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| Union Bay |  
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Description:
Union Bay has a 100ft wreck that is accesssable from shore. The area has a lot of historical artifiacts yet to be discovered including the 50ft wreck of a tug that sank (infront of the now dismantled govenment dock)in the late 40s. There are many octopus, giant nudibranches and moon snails. Seals & sea lions are commonly seen above and below the water. | |
| Details: |
 Nearest commercial airport: Comox |
| Average watertemp: Min 5 - Max 15 oCelcius. |
| Average visibility: 15 Horizontal metres |
| Bottom composition: Sand, Rocks, Vegetation |
| Dive conditions: Ocean/Sea, Salt water |
| Seasonality: Diving here is best in the winter because of the clear green water. |
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Marinelife in the area:
| Species | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | | | Coastal fish & Reef Life |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Colorful plant life, sea stars, sea pens, cup corals, dahlia anemones, ling cod, (giant pacific) octopus, rockfish, fields of sea urchins, purple-hinged scallops, giant moon snails, and BC's endangered abalone, rock crab, Puget Sound king crab
| | | Coral Spawning | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | |
| | | Moray eels | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Wolf eels, dozens of them at Wolf Eel Alley, a sloping stone bottom to 60ft where we find an incredible wall of life (also many giant pacific octopus).
| | | Sea lions and fur seals |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Sixgill Sharks | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Especially at Flora Islet, world famous as one of the only two places where a diver can count on seeing the giant sixgill shark.
| | | Skates |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Probability of encounter:  0%,  0 > 60%,  60 > 90%,  90 > 100%
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