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Whiskey Cove Lane
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Whiskey Cove Lane is one of those spots used by the locals for a relaxing dive of exploration. The rocky walls of the cove and the small island make perfect hiding places for sea life.
Directions: From South of Vancouver's Second Narrows Bridge, head East on 7A for about 14km, parallel the Burrard Inlet. Wrap around Port Moody by taking a left on Ioco Road. In 4.5km, take a right on 1st Ave, and in 0.7km turn left on Bedwell Bay Road for another 5km. Then after making a right on Belcarra Bay Road, watch for the parking area below in another 0.7km.
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07/10/2006 Saskford (Avg: 3.14 Review) - Whiskey Cove is a great place to dive. I did my open water certification here and had a blast. There are four dives here but I've only done one of them. It's an interesting wall that drops to about 60ft at its greatest depth. Lots of crabs, nudibranchs, seastars, rock cod and more!
05/21/2006 Heidi S. Bengtson (Avg: 3.04 Review) - Dove here just to get wet again since we haven't been "under" in awhile. Lots of nudibranchs here to see and had an unexpected visitor. Felt a pull on my fin, turned around and face to face there I am with a seal. Ended our dive. At the surface we saw the seal again a short ways off. Took a chance and dropped again in the harbour to about 8 meters. Again we suddenly had a visitor show up to see us. Looked like a smaller young seal, very curious and not shy!!!
11/10/2003 Ralph Bender (Avg: 3.28 Review) - Easy relaxing dive, small island off to left drops down to about 60 feet and is covered in shrimp to wall seem to move. Rock fish can be seen feeding on shrimp when illuminated with your dive light. Watch for boat traffic. Water temp 50 degF.
06/21/2003 Scott Thiessen (Avg: 2.89 Review) - The best part of this dive are the crab. A pretty shallow dive if you stay on the wall and the island. Visibility can be a problem. Watch out for boats coming in and out of the cove and for cables which anchor the docks. A nice and relaxing dive close to home for those of us who live in the suburbs.
06/11/2003 Anonymous (Avg: 1.66 Review) - Boring
05/13/2003 Kelsey (Avg: 3.91 Review) - A very nice relaxing dive, largely on the wall to the left (looking from the cove). It's very shallow (4 ft) between the large rock and the mainland, so stick outside the rock. A fair bit of life on the wall, with Dungeness crabs and a young wolf eel. Visibility was pretty poor, but it was the spring and overcast. A nice site overall.
12/16/2001 Mike at Langley (Avg: 3.15 Review) - good novice site. not much parking 4/5vehicles.viz bad after lots of rain. to night dive contact park operator (phone #at site). dive rock to left of bay or wall to left .relatively shallow/60 70 ft max. lots of crabs and small life.
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GPS: VA0101
N49°19.2789'
W122°55.5314'
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There is parking for several cars just before the intersection of Whiskey Cove Lane and Belcarra Bay Road. The trail head is back to the left.
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A 100 meter path takes you to the water's edge. Beware of the fierce and elusive White Wolf!
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GPS: VA0103
N49°19.2517'
W122°55.5849'
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It's an easy walk into the water. Just beware of the boats, especially on the weekends.
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Last Verification: July, 2001
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