I wasn't really impressed with this place enough to take a boat here again, but the weather had other plans (March 15, 2009). I was on a charter (Ogden Point), hoping to dive the Mackenzie/G.B. Church artificial reefs, but the wind was doing 40 knots, so we ploughed our way to somewhat-calmer water (Sannich Inlet). We were still hoping to try and duck out to the wrecks for a second dive so we stayed near the entrance to the Inlet and did Wain Rock. The conditions were pretty sloppy here too and then the snow started coming down, but we weren't going to fall for that trick. The water was an ugly brownish-yellow colour courtesy of the Cowichan River and visibility was only a few feet. It eventually cleared to about 10-15 feet below 40 feet deep, but it was of course, dark. I went down to around 70 feet. Most of this place is bare rock and sand. I saw a few clusters of plumose anemones and some rockfish (copper, brown). There were lots of seals on the surface, but I didn't see any underwater. My favorite part of the dive is up in the shallows near the marker. There are some small walls and boulders with zoanthids, plumose anemones, various encrusting sponges, cup corals and urchins. When the visibility is good, this can be an average dive, although with so many much-better places, I don't know why all the dive boats come here.
