Clam Cove Wall

Description After a hard day of diving, we pulled the large boat in to Clam Cove. Clam Cove is a very protected cove and makes for a great place to spend the night. Don't think I'd want to dive the cove itself as it's probably full of hagfish. Clam Cove Wall is a deep vertical wall on one of the surrounding islands at the entrance to Clam Cove. Expect to find some current, so it makes for a nice relaxing drif dive. Expect to find all the invertebrates you'd ever want to see plus goodies like giant Puget Sound king crabs, large anemonies, starfishies, a plethora of fishies and much much more. As a Port Hardy wall, this wall is not packed to the gills with life. Some parts of the wall were bare, while others had bits and pieces of goodies all over it. Location Directions from Seattle donated by Jeff Rosenfeld (jeffrose@cks.ssd.k12.wa.us) Basically, you take I-5 to the border. I-5 then turns into Canadian Highway 1. You take it for about 10-15 miles, excuse me 20km (you're in Canada now...) and get off at the exit for the Tsawassen Ferry. I think it's exit 20, but just follow the signs to the Tsawassen Ferry Terminal. Check out their page at http://www.bcferries.bc.ca/index.html for schedules, rates, and other info. You'll want to take the Ferry to Namaimo (Duke Point Ferry Terminal). It's a 2 hour crossing. You'll want to arrive at least 30-45 minutes early. Once you're on Vancouver Island, you just follow Hwy. 19 North to Port Hardy. Hwy. 19 is basically the only Island Highway, you're on it tight out of the Duke Point Terminal, and all the signs for it mention Port Hardy. It'll take about 5 hours from Nanaimo to Port Hardy, depending on traffic. Once in Port Hardy, you want to go to the Public Dock right near I.V.'s Pub. You'll have to get directions from ExtaSea since I don't know the street names.   Comments Parker got to play the "Follow the Leader" game for night dives. It's a simple game, just follow the person with the brightest light, ie me. Once in the water, I soon noticed that people would look where I shined my light. Soon, I was leading the pack across the wall. I did stop and manage to play with a rather large Puget Sound king crab. We had a professional photographer with us, and he quickly used the opportunity to snap a bazillion pictures of me and the crab. Aside from that, it was a rather uneventful dive. On the Parker's Port Hardy Scale, Parker gives this site one Thumb Up. I think that Puget Sound king crabs are cool, so any dive where I can find one will at least get a thumb.