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Van. Island Experience
Photos: @adairvisuals
Owner: @bottomdwellersfreediving
Partner @spearfishingcanada #digdeepdivedeeper #selectiveinourways

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🍟 Our kind of Golden Arches drive-thru looks a little different and alot less golden... 🌊🤿⁠
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No cars. No lineups. No fries.⁠
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Just a swim, a little bottom time, and some fresh uni on the way through the arches of Barkley Sound. 😂⁠
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Some of our favourite days in the water have nothing to do with depth, long breath-holds, or chasing anything other than a good time. They're simply about grabbing some dive buddies, heading somewhere remote, and seeing what the coastline has waiting for us.⁠
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Exploring places that are a little harder to get to. Swimming beneath towering rock formations and through sea arches. Dropping down into beautiful cold, BC waters and sustainably harvesting a little food along the way.⁠
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There's something pretty special about being able to explore these wild places as a freediver... and even better when breakfast, lunch, dinner or simply a light snack comes straight from the ocean beneath you.⁠
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Beautiful places. Good friends. Fresh uni.⁠
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We'll take this drive-thru any day over those other fishy smelling ones that are more well known...⁠
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Photos: @kylervosphotogallery⁠
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#BottomDwellersFreediving #Freediving #VancouverIsland #SeaUrchin #Uni #ForageYourFood #OceanHarvest #SustainableHarvest #FreedivingLife #ColdWaterFreediving #UnderwaterAdventure #ExploreBC #PacificNorthwest #OceanToTable #DiveLocal

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Every freedive starts with just one breath. 🌊

Unlike scuba diving, freedivers rely entirely on the air in their lungs, making proper training and acclimatization essential. Learning how your body responds underwater—and respecting your limits—is one of the most important parts of the sport.

Watch Tyler Turner take on the challenge of freediving in Episode 1 of All In and discover what it takes to stay calm when every breath counts.

Have you ever wanted to try freediving? 🤿

#adaptivesports #adaptiveathlete #paralympian #allinseries #freediving

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Did you know freediving began thousands of years ago as a means of survival?

Long before fins and competitions, a single breath connected people to the water—and to a tradition that continues around the world today. 🤿

See what it’s like to experience freediving alongside Tyler Turner in Episode 1 of All In, streaming free now on AMI+. 🌊

#Freediving #Freedive #OceanLife #AdventureSports #AdaptiveSports

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🍂 September is just around the corner... and with it comes one of nature's greatest spectacles.⁠
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Every year, millions of Pacific salmon return home.⁠
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After years spent roaming the open ocean, they navigate thousands of kilometres back to the very rivers where their journey began. It's a migration driven by instinct, resilience, and an incredible cycle that has shaped our coast for thousands of years.⁠
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Beneath the surface, the rivers come alive.⁠
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Schools of salmon move upstream in endless waves. Eagles gather overhead. Bears wait along the riverbanks. Nutrients begin their journey back into the forest, feeding entire ecosystems and reminding us that everything here is connected.⁠
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It's one of the most remarkable wildlife experiences on Vancouver Island—and one that surprisingly few people ever witness from beneath the surface.⁠
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This September we have the privilege of sharing this incredible phenomenon through Pacific Confluence – The Season of Return.⁠
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More than a snorkelling trip, it's an immersive experience that brings together river adventures, incredible food, comfortable accommodations, and a deeper appreciation for the salmon, the forests, and the coastal ecosystems they sustain.⁠
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If experiencing the return of the salmon has been on your bucket list, we'd love to share it with you.⁠
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Join us this September and experience the Season of Return.⁠
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Learn more at www.bottomdwellers.ca⁠
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#PacificConfluence #SeasonOfReturn #BottomDwellersFreediving #VancouverIsland #ExploreBC #WildSalmon #PacificSalmon #Snorkeling #Freediving #RiverSnorkeling #NaturePhotography #MarineConservation #SalmonRun #BritishColumbia #AdventureTravel #WildlifeExperience #ProtectWildPlaces #DiscoverVancouverIsland

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Halfway through the series 🎬

From bobsled to freediving, baseball to hockey — a behind-the-scenes glance at the first four episodes of All In.

Catch up now — Episodes 1–4 are streaming on AMI+.

#AllInSeries #AdaptiveSports #BehindTheScenes #AdaptiveAthlete #ParaSport Behind the scenes photo with film crew standing on the edge of an indoor public pool with Tyler face down in the water with a guide in the water next to him.

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TOMORROW — Series Premiere at 5PM PDT on AMI & AMI+
Episode 1 begins in the waters off Vancouver Island. 🤿

#Freediving #VancouverIsland #Paralympian #Docuseries #AdaptiveAthlete

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The PFI Freediver courses we instruct at Bottom Dwellers are a fantastic program, accessible to all levels and abilities from the complete beginner to the early intermediate Freediver.

With “PFI Freediver”, “Basic Freediver” and “Pool-Freediver” all being certifications achievable within this program you can certify at the level that is attainable to you while getting a full scope and thorough level of training.

The PFI Freediver program focuses on safety and technique while applying your academic knowledge learnt to both confined and open-water settings. 10m of depth in Constant Weight and Free Immersion displaying good form and technique along with 1’30” Static Apnea in the confined water are some of the core certifiable tasks the program is centred around. (20m max depth / 4 min max STA)

The Basic Freediver certification which can be awarded within this same program based off performance and achievement allows for a more approachable certification depth of 5m while requiring 1 minute performances in Static Apnea.

The Pool-Freediver certification focuses on the confined water tasks and aspects of the PFI Freediver course and is awarded to those whom complete the confined water requirements but for whichever reason are unable to attain certification requirements of the Open-Water components of the program.

Should any student in our programs be unable to complete the certification level they had hoped for within the course signed up for there is always option to complete this certification within a year of their course date through the option of coaching sessions with us.

This summer we’ve brought back our “Refresher Courses” as an offering. We are currently offering repeat programs to our previous students as “Refresher Courses” to keep current and have access to furthered training. The PFI Refresher course seats are available to past PFI Freediver Students for $400 this 2026 season. This is a great option for those that wish to give the course another go and work towards that certification again or for those that simply want to hone those skills and improve as a Freediver in that PFI Freediver level max scope. #yyj

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Come down and say hi for the final day of the @evergreenexhibitions Victoria Outdoor Adventure Show at Westshore Parks and Rec, JDF Arena.
Lots of other great booths including @bottomdwellersfreediving and @uvicfishandgame

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#baja #spearo #yellowtail #hamachi

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September can seem so fleeting on the island as we cram every last bit of summer into the transition to fall. The last couple of years I haven’t been able to spend the amount of time I would normally like getting in the water to ‘play’ as we transition from program to program during our busiest time of year. The past couple weeks however, I finally got my fall river ‘fix’ in and I can’t really describe how good it felt. Being able to immerse ourselves, observe and witness the uniqueness and beauty that the multiple different river systems we visited held was a good reminder of why this natural event feels so special and how much there is to explore in the waters of Vancouver Island.

As we get set to take off for humpback whales in French Polynesia with @onexpeditions I’m already looking forward to next fall and getting back in the rivers.

Diver: @clfrenkel
Video: @adairvisuals

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Summer is flying by and we’ve been having an absolute banger of a season. @cassandracooper_ joined us this summer to teach in her home waters in Canada while taking a little break from her Freediving life in the Philippines.

Through this journey to join our Instruction team at Bottom Dwellers on Vancouver Island Cass completed her PFI Intermediate Freediver Instructor crossover with us last week and is already supporting us this weekend getting our students deep in our cold and green waters.

It’s been so great sharing the line with you this summer Cass! Looking forward to the rest of summer and more seasons ahead!

#pfifreedivers @performancefreediving @sdidivers

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