Freedive Under the Ice

hat are the best dive sites in Canada? Here are our top five picks, as chosen by Canadian divers themselves.

For those willing to brave Newfoundland’s chilly waters, the Bell Island wrecks offer divers a riot of color.

Some of North America’s best temperate diving is on Canada’s west coast. The best Vancouver dive sites are less than a 40-minute drive from the city’s center, but a world away.

Tiny Tobermory, four hours north of Toronto, may just offer the world’s best freshwater diving.

The Vancouver board of parks and recreation voted in March to ban the importation and display of captive cetaceans at Vancouver Aquarium

Snorkeling with salmon offers a unique view of the spectacle, as thousands of these fish migrate along rivers in Canada and Alaska each summer to spawn.

Have you ever tried ice diving? See what it’s like for a first-timer in this video, shot on a chilly February day in northern California.