Welcome to the Village of Tahsis, nestled in the heart of Nootka Sound Tahsis is a premier ecotourism destination and beautiful nature getaway on Vancouver Island With more than 50km of passages, Tahsis is also one of Canada's caving meccas Hiking in Tahsis frequently leads to spectacular mountain overlooks Land and marine animals are abundant in the area, making for outstanding wildlife viewing With numerous docks and marinas, Tahsis is a perfect launching point for diving, kayaking and fishing Old-growth forests surround Tahsis and visitors are often amazed by the size of these giant trees The scenery in Tahsis is ever-changing, making it a great ecotourism vacation in any season

Scuba Diving & Snorkeling

Tahsis Scuba Diving

Puget Sound King Crab

Tahsis is a fabulous cold-water diving location with easy access to incredible dive sites on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Come visit us for the ecotourism dive of a lifetime!

Here in Tahsis, we have a number of scuba diving groups that return to our part of the Emerald Sea every year to explore the underwater wonders at our doorstep. The majority of our most popular dive sites are within a 20-30 minute boat ride from the dock. Nootka Sound is probably the best-kept ecotourism secret in the saltwater diving community!

Our local spectacular dive sites range from relatively shallow wall dives, with huge rock scallops and octopus, to deeper dive sites festooned with amazing cloud sponges and coral.

Tahsis Inlet has a rare Gorgorian Coral Grove at Mozino Point in the Tahsis Narrows, at divable depths starting just over 100 feet. The local stand of coral shows intense color due to ideal growing conditions, provided by the strong tidal current. This area also has carpets of pink strawberry anemones, Puget Sound king crabs, and cloud sponges.

Sockeye Salmon

Tahsis Snorkeling

Tahsis and Leiner Rivers provide excellent ecotourism snorkeling opportunities in the late summer and early fall, when the salmon return to spawn. At those times, the rivers are full of Coho and Chinook, as well as the occasional Pink, Chum, and Sockeye.