CIOC-FM (98.5 MHz) is a commercial radio station in Victoria, British Columbia, branded as Ocean 98.5.

[1] The signal covers much of the southern part of Vancouver Island, along with some sections of Puget Sound and the Olympic Peninsula in Washington.

[2] It began broadcasting separate programming, an easy listening format airing between noon and midnight seven days a week.

It aired quarter hour sweeps of mostly soft instrumental cover versions of popular songs.

On March 25, 2010, CIOC was denied by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to add a new FM transmitter at Saltspring Island.

[4] On September 13, 2010, the station reapplied to add a repeater at Saltspring Island and received CRTC approval on February 23, 2011.