Madrona is a north-facing shore dive in the Nanaimo Area. Typically, visibility here is about 30 ft (range 15–45 ft), based on 6 pnwdiving reports from 2022 through 2026. For the site briefing, see dive planning for Madrona.
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Recent Visibility Reports
Dive report for 4/21/26
- Visibility
- A grimy 15-20 feet, 10-15 feet in the shallows (low tide)
Freedive over the western small wall. Bloom still ongoing with lots of particles floating about. Slack low tide seemed to make things even worse. Things cleared up a bit at around 30 feet, but not significantly so. Rockfish hanging out, lings on eggs, kelpies saying hello, and tons of jellies in the top 10ft.
Dive report for 11/29/25
- Visibility
- 20+ feet
From @littlebrrmaid...
1100 splash, 90ft max depth, 20+ ft viz, 48°, marginal current, 80 min bottom time
What did we Sea?
An octopus kissed me.💋
GPO, yellow eyed rockfish, tiger rockfish, grunt sculpin, decorated warbonett, giant nudibranch, wolf eels
Thanks for the report 🌊🤿🐟🐠🤗🖖🏻 Happy diving