Hi Roko,
There is no need to be envious of those tropical divers! We both live close to some of the best cold-water diving in the world! I did a dive the other day at a local dive site about a 20 minute drive from downtown Vancouver where I got as many, if not more, great shots than I did on any given dive on my trip to Philippines last month (and Philippines has pretty damn good diving! Better than Hawaii and Carribean I would say!)
If you don't believe me, check out:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151786132411828.1073741854.622241827&type=1&l=6f7bbab7d5
Or for more diving in BC pics, have a look here:
Underwater British Columbia - robertroy
cheers and happy diving!