Sundown Diving

Based in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Sundown Diving sits only minutes from the ferry landing and local airport — easy to reach by sea, air and road. It's a PADI 5 Star Dive Center rated as one of the best cold water destinations in the world, where diving around Vancouver Island is unlike any other on the planet.

Cold-water diving in Nanaimo

With one PADI Instructor and complete, year-round dive services, Sundown offers PADI scuba training alongside air fills, nitrox, equipment rental, sales, service and repairs. Portable boat availability opens up destination access, and the underwater world here is rich: sharks, whales, turtles, eels, echinoderms, molluscs and crustaceans, corals, anemones and jellyfish.

The center runs an onsite classroom, retail shop, dive boat and parking, plus a dive club for divers who want to stay connected. Staff speak English, French and Chinese, making it a welcoming base for anyone keen to explore Vancouver Island's remarkable cold waters.