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Island View Beach to James Island - CIRCUMNAVIGATION - NEW MEMBERS

Counterclockwise James Island Circumnavigation

When Sunday, April 16, 2023 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Location Island View Beach
Directions
Full Free
Destination James Island
Trip style Day
Experience Level 1
Distance 9.1 nm
Route plan A

Please note that this trip involves two crossings, each of about 1 Nautical Mile. The trip length is 9.1 Nautical Miles in total. Accordingly, the minimum skill level for this paddle is PC Level 1. Immersion clothing (minimum neoprene layer) and deployed sprayskirt are required for this paddle. This trip is longer than our average Relaxed Paddles and is a bridge to our longer Energizer Paddles for those who want to push themselves for more performance. Launch from from Island View beach to SW tip of James Is. Paddle counterclockwise along the south bluff cliffs and around the sandy shores of the island. Have a relaxed lunch on a sandy NW beach. Continue round the tip of the island and down the west side of James Is. and then cross Cordova Channel back to launch site.

Note that an Energizer trip to Darcy Island leaves at the same time. Ensure participants are on the right trip.

Route plan B

A shoreline paddle along Sannichton spit.

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.

Island View Beach 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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Printed Nov 9, 2026 11:13 AM · siska.ca/activities/1368

Island View Beach to James Island - CIRCUMNAVIGATION - NEW MEMBERS

Sunday, April 16, 2023 · 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM

Launch
Island View BeachIsland View Beach
Destination
James Island
Distance
9.1 nm
Leader
Johanna De Leeuw

Route plan A

Please note that this trip involves two crossings, each of about 1 Nautical Mile. The trip length is 9.1 Nautical Miles in total. Accordingly, the minimum skill level for this paddle is PC Level 1. Immersion clothing (minimum neoprene layer) and deployed sprayskirt are required for this paddle. This trip is longer than our average Relaxed Paddles and is a bridge to our longer Energizer Paddles for those who want to push themselves for more performance. Launch from from Island View beach to SW tip of James Is. Paddle counterclockwise along the south bluff cliffs and around the sandy shores of the island. Have a relaxed lunch on a sandy NW beach. Continue round the tip of the island and down the west side of James Is. and then cross Cordova Channel back to launch site.

Note that an Energizer trip to Darcy Island leaves at the same time. Ensure participants are on the right trip.

Route plan B

A shoreline paddle along Sannichton spit.