I haven't been diving here in a few years and since the capacity of my tanks is much larger than it was back then (119 cubic feet vs 80), I wanted to try to explore further along the wall. I drove up to Nanaimo and took the ferry across to Gabriola on Feb. 28, 2015. It was one of those days where it was almost too hot to wear a drysuit on the surface. Fortunately my suit leaks so I was able to cool off during the surface-swim out to the top of the wall.
After tearing myself away from the geology on the surface, I remembered to go for a dive. In the shallows, visibility was 15', but deeper down, it was closer to 50'
I had made it out a bit farther than the last time I was here. I was impressed by the amount of anemones covering the wall. I would have continued swimming out, but there was a worrying current flowing straight out from shore along the wall (I was diving when the Gabriola Pass current table was showing a 4-knot ebb) and I knew I'd have to swim against it to get back. I swam back along the top of the wall, which was 60' deep and then gradually became shallower as I came closer to shore.
