We will meet at the Albert Head launch site by at least 09:30 with an aim to be on the water by 10:00. If it takes you more than 30 minutes to prepare to launch, please arrive early. Please car pool if possible, parking is limited. After a beach talk to review our route and paddling conditions, we will follow the coast around Albert Head into Witty's Lagoon. The tide will be high enough for us to paddle to Sitting Lady Falls. Recent rain should provide a decent flow over the falls. Those who desire can take turns poking their noses into the falls! We will retreat out of the lagoon for lunch on the spit. After lunch, conditions permitting, we can paddle out to the Haystock Islets before paddling back closer to the shoreline to follow it around back to our start. There are mild rock gardening opportunities along the route. Bring helmets if you are interested in that. Pack a lunch, wear immersion gear. We may practice some solo and assisted re-entries along the way if conditions and inclinations allow! Post-Paddle coffee / debrief TBA.

Shoreline paddle in Esquimalt Lagoon if conditions around Albert Head prevent us from going there.

Always dress for the possibility of immersion and please bring a drybag containing a spare change of clothes. The drybag goes in your kayak with you, not in your car at the launch site. Please bring a lunch or snacks and sufficient beverage to keep you hydrated, as well as a thermos of something warm. Your paddle leader will introduce the plan and make sure everyone is comfortable with the requirements. Please stay off the water until the group is ready. If you have a VHF radio please bring it with you.