Swordfish Island
Swordfish is located just off Vancouver Island in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, around 2-1/2 nautical miles southeast of Beacher Bay and 6 nautical miles southwest of Pedder Bay It can be a nice second dive after exploring the terrific but current-dependent Race Rocks dive site, and a Victoria dive charter operator like Pacific Pinnacle Dive Charters typically visits these and other favorite Victoria dive sites regularly.
However there can be a current or surge caused by boat traffic, so always be prepared, and ensure you are properly trained to enter an underwater enclosed space. In addition to loads of colorful marine life, this Victoria dive site is known for its 50 foot (15 meter) long swim-through located on the south end, which is sometimes guarded by a large pair of Puget Sound King Crabs and can sometimes be hidden by a forest of bull kelp. Once you enter the water, at the eastern end of Swordfish Island you値l find a ridge that runs to the south with a nice east facing wall, which is also fun to explore. It reaches about 80 feet (24 meters) to a sandy bottom. What you may see at Swordfish Island As you look around, you値l see fields of anemones along with varieties of small rockfish, and maybe you値l find the octopus and the colorful Puget Sound King Crabs, wolf eel, nudibranchs, urchins, China rockfish, basketstars, cabazons, herring shoals in the fall, and loads of other colorful marine life.
As you swim through the tunnel, which varies from 15-25 feet (4-7 meters) deep, you値l see a ceiling and walls covered in large white plumose anemones, with entrances surrounded by colorful soft coral. Once you swim through the colorful swim-through, you値l exit into an eel-grass bed laden with kelp greenlings and silverspotted sculpins. There痴 also a forest of bull kelp so ensure you have your knife with you. You can find some great underwater photos of Swordfish Island at this diver's website.
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The Swordfish Island dive site is another popular boat dive site near 
With its sheltered location, oval shaped Swordfish Island marks a good dive for intermediate divers with their buddy, or for all qualified divers as part of a dive group and you can dive here pretty much anytime. 
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