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| The Rendezvous in the Barkley Sound is the oldest diving charter business on the west coast of Vancouver Island, BC, Canada. Home of great diving with wolf eels, Giant pacific octopus, and one of the world richest waters. Also called the Emerald Sea, it is rated by Cousteau as the second best site in the world! Come and stay in our full accommodation lodge in the middle of nature and meet the eagles, bears, whales. Or enjoy the hot tub after a day of diving, take one of our kayaks, or just relax. All meals are provided and Kathy`s cooking is enchanting our guests. We also offer PADI courses and we have limited gear rentals. It will be the perfect diving vacation or dykken as the Danish say ;) So come book your exclusive diving holidays for groups of individuals. Our Dive sites Renate`s Reef It would go too far to describe all of our dive sites, but to give you an idea of what you can expect, we give you a general description of the most frequented sites. remember that a dive site may yield very different experiences depending on time of year, weather and luck. Renate`s Reef is located in the Imperial Eagle channel. It features lots of invertabrate life as well as a wealth of fish. This pinnacle with it`s large flat top is home to giant octopus, wolf eel, lingcod, strawberry anemone`s, ratfish, rockfish and many other colorful creatures. One of the top locations in the Barkley Sound and BC! The Vanlene Chup point The Vanlene was a freighter which ran into Austin Island in 1972 in thick fog. Loaded with Dodge colt cars it took a number of days to sink and most of the cars were recovered. The wreck lies with it`s shatered bow in 25 feet of water and going towards the mostly intact stern, you will encounter lots of life on this wreck. Rockfish schools around the boiler midschip, as well as pudget sound kingcrab. Friendly seals usually great you and while on the boat, whale visits are common in the early summer. Chup point is heaven for the macro photographer. Huge scores of small and larger invertebrate life color this shallow reef. This allows for longer bottom time and more natural light for you photos. Nudibranches, sea pens, anemones, scallops, top cones, doris, orange peels etc. Too much to mention. The photos of our guests speak for themselves. Mahk Reef Keyen point Mahk reef, also known as Ratfish city, is a collection of parallel running reefs. This site has a lot to offer. Beside the usual life like friendly wolf eel, octopus and lingcods, this site is home to a large population of ratfish, closely related to sharks and rays. These creatures normally live at greater depths, but in the summer they come to shallower waters. On occasion their cousins, large skates, are seen on the sandy patches between and around the reefs. Kyen point in the Imperial Eagle channel consists of 2 pinnacles, separated by a sand channel. During the summer you can swim in the kelp beds between the pinnacles. Wolf eels and octopus are among the permanent residents and occasionally sea lions or seals hang around. A large wall of strawberry anemones makes an astonishing home for a wide variety of invertebrates. The Thiepval Tyler Rock The Thiepval was a fisheries patrol vessel that hit a rock in the Thiepval channel in 1930 during a pursuit of a rumrunner. This ship of 130 feet was built in 1918 in Montreal. In the channel were regularly stronger currents reign, this wreck is in a surprisingly good state after more than 70 years. Rockfish hang around the wreck and crabs, octopus and wolf eel can be seen in an around the wreck. Other than the sharks you can giant octopus, wolf eel, lingcod, strawberry anemones, ratfish, rockfish and even the occasional seelion or even a humpbackwhale
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