Porteau Cove Provincial Park
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About this site
Porteau Cove Provincial Park is a shore dive site in Howe Sound, near Vancouver, Canada, and is one of the most popular shore dives in the area. It has sunken vessels and artificial reefs, and suits training dives, easy shore access and night diving.
Entry is from shore down stairs, and algae can make them slippery. The site is busy on weekends, which makes it good for social and guided dives.
Marine life includes lingcod, nudibranchs and plumose anemones around the artificial reefs and wrecks.
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Conditions favour fall and winter, when visibility is typically best, and visibility can drop with plankton blooms. The skill level is beginner to intermediate, with Open Water certification as the minimum. Good weighting and buoyancy control are recommended, along with cold-water exposure protection, and a drysuit is recommended.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
North Pacific Spiny DogfishSqualus suckleyiReported here · unconfirmed
Yellow Shore CrabHemigrapsus oregonensisReported here · unconfirmed
giant California sea cucumberApostichopus californicusReported here · unconfirmed
Quillback RockfishSebastes maligerReported here · unconfirmed
NudibranchNudibranchReported here · unconfirmed
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