Port Hardy

Lucas Price · Issue 52, Jan/Feb 2010 · pp. 66–69

Products mentioned: Sea&Sea MDX-D300, Nikon D300, Tokina 10-17mm, Nikkor 105mm macro, Ikelite DS-160 strobes

Anyone who talks to cold water divers inevitably hears about Port Hardy, British Columbia. Many consider the area to be the best cold water diving in the world. After years of intending to go, I finally made the trip to the Browning Pass Hideaway in late August 2009. The Hideaway is a 60-90 minute boat ride from the town of Port Hardy. It consists of several small buildings built on rafts in Clam Cove and is just a few minutes away from world-famous dive site Browning Wall and many other equally high quality sites. Clam cove is extremely protected and almost appears to be a small mountain lake, but it is connected by a small passage to the Queen Charlotte Strait. The resort is owned and run by John DeBoeck. John has many years of experience running dive boats in the area, and that is more important here than in some other destinations. The underwater currents can be very strong and dange…