God's Pocket Marine Park Diving
Explore Port Hardy, Browning Pass and the waters surrounding God's Pocket Marine Park aboard Good Vibrations with UB Diving. This is cold-water British Columbia diving built around tides, weather, marine life and experienced divers. Video by SCUBABC.CA.
Wild British Columbia Diving
God's Pocket is one of northern Vancouver Island's best-known cold-water diving regions, with dramatic reef structure, walls, kelp and dense marine life.
These are current-fed, tide-aware and weather-dependent dives. Site selection and timing are based on actual conditions, not a fixed resort-style itinerary.
This Is Not Tropical Resort Diving
The region is best suited to experienced divers who are comfortable in British Columbia cold-water conditions and want access to remote, marine-life-rich dive sites.
Marine Life
Nutrient-rich water supports the dense marine life that makes the Port Hardy and God's Pocket region such a powerful cold-water diving destination.
Reef Giants
Giant Pacific octopus, wolf eels, lingcod, rockfish and sea lions are part of the character of diving here.
Colour & Structure
Plumose anemones, nudibranchs, soft corals, sponges, kelp and invertebrate life cover the region's reefs and walls.
Above the Water
Humpback whales, sea otters, seabirds and other coastal wildlife can also be part of a day on the water.
Diving Aboard Good Vibrations
Good Vibrations is UB Diving's aluminum dive vessel used for our Port Hardy operations.
A heated cabin, diver-focused deck layout and diver elevator provide a practical platform for recreational divers, photographers, technical divers and CCR divers operating in northern Vancouver Island conditions.
The Dive Day Follows the Ocean
Tide timing, current, wind, visibility, swell and diver readiness determine where and when we dive. That's part of operating in this environment — and part of what makes diving here exceptional.
Port Hardy Diving Rates
Port Hardy diving has its own rates and cylinder options. These are separate from pricing at our Courtenay dive shop.
Includes three days of Port Hardy diving, standard air, aluminum 80 cu. ft. cylinders and lead.
Standard air and AL80 cylinders are included at no additional charge.
Our steel cylinders are dedicated Nitrox cylinders.
Nitrox is not included in the standard diving rate. Each steel Nitrox cylinder filled is $25.
Valve Options: All of our cylinders are available with either standard yoke or DIN valves.
Explore the Dive Sites
Port Hardy gives us access to some of northern Vancouver Island's most recognized cold-water dive environments.
Dive Port Hardy With Us
Contact UB Diving for Port Hardy dates, availability, trip planning and diving requirements.
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