The colorful lodge highlights the shoreline of God’s Pocket. The main dining hall is the blue building on the right.Puget Sound king crabs are a common companion on most dives in the Port Hardy area. Juveniles are typically bright orange (top). As the crab matures, it starts to take on red color (right). If the crab is lucky enough to not be devoured by an octopus and make it to adulthood, the crab’s carapace assumes the familiar reddish color (middle).Everyone initially comes to God’s Pocket Resort for legendary cold water diving. Everyone comes back for the experience of staying at God’s Pocket Resort. This little bay on Hurst Island earned its name and reputation with early sailors as a sheltered sanctuary from wicked winds and storms that would plague the Queen Charlotte Strait. Bill and Annie Weeks, the proprietors of God’s Pocket Resort, have taken it upon themselves to continue the tradition of making God’s Pocket a very special place.

Saw this young buck sneak out form the woods. he finally saw me and ran back in. Love seeing the deer at God’s Pocket. Don’t ask me how this site got it’s name – ask Bill. I think Bill likes butter tarts, whatever they are. This is one of the dives near the north end of Browning Pass. The reef is exposed at one end, but not at the other. The saddle between the two ends drops to about 70 feet. I prefer to dive the outside wall of this reef. The north end is a bit generic and dominated by white plumose anemones. The south end is rich in bright yellow sulfur sponges, colonies of red sea strawberries, white metridium, and towering finger sponges.