I came back for two dives on Dec. 21, 2009, and this time I signed out the key for the second gate from the Nanaimo Parks administration office. This made the walk to the water much shorter, which is good, since all the extra weight I have to wear with my new drysuit (almost 45 lbs total) really interferes with shore diving. Visibility today was about 40 feet. I saw a small octopus crawling around out in the open and Steller's sealions swam by on both dives. There isn't a huge amount or variety of fish here, but on a clear day this is still probably my favorite Nanaimo shore dive. My maximum depth was 75 feet, but my favorite part was the walls covered with cup corals, urchins and small plumose anemones 25-40 feet deep.
