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Great Bear Rainforest

Temperate fjord
Depth: 5–25 mLevel: Advanced Open WaterSummer
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The largest temperate rainforest in the world with remote shores; barely commercialised diving with invertebrates of extraordinary size and colour.

Depth

5–25 m

Recommended level

Advanced Open Water

Average visibility

10 m

The largest temperate rainforest in the world with remote shores; barely commercialised diving with invertebrates of extraordinary size and colour.

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Great Bear Rainforest: 29 documented species

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Water temperature

9 °C

Current

Weak

Access

Liveaboard

Best season

Summer

Recommended certification

Drysuit Diver

Approx. price

150 USD / dive

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Best season
Summer
Approx. price
150 USD / dive
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Same country: Canada

Canada · British Columbia
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Gray WhaleLeast Concern

Gray Whale

Eschrichtius robustus

Humpback WhaleLeast Concern

Humpback Whale

Megaptera novaeangliae

Green CrabLeast Concern

Green Crab

Carcinus maenas

Sunflower Sea StarCritically Endangered

Sunflower Sea Star

Pycnopodia helianthoides

Harbor SealLeast Concern

Harbor Seal

Phoca vitulina

Steller Sea LionNear Threatened

Steller Sea Lion

Eumetopias jubatus

Harbor PorpoiseLeast Concern

Harbor Porpoise

Phocoena phocoena

Dall's PorpoiseLeast Concern

Dall's Porpoise

Phocoenoides dalli

Moon JellyfishNot Evaluated

Moon Jellyfish

Aurelia aurita

Lion's Mane JellyfishNot Evaluated

Lion's Mane Jellyfish

Cyanea capillata

Mediterranean MusselNot Evaluated

Mediterranean Mussel

Mytilus galloprovincialis

Sea OtterEndangered

Sea Otter

Enhydra lutris

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