The Slingsby Channel Area Scuba Diving Guide
Nakwakto and Slingsby Channel are very remote and have some of the fastest waters in the world. The area is only diveable a few times a year. But the rewards can be consirable with the right experience and planning. Check out this video 🫨😮 for what this region can look like when not at the perfect slack tide!
Getting started
- 🆕 New to diving? See our getting started guide.
- 🥶 New to cold water? See what to expect.
- 🗺️ Map of dive sites in the Slingsby Channel Area
Slingsby Channel Area Dive Sites
Diving near Port Hardy and Alert Bay.
Top sites
Charters
Charters are often best booked through your local dive shop -- they typically provide the dive master. Check with the operator for areas served.
Pacific Northwest scuba diving regions
🗺️ see on mapMetro areas
- SeattleCentral Puget Sound
- BellevueEastside · Central Puget Sound
- TacomaSouth Puget Sound
- OlympiaSouth Puget Sound
- EverettNorth Puget Sound
- AnacortesNorth Puget Sound
- BellinghamBellingham Area
- Port AngelesStrait of Juan de Fuca
- VancouverHowe Sound
- VictoriaVictoria Area
- SidneyVictoria Area
- NanaimoNanaimo Area
- Courtenay / ComoxNanaimo Area
- Campbell RiverDiscovery Passage
- PortlandOregon region
- SalemOregon region
- EugeneOregon region
- HillsboroOregon region
- BendOregon region
- Coos BayOregon region
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- 👥 This page is maintained by divers. Contact us to suggest a dive shop, charter, top site, or other useful resource.