After the dive we headed to Buckley Bay to catch the ferry to Denman Island, then a second ferry to Hornby Island. Once we arrived at Hornby Island Diving, we were given a tour and shown to our rooms. Rob asked if we wanted to jump in for a shore dive. Several of us were itching to get in the water, so we headed out of the house reef. It was a very easy dive with a max depth of 42'. Viz was about 15-20' here, so pretty nice. We did spend a lot of time in the shallows hunting for lumpies, but we missed out. My favorite picture on this dive is a simple little nudibranch. However, I rarely get good shots of these without blowing them out.
After breakfast the next day we headed to Flora Islet Float #2 for a wall dive. Once we were tied up we descended down the line and there was a small rope leading to the wall. We really didn't need it because we could see the wall with the nice 30-40' viz. I tracked down a tiny little mosshead warbonnet and finally got my first photo of a Juvenile Yelloweye Rockfish (boy this are skittish fish). We drifted along to wall for 60' at a max depth of 83'. We had our eyes peeled for Sixgills but struck out. We did see some massive lingcod. When I came up, I said that this was the best cold water wall dive I have ever done. Here are a few favorites.
After lunch we headed to Nash Bank for a rocky "ledge dive". This dive was different from the previous dive, but very enjoyable. The highlight was the very large and old Yelloweye rockfish. Unfortunately, I did not even try a pic because of my macro lens. I did find out these fish are well over 100 years old. Kind of cool to think that fish was swimming around Hornby Island in 1900s. This was a shallower dive and we managed 69 minutes with a max depth of 58'. Here we also saw some really nice Puget Sound King Crab. Viz was about the same, in the 30' range.
After dinner, we headed out for a dive called Savoy near the ferry dock. This was the best dive of the day in my opinion (even though the wall was spectacular). We saw tons of PS King crab and even a small octo poking his head out and looking around. This was another 60+ minute dive with a mx depth of 46'. Here are a few favorites with this dive.
The next day we headed back to Flora Islet to dive Buoy #1.5. Viz this day was a little better, around the 50' range. George and I partnered up with Zack and had an AMAZING dive. The last two dives of the trip may have been my favorite cold water dives ever. We headed over the wall and down the deep wall to visit some chimney sponges. On this dive we maxed out at about 116' and our BT was 66 minutes. We found a ton of life on this dive including, PS King Crab, Candy Striped Shirmp, and many other fun critters. Here are a few favorites.
After lunch we hit up Toby Island for our last dive. This dive was amazing and I finally found my first baby PS King Crab. The crab in the picture below is the size of a pea. I was so excited to get some photos of this little critter, it has been on my photo list for a very long time. We spent 50 minutes on this site and maxed out at about 103'. Viz was excellent and this dive was truly amazing. After these two dive, I changed my statement. I felt these are the best wall dives I have ever done. They were incredible. I wish I had the words to explain them. Maybe someone will post some video :-)
I hope you all have a nice/safe week of diving :-)
great diving with you. You are a fantastic dive buddy! 
