lol Steve, Gabriola pass is a great place to drift dive, basically, you get in the water at slack tide (which lasts a mere couple minutes) you descend and as the tide starts to move, you get dragged along with it. There are rocks down there the size of a house and the barnacles gather food by being face on into the current. If you're relaxed the water will pull you around each of the rocks, it's kinda like being on a roller coaster but with out the roller coaster part. If you tense up, you'll hit the rock and stick to the barnacle (not to mention get more than a few little leaks in your dry suit). Pushing off the barnacle is tough because of all that water pushing against you but once you do, the current grabs you and rips you along again. It's a blast, it's fast, it's furious and it's never long enough. I've been in the pass while a pod or Orca's go through, although I didn't see them one of the people I was diving with did, but we could hear them all the way through the pass.
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01-02-2004, 03:50 PM
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