Artificial Reef Society BC

Artificial Reef Society BC


Who we are

The Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia (ARSBC) is a registered non-profit society based in Vancouver, British Columbia, and is a registered tax-deductible charity in Canada.

Our aim is to create environmentally and economically sustainable 'artificial reefs' in British Columbia and around the world for the enjoyment of scuba divers, and for the protection of environmentally and historically sensitive marine habitats. Since 1991, the Artificial Reef Society has sunk six ships and one Boeing 737 in the waters off the BC coast!

The Society has no paid employees and consists of a volunteer Board of seven Directors, and hundreds of volunteers from BC, Alberta, and the north-west United States who have worked on our projects.

What we do
The Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia (ARSBC) creates and promotes artificial reefs for use by scuba divers as a means to:

1. Promote economic activity in the vicinity of artificial reef sites;
2. Promote the technologies and procedures required to establish safe and environmentally friendly artificial reefs;
3. Promote the use of artificial reefs as a means to minimize the impact of recreational scuba divers on historical wreck sites and other ecologically sensitive dive sites;
4. Monitor developments of all our artificial reefs for environmental impact and diver safety.