Mckenzie Bite

McKenzie Bite is a nice dive site which can be found on the Saanich Peninsula as can be found in the Dive Site map that I provide in links section.

The Dive site is a bit of hike to get to from the parking lot but its worth it when you get down to the water.
To get to the dive site you have to park at the end of the road and then hike down the path, you will see a little dirt path heading towards the water on the right after a 10min. walk. If you haven't been to the site it would make sense to walk to the site without gear and check the path out just to make sure that you are comfortable to walk all the way down with all gear or if you rather make a couple shuttle runs. 

The dive site has a small dive boat wreck as well as couple rock walls which are very popular with the local aquatic life. The visibility though does vary extremely from 2ft at times to 70ft. It is hard to predict the daily visibility and it does change rapidly. The dive does offer something for everyone between 20ft-80ft there is life as well as some interesting things to see along the entire depth range.

Maximum depth that can be reached on that dive is 108ft but most of the interesting things are happening around 20ft-80ft.

Here are some picture I took on the Mckenzie Bite dive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

The octopus was hiding but you can see a little of it.

Blast from the Past.

I was just sifting through some old pictures looking for pictures from a recent dive. But instead I found some nice pictures from Friendly Cove in northern area of the Island. The cove itself can only be reached by boat and very isolated by that nature allowing for not only a very secluded ambience but also a very vibrant local fauna.
I was there in 2010 but the trip was well worth it and I thought I would add some of the pictures to the start of this blog to show of some of the remote and yet very beautiful areas of Vancouver Island. 

The Picture shown below is the lighthouse, it is in a small bay that is the only jetty access to the shore and campground that can be found there. 

 This is the view from Friendly cove onto the pacific.

This is the local lake that can be found after a short walk along the shore line.

Hello Everyone

I will be mostly posting on dive gear in the near future as well as dive sites around the Southern penisula of Vancouver Island. Motorcycle and motorcycle gear information will come later on as we gather some speed on this Blog.

I hope you come along and enjoy the ride and come outside with us.