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Sechelt, the nearest town, 2 km away. Photo: Ken McMillan from Sechelt, BC, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Tuwanek

Dive site · Canada

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

63Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Tue 3: Sea: flat, Water 9 °C, Wind 0 kn

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 64 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
11°C

Tue 3 · 65 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
0 kn
Gusts
4kn
Air
11°C

Wed 4 · 63 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
11°C

Thu 5 · 64 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
9°C

Fri 6 · 61 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
23knboats in
Air
8°C

Sat 7 · 64 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
9°C

Sun 8 · 61 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
21kn
Air
11°C

Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 165, good
  2. Mon 264, good
  3. Tue 365, good
  4. Wed 463, good
  5. Thu 564, good
  6. Fri 661, good
  7. Sat 764, good
  8. Sun 861, good
  9. Mon 959, fair
  10. Tue 100, poor

The site in five facts

  • Down to 37 mits deepest
  • From the shorehow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 9 °Cdrysuit
  • Faces Nswell from there reaches it

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know currents, the visibility on the day or your certification.

Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Tuwanek
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov65, good0.0 mflat1 kn6kn9°C
Mon 2Nov64, good0.0 mflat2 kn10kn11°C
Tue 3Nov65, good0.0 mflat0 kn4kn11°C
Wed 4Nov63, good0.0 mflat2 kn9kn11°C
Thu 5Nov64, good0.1 mflat2 kn6kn9°C
Fri 6Nov61, good0.2 mflat5 kn23knboats in8°C
Sat 7Nov64, good0.1 mflat2 kn9kn9°C
Sun 8Nov61, good0.4 m4 kn21kn11°C
Mon 9Nov59, fair0.0 mflat6 kn23kn10°C
Tue 10Nov0, poor0.3 m14 kn37knboats in11°C

Sea is the waves near the site, in metres; wind and gusts in knots. "Boats in": gusts that keep dive boats in. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

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the site and its town

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Tuwanek

A wall dive. It goes down to 37 m. You get in from the shore. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces N: swell from the N reaches it, and wind from the S blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 36 km away. The sea is about 7°C in January, its coldest month (drysuit), and 18°C in July, its warmest (7 mm wetsuit and hood). The town to stay in is Sechelt. Within 5 km we also list 2 climbing areas and 1 mountain bike area.

  • What it is Wall.
  • How deep Down to 37 m.
  • Getting in From the shore.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 36 km away.

Water about 9°C: drysuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$965–US$1,780 each

about US$965–US$1,780 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to YVR, estimated from distance and season, 3 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$248–US$523
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$134–US$228
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$275–US$456
Food7 days eating outabout US$308–US$576
Totalabout US$965–US$1,780

Guided dives are not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Sechelt

Closest

Sechelt

3 min by car · 5 places to stay

about US$100/nightcountry average

See 5 places to stay in Sechelt · Booking.com

About Sechelt its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$100 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 9h 05m

About 9h 05m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → YVR, direct, then 1h 20m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

In the water

Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 25 km.

Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits

What you might see

Animals divers and surveys have recorded within 2 km of this site in the last 15 years. A record says someone saw it here, not that you will.

  • Chum salmon Oncorhynchus keta

    Seen in 8 records.

Records: OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System, IOC-UNESCO), from the datasets named here, CC0 and CC BY records only. Names: WoRMS, through OBIS; common names from Wikidata. Largest datasets here: NuSEDS; Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) counts and haulout locations in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia coast. Credits

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