Moon snails, green anemones, purple crabs, blackeye gobies, flounders and sponges below sixty feet. Lee Bay offers a steep, open ravine to the north and a rocky drop and wall towards a little island to the south. You can drive your car almost right to the water's edge, and except for some bolders and logs, entry is easy. This site has potential as a night dive. From the Pender Harbour area, some excellent and rarely visited dive sites may be reached by boat.
Travel time is from fifteen minutes to one hour, depending on the speed of the boat.
Cape Cockburn, on the south western tip of Nelson Island, offers a smooth, rolling rock ledge alternately with sandy slopes tumbling to the depths of Malaspina Strait. Totally isolated from civilization, it is accessible only by boat, and the island is uninhabited at this south western tip. Definitely a nice weather dive. The bay is quiet and pristine, a gorgeous place even above water. Below, fabulous sponges, millions of fishes and more of that colorful fauna.