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Port Hardy Scuba Diving Guide

Browning Pass (the God's Pocket Area) is a world class diving destination. Check out our photo galleries! The diving here can be quite colorful! Let this page be your guide to discover dives, operators and more!
Amazing hard corals start at 70-80' at Barry Island. Sea lions and candy stripe shrimp are also found in the area. Photo by Eric Askilsrud.
Amazing hard corals start at 70-80' at Barry Island. Sea lions and candy stripe shrimp are also found in the area. Photo by Eric Askilsrud.

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Getting started

Port Hardy Area Dive Sites

Diving near Port Hardy.

Top sites

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Nearby dive shops

Charters

Charters are often best booked through your local dive shop -- they typically provide the dive master. Check with the operator for areas served.

Dive Clubs

Dive clubs are a great way to get to know the area. Many dive shops offer group outings or charter trips (see our shop listings). There are also various diving meetups you can join. Some focus on specialties like underwater photography or tech diving; others on site maintenance and conservation. If you're new to local diving, many club members are happy to meet up for a casual shore dive or help you get oriented at a site—just reach out and ask.

Let us know if you know any clubs in the area!

Additional region overview

The Port Hardy area (Browning Pass or the God's Pocket Area) is considered the best temperate diving in the world: red soft corals, orange peel nudibranch, basket stars, decorated warbonnets, and schools of rockfish; rock greenling are elusive highlights. Topside: otters, humpback whales, rhino auklets.
Dive the vertical kaleidoscope of Browning Wall or seek rock greenlings at Butter Tart.
For shore diving, guests at God's Pocket Resort can dive the house bay.

Pacific Northwest scuba diving regions

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