SISKA

South Island Sea Kayaking Association

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Miscellaneous Links:

BC Marine Trails Network - the web site for our BC marine trails system

Dave O's Local sites page - a great site with descriptions and maps of our local paddling sites.

West Coast Paddler - a west coast paddling community

The Wild Coast - guidebooks and maps for the west coast

Safety Information:

Ocean Kayaking Safety - some great video clips on rescues and paddling safety.

Sea Kayak Rescue - good video clips on kayak rescues by Yves Aquin and and Patti Stevens

Study on Radar "visibility"

Another page on radar visibility

Boat US 2008 Flare testing

Kayarchy - a British site with lots of info

WorkSafe BC - Marine Reference Card - useful navigation info

Weather, Tides and Currents Information:

Tides and Currents - government water levels site

Current Atlas tables - an on line set of the tables used with the Current Atlas

Pacific Marine Weather from Environment Canada

Environment Canada Marine weather guide page and pdf file

Big Wave Dave - outstanding weather info site for the local area

Haro Strait Forecast - the weather network

Mike Jackson's pages on BC Tides and Currents

Canadian Hydrographic Service Publications

Official CHS Tide and Current book pages as PDFs

Ten Mile Point Weather Station - weather station with detailed records on 10 mile Pt.

Tideview - a graphical current and tide prediction program for BC

NavCanada Aviation forecasts - Comox base Surface weather maps

Windfinder - wind forecasts for several local areas

Tides programs - Jtides, WXTide, Ayetides and many more...

Local Suppliers:

Pacifica Paddle Sports - Brentwood Bay

Mountain Equipment Coop - downtown Victoria

Northern Wave Kayak - Sidney

Ocean River Sports - downtown Victoria

Local Kayaking Outfitters and Instruction:

Active Sea Kayaking - Nick Castro

SKILS - Sea Kayak Instruction and Leadership Systems

Local Kayaker Blogs:

Mike Jackson's Paddling Journal

Kayak Yak -

Gordin Warner's Victoria Kayaker

SISKA's Journal

Local Equipment and Services:

Coastal Waters Recreation Maps - BC and Baja Maps

Coastal Waters Productions - Local video production

Cottage Pirouette B&B - a kayak friendly Bed and breakfast near Fleming beach

 

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