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By Ab Kurk
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Tyee Cove best shore dive of 2009 |
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| I have done many shore dives in my lifetime. Some are worth the work and some are not.
In my opinion Tyee Cove is absolutely worth it. It is only 20-30min away from downtown
Nanaimo. We used the GPS coordinates located in Betty Pratt-Johnson 151 Dives book
and had no problem getting to the dive site. We parked in front of some mailboxes on a little spot of asphalt. Pull in close because there is only room for 2 cars at the most. Be respectful because it is in a residential neighbourhood, there is no washrooms so stop of before you get there. |
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| A little path leads to a beach area where you can suit up. The entry is very easy, as you do
not have to climb over logs or walk down hills. You just walk into the water and put on
your fins. A short swim to the right corner of this little bay and descend into about 20ft of
water. The bottom of the bay is covered in eelgrass with lots of critters making their homes in it. When descending along the wall you have to look closely in the cracks because they are teeming with life. When we were there, we saw some plastic horses floating in mid water tied of to the bottom, which make an interesting photo-op. The wall starts to drops off to a depth of about 70 to 80 feet as you swim along. |
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Turn around with some time to spare so you can hangout in the shallows looking at all the
critters in the eelgrass. When I came up after the dive, I had a smile on my face that lasted
for a long time. This is absolutely a 5 star dive. Checkout the video I made by clicking on this link on
Vimeo. |
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