Powell River Dive Charters with Gradient Dive

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  To celebrate World Water Day i thought i would  show a few reasons to come to Powell River and dive. While here diving the Emerald Sea take some extra time and book a charter with Gradient Dive Charters.

more photos from ball point and strawberry island

Thanks April for the great shots of divers around the Gradient .

Thanks Janice for the shot of  what appears to be a Berthella nudi branch egg lay/ fertilization event.

Ball Point and Strawberry

Thanks Jackie, Natasha, Helen, April, Janice, John, Sasha, and Harley for making yesterday another good day out on the water.

Here's some pics Jackie took and a couple of photos of the front that rolled through shortly after we had gotten ashore . I think Helen and April encountered the front on their way back to Courtenay.

Happy Silver Anniversary my dear !!!

Had a wonderful time today diving at Ball Point and the Mermaids 25th anniversary .
Many thanks to the great crew on the boat!
It was my pleasure to meet, thank and chat with Simon Morris. Thank you sir . she is in the perfect spot. best shore dive in the area i know of.  thanks Sean for pointing the way to Simon sorry i did not really get to chat.

Observation Wall and Captains island Sponges

I had a good day yesterday diving with Jim Rossi, Kristen, Eric Holtz and Kal Helyar of Porpoise Bay Charters.
The water was a bit murky at Observation wall but its still one of the most colorful dives in the area.
we had a good second dive at a spot ive only caught a corner of before on Captains Island.
my thanks to all of you for making the day.
 I had a bit of camera troubles but managed to salvage a few shots.

Ball Point Sponges

Yesterday Wayne and I went and dove a couple of the Ball Point sites we take charters to.

The sponges start at about 60 feet and 

we have seen them at a couple hundred on these sites.

The vis yesterday after all the recent rain was about 50 feet , water temp avg 46f.

The sponges are a wonder to behold. Individual,  slow growing, fragile and easily damaged.

 Heres a selection of photos from yesterday.

A few more Mermaid photos from the past to wish her a happy 25th anniversary!

Heres a few more mermaid photos ive taken at a various times in the past.
a few of the ones i like most can also be seen in an older post here titled "Powell River Mermaid photos" from december 9, 2011.
a more recent comment on this old Post from Simon Morris echos some of my own thoughts on which photos i like best. Ive also included a few older ones showing lots of growth also.
Happy upcoming 25th my dear!!!