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Spirit Bay to Whirl Bay

When Sunday, August 11, 2024 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Location Spirit Bay
Directions
7 of 15 open Free
Destination Whirl Bay
Trip style Day
Experience Level 1
Distance 10 nm
Route plan A

We will explore the shoreline of Spirit Bay and beyond to Whirl Bay, then cross back to Wolf Island and the Cub Islets, and then follow the shore back to the launch/landing site at Cheanuh Marina.

Route plan B

Because of a Derby being held at Cheanuh Marina (the Coho were running) we had to significantly change our paddle plan and instead launched from Pedder Bay Marina and paddled to the tomolo west of Whirl Bay.

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.

Spirit Bay 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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Spirit Bay to Whirl Bay

Sunday, August 11, 2024 · 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM

Launch
Spirit Bay4901B East Sooke Road, Sooke
Destination
Whirl Bay
Distance
10 nm
Leader
Bj Porter

Route plan A

We will explore the shoreline of Spirit Bay and beyond to Whirl Bay, then cross back to Wolf Island and the Cub Islets, and then follow the shore back to the launch/landing site at Cheanuh Marina.

Route plan B

Because of a Derby being held at Cheanuh Marina (the Coho were running) we had to significantly change our paddle plan and instead launched from Pedder Bay Marina and paddled to the tomolo west of Whirl Bay.