r/TheDepthsBelow

This is the Boeing 737 artificial reef near Chemainus on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The aircraft was intentionally sunk in 2006 to create a new marine habitat and dive attraction in the Salish Sea.

At roughly 100 feet (30 m) long, it's an easy wreck to explore on a single recreational dive. The plane lies in about 90 feet of water (depending on tide) and the fuselage is supported about 10 feet off the bottom. The cockpit, cabin, wings, and tail are all accessible from the outside, and over the last few years the wreck has become increasingly covered in plumose anemones, sea stars, and other marine life. Rockfish are common, and it's a fun site to revisit as it continues to mature.

You can dive it from shore with scooters (about a 20 minute run I hear) but most of us dive it from a dive boat.

I recently spent a dive filming the wreck in 4K and turned it into a 50-minute ambient underwater film. If anyone is interested, it's on my YouTube channel (ScubaBC).

A while ago I wrote a post on this subreddit about this app, which is like a pokedex for sea animals.

I got alot of positive and overwhelming response on that post so I'd figure I let you guys know how it's doing. It's currently done on the first version and after the first day already more than 50 people have joined.

It lets you 'collect' animal's you've seen under the sea, create tips and put animals on a wishlist to keep an eye out.

I just wanted to share this because it might be interesting for some of you- and I hope it helps people get the most out of their dives, snorkeling trips or just enjoying the beautiful ocean. It's free to try!

If somebody has any questions feel free to let me know, I will happily answer!

Ngl it makes my skin crawl when i watch the video. What the heck is this?

Enjoy the vid of the clammyboiz!

It’s their huge size, the conditions, the color! The starfish hanging out and the little one attached to the bigger one.

Nothing brings me more joy than seeing gentle giants.

They are naturally forming/growing. A few meters away is a whole farm of em but those do not beat the colors of these. The sunlight ripples over their bright blue colors!

Sorry idk what this guy is but he was huge and fuzzy. What coral is this?