November 17, 2018
Pacific Diving

August, 2018.

Northern Vancouver Island has a reputation for being among the best temperate diving in the world. National Geographic has recognized the area as one of their ultimate adventure bucket list dives due to the density and diversity of life found there. Many of the dive sites here are world renowned, such as the Browning Wall, and the Nakwakto Rapids. From whales to macro critters, this place has it all.

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The Nakwakto Rapids- Dive into the Guinness Book of World Records.

August 24, 2016
Pacific Diving

August 2016.

Turret rock at Nakwakto Rapids. — Turret Rock (nicknamed “Tremble Island”) materializes out of the morning fog as we approach. It sits smack in the middle of the infamous Nakwakto rapids, and is our next dive site.

The infamous Nakwakto rapids is one of the top cold water dives that you can do in Canada. The Guiness Book of World records lists the Nakwakto rapids as having the fastest navigable tidal rapids in the world, up to 16 knots (30 km/h). There you can also find the beautiful and unique Nakwakto Goose-neck barnacle, found nowhere else in the world. (Oh, and don’t forget the bragging rights that follow!) Take the plunge…

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