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11/04/2007 Paul (Avg: 2.95 Review) - Me and my buddies dove this site couple of times before we found a new wall on the far left side of the bay. We entered on the far left side point (where the picnic table is located) and after we dropped down we followed a little boring sandy/rocky bottom, swimming for about 10 minutes at 40ft. The wall we discovered there was a nice gradual to steep slope from around 40 to 70 ft with average level of life on it. Saw a big octopus in a crack. There were multiple little caverns along the wall with rockfish and lingcod. We came to the end of the wall where the bottom continued with just sand and rocks. That's where we turned on half air and went up a little shallower to explore the wall a bit more on the way back. This was a nice dive where we did not get too cold as we did a fair amount of swimming. We would definitely like to explore the wall a bit more next time. The vis was pretty good for October.

03/22/2006 Brad (Avg: 3.63 Review) - Great site with 2 walls to explore. Parking pass available from Lions Bay Marina for $6. Would make an excellent night dive.

01/25/2006 Curtis (Avg: 2.79 Review) - Parking is a nightmare. Don't park in the parking lot since it is reserved for residents with VALID PASS. Drop off your gear at beach entrance and park up on the highway (at own risk). Walk back down and carry gear to the beach, 200 yards. Dive site is so-so. There are plenty of good dive sites that require less hassle than this one.

02/22/2005 Taylor M (Avg: 3.78 Review) - Awesome site. The locals didn't give us any problems. Don't bother with the south wall, just go directly to the north one. Lots of little schooling silver fish, sea cucumbers, decorator crabs, nudibranchs, huge lingcod, rockfish galore, sea feathers, orange sea pens, and even a stubby squid!!! Great dive and nice, deep and dark at points (125ft).

03/09/2003 Anonymous (Avg: 3.25 Review) - Used to dive here before the locals became frightened of the strange monsters in rubber suits. Nice wall with burrowing sea cucumbers and feather stars. A seal used to play with us here. He's probably lonely now.

07/28/2002 TN (Avg: 3.00 Review) - An enjoyable dive, albeit a difficult entry not for the access, simply for the locals. As in the site descriptor there are some residents that would 'prefer' no diver ever grace their fine beach. Be polite, and you may make it into the water. Parking is downright prohibitive in the area, forcing us to the highway. It's a short hike up the hill. Some log scrabbles to interrupt entry, but manageable with a buddy. The day was mainly overcast, but not enough to truly interrupt visibility. Water conditions were favorable with little/no plankton blooms. Visibility was surprisingly good for a summer dive, given the proximity to run-off streams. (Slack moving to low tide.) Water temp was moderate and easily tolerable with standard 7mil wetsuit. Remember your gloves (not like me) and you'll be fine. (Still tolerable.) We entered the water and surface swam to the (beach) right rock reef prior to descent. Most of our time was spent in the 40-55 depths, exploring the interesting local sea-life. Some shell off-cast areas leading us to believe octopus in area but am not sure. (Didn't see one.) Bottom is rock and rock wall with sand on a gentle decent. Better to save the (beach centre) sand area for the return leg to facilitate a safety-stop. Enjoyable to see the standard coastal plant life dotted with the occasional Sea-Pen, monster star-fish and lingcod. (Species of Star fish an arm-length across.) Overall an enjoyable dive.

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