Although rather frightening in appearance, the Captain and his consort are quite friendly-complete hams to be honest. The sheer vertical walls of Seymour Narrows are covered with a dazzling profusion of marine life. Besides the chitons in their eight intricately painted shell plates, there are green urchins, purple sea stars and an assortment of nudibranchs. The big attraction for me, however, is the field of anemones in full bloom. There are thousands, of all colors and sizes, from tiny brooding anemones to large white plumose anemones, to white and pink snakelock anemones that hide tiny neon clown shrimp.
Slack tides occur about every six hours and usually limit divers to two dives a day.
But on June 22, the Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia will add a new attraction to Discovery Passage by sinking the retired Canadian destroyer HMCS Columbia near the passage. Her placement outside the main current flow will offer divers an exciting wreck dive regardless of the tides.