A dive on the HMCS Chaudiere, BC Canada

A dive with Porpoise Bay Dive Charters. The 366' ship settled on her port side (~90o). The deck at the stern is 50-60' deep, at the superstructure is about 80' and at the bow is 90-100'. The bottom at the stern is about 80', at midship is about 110', beneath the guns is about 140' and the bow hangs over a ledge.
On this dive we followed the right side of the wreck (actually her bottom), to the bow, then returning on the left side (actually her deck, which is now vertical). At some points, you make out the bridge, and there's a couple scenes where divers are examining a hanging cylinder.. this is one of her guns.
There's one shot of me, tryin' to snag a fish in hidding, which is a lincod.

Cheers!
Ken Vadnais

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[kenvadnais]

umm..why? 

[sailorgary1]

@theswadams...I'll bet you get invited to a lot of parties Mr sourpuss...Looks like a fun dive, I'll have to look into that..

[theswadams]

grabbing at the fish (at 7:07) is childish, stupid behaviour!

[driad98]

Takes me back! I dove her in 1996 or so and had an amazing, if cold, dive! Thank you so much for sharing this! Looks like the wildlife has gotten a lot more established since then. Beautiful!

[dreadpirateworks]

well done! It must be amazing to film underwater.

[rjvadnais]

Very cool video, martin scorsese of the sea.