Browning Pass HideAway Dive Resort

11/16/2014

in 2015, we're running some Jan & Feb trips before our full-on season begins in March..Dates TBA
Please check out www.vancouverislanddive.com/bookings.html for more info!

11/13/2014

Throwback Thursday.....my sister & I, early 80s up near Telegraph Cove...
MV Clavella in the background :)

08/25/2014

Jett Britnell caught this great image!..one of our friends going for a dive.. :).between dives...at the HideAway..

06/28/2014

..way back, just after I was born it seems, (& abviously being young and foolish!), I figured it was a good idea to offer a live-aboard dive operation in British Columbia...
---Featuring BC's biggest 'expedition dive boat' to date!
-comfy except for drips, VERY seaworthy, awesome knowledgeable crew...
This was It! I would create magic!..and we did!
on June 27, 1980, we started "Clavella Adventures Dive Liveaboard"!..4 years before 'Aggressor" was invented...decades before most current operators....After 22 + years, 130,000 tank fills and 1/3 of a million miles, in 2002, I morphed into Browning Pass HideAway Dive Resort!...The world's first "Live-aboard Resort"...
Now entering our 35th year of offering 'Underwater Heaven' to discerning photographers from around the globe... and non-photographers too, if there's room....
We've learned a bit about finding stuff, and it's yours for the asking...
Join us!

06/27/2014

Can you find the Sculpin? ..Hint: he's hiding in plain sight!
thanks Jackie H!

It's Find the Fish Friday! A more challenging one for you for your Canada Day Long Weekend. There are TWO scalyhead sculpins here among all this life BUT don't reveal their locations please. Answer to be provided in a week.
© 2014 Jackie Hildering; www.themarinedetective.ca

06/15/2014

Lion's Mane Jelly.....the world's largest jellyfish species!
Fascinating story of how they are spreading
& how their population is BOOMING!..Come on up & see these guys! They're incredible!

http://www.wired.com/2014/06/absurd-creature-of-the-week-lions-mane-jellyfish/

This is the world’s largest jellyfish, with a bell that reaches a staggering 8 feet wide and tentacles that grow to 120 feet long, far longer than a blue whale. And this monster is really, really loving the whole global warming thing, conquering more and more of Earth's oceans in massive…

06/14/2014

OK, That's it for hockey.. Congrats LA...You snuck through...
So, who's up for some diving??

Canada Day Long Weekend!
June 28-July 1 & July 1-4 !!!
Incredible sites, amazing photo ops, good times! Join us!.. here are a few great shots Rob Polowon caught with us...
Come on up & get some of your own photos...

06/13/2014

Jett Britnell shared this amazing image!..in his words..." Always fascinated by these red-eye jellyfish. Photographed in open water at Eagle Rock, Browning Passage. Diving with Browning Pass Hideaway Dive Resort — with John de Boeck."

06/07/2014

Checking out Wolf eels!
images courtesy Michel Joseph.

06/05/2014

Amazing image by Jett Britnell!
Opalescent nudibranch (hermissenda crassicornis) laying egg ribbon. Also, commonly called flame-tipped nudibranch. Browning Passage, British Columbia, Canada. - Browning Pass Hideaway Dive Resort, — with John de Boeck.

06/04/2014

Wasn't that some Honest Talk About Marine Conservation? And 2 more days of straight-shooting talk to go.

Thanks to all of you who joined us for Day 3 of our virtual Summit and learned so much from Michael Aw, Burt Jones & Maurine Shimlock, Dr. Doug Fenner and Dr. Mark Erdmann.

By now you understand how sustainability is not an option but an opportunity AND an imperative for humanity. We have a window to act and that window is open right now.

If you missed any of the calls, Day 3's page stays up a total of 24 hours. Tomorrow we move on to Day 4's topic, "Traveling Towards Sustainability". There's still time to sign up to join us for 8 more sessions:
http://blueoceanbusinesssummit.com/about-the-summit/

06/04/2014

Enjoying the sun on a beautiful spring day!
Trips with space available are coming up!
June 16 - 21
June 28 - July 1.... Canada Day Long weekend!
July....1 - July 4.... Canada Day to Independence Day!...Please get in touch & come on out diving! 877 725 2835
.....photo courtesy Eiko Jones.