The Canyons
Conditions & tides
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Marine forecast via Copernicus Marine. Score is a rule-based guide from swell/wind vs. the site's exposure — always dive your own assessment.
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About this site
Bowyer Island sits in Howe Sound, a fjord on the coast of British Columbia north of Vancouver, near the community of Horseshoe Bay. Dive sites around the island are reached by boat from the surrounding Howe Sound shoreline, an area shaped by steep granite terrain dropping into deep, cold water.
AI overviewMarine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Dungeness CrabMetacarcinus magisterReported here · unconfirmed
Ochre Sea StarPisaster ochraceusReported here · unconfirmed
Leather StarDermasterias imbricataReported here · unconfirmed
North Pacific Spiny DogfishSqualus suckleyiReported here · unconfirmed
Harbor SealPhoca vitulinaReported here · unconfirmed
giant California sea cucumberApostichopus californicusReported here · unconfirmed
Mottled StarEvasterias troscheliiReported here · unconfirmed
Quillback RockfishSebastes maligerReported here · unconfirmed
Blackeye GobyRhinogobiops nicholsiiReported here · unconfirmed
NudibranchNudibranchReported here · unconfirmed
OctopusOctopusReported here · unconfirmed
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