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Back in Vancouver I’m getting ready for another season of West Coast cold water diving. This Oceaner Polar drysuit that I’m wearing is made of 3.5mm black and blue Yamamoto Lycra with Oceaner signature boots, SiTech valves and YKK metal zipper. 3mm black Yamamoto skin neoprene was chosen for my tuck neck seal and my push through wrist seals (verses tuck wrist seals). The suit was made so I could wear a lightweight one piece wooly bear underneath so I can keep toasty warm even at temperatures of 5-7 degrees centigrade in the more northern waters.

Back on the beach after our last snorkel around the reef at Playa La Ropa, Zihuatanejo before heading home to Vancouver. Gary Mallender and I are wearing our reversible 1.5mm vests. I’m wearing the coated gold smooth skin side out while Gary is wearing the black Lycra side out. The extra warmth allows us to stay in the water much longer.

In from an early morning snorkel around the reef at La Ropa in Zihuatenejo with Gary Mallender. The water is alive with turtles, white spotted eagle rays and a multitude of beautiful small reef fish - puffers, yellow tang, pennant butterfly, 4 spot butterfly and blue stripe butterfly. Even a huge school of bait fish.

Spectacular anchorages in Desolation Sound visited by Liz Mallender and Gary Mallender aboard the Oceaner dive boat in the first week of August.

Yesterday morning Gary Mallender and Liz Mallender left this anchorage on Keats Island (top photo) and are now anchored near Mary Point on Cortes Island, Desolation Sound. This is a view from the Powell Islets (bottom photo). We had calm seas all the way.

Hey Oceaner fans Gary and Liz Mallender are on their way up the coast for another Oceaner Adventure in the Desolation area. Keep up with our rendezvouses, adventures and favourite anchorages this week. The water is calm, the sun is shining and the forecast is for clear cruising ahead….

Dive photo download time for Gary and Buzz on the Spirit of Freedom live a board dive boat in the Coral Sea, Australia.

A picture perfect day for our arrival at the Browning Pass Hideaway Lodge owned and operated by John de Boeck, a long time dive charter guide in the Port Hardy area.

Team Oceaner in Port Hardy for a week for some 45F cold water diving to test out our series of drysuits, three finger mitts and hoods. Plus the latest models of TUSA equipment and Sea and Sea Strobes and housings.

Team Oceaner organizing their scuba equipment for a cold water dive trip to Port Hardy to the Browning Pass Hideaway.