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Brentwood Bay Ferry Wharf to McKenzie Bight - VIA BAMBERTON AND SPECTACLE FALLS

A SISKA paddle to Willis Point, Spectacle Falls, McKenzie Bight

When Saturday, February 26, 2022 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Location Brentwood Bay Ferry Wharf
Directions
2 of 12 open Free
Destination McKenzie Bight
Trip style Day
Distance 7.9 nm
Route plan A

We will meet at the ferry wharf at 09:30 and help one another with bringing the kayaks down to the beach. Before launching, we will make introductions, review the paddle plan and check that pic all participants have the necessary safety equipment and clothing. We will paddle to Willis Point then cross Squally Reach to approx 0.5nm north of Sheppard Point. We then will handrail down the coast to Spectacle Falls. We then will cross back over Squally Reach to McKenzie Bight where we will stop for lunch. After such we will handrail up to Willis Point and back to launch site. We then will debrief and help one another to carry our kayaks back to the parking area. Please note that the tide will be 3.1 metres as launch time, so there will not be a lot of beach front for launching.

Route plan B

TBA

Safety reminders

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.

Brentwood Bay Ferry Wharf tide/current reference

Sources & licences

Tide & current predictions

CHS provides tide heights and current predictions. Secondary current stations are estimates; large-tide estimates are identified separately. Tide turns and slack water are independent. Conditions along the route vary with location.

CHS atlas & lookup licences

Canadian Atlas of Tidal Currents, Volume 3: Juan de Fuca Strait to Strait of Georgia (2016), Canadian Hydrographic Service, Fisheries and Oceans Canada. © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2022.

Map images are reproduced from the CHS publication and selected for the date and time shown. The publication permits noncommercial reproduction in any format; commercial reproduction requires prior written permission from CHS. This viewer is not an official CHS publication and is not to be used for navigation.

Current Atlas Lookup Tables: Juan de Fuca Strait to Strait of Georgia by Emanuel Borsboom. SISKA adapts the tables to show selected hours and atlas page numbers. The original tables and these adapted tables are provided under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 Canada (CC BY-NC-SA 2.5 CA).

Dewey atlas attribution

Salish Sea Tidal Current Atlas and calendar lookup tables by Richard K. Dewey, self-published. The selected volume and map number are shown in the viewer. SISKA displays extracted map images and selects them using the author's lookup tables.

For recreational reference only. Not for navigation. These products are not endorsed by CHS or NOAA and are not official Canadian or US government publications. Use current official charts and publications for navigation.

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Brentwood Bay Ferry Wharf to McKenzie Bight - VIA BAMBERTON AND SPECTACLE FALLS

Saturday, February 26, 2022 · 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM

Launch
Brentwood Bay Ferry WharfVerdier Avenue, British Columbia
Destination
McKenzie Bight
Distance
7.9 nm
Leader
Paul Flynne

Route plan A

We will meet at the ferry wharf at 09:30 and help one another with bringing the kayaks down to the beach. Before launching, we will make introductions, review the paddle plan and check that pic all participants have the necessary safety equipment and clothing. We will paddle to Willis Point then cross Squally Reach to approx 0.5nm north of Sheppard Point. We then will handrail down the coast to Spectacle Falls. We then will cross back over Squally Reach to McKenzie Bight where we will stop for lunch. After such we will handrail up to Willis Point and back to launch site. We then will debrief and help one another to carry our kayaks back to the parking area. Please note that the tide will be 3.1 metres as launch time, so there will not be a lot of beach front for launching.

Route plan B

TBA