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Fleming Beach to Victoria Harbour - LOOP

Victoria Harbour to Esquimalt Harbour Loop with a portage. Wheels required!

When Sunday, March 29, 2026 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Location Fleming Beach
Directions
3 of 10 open Free
Destination Victoria Harbour
Trip style Day
Experience Level 1
Distance 10.1 nm
Route plan A

Counterclockwise tour of Victoria Harbour, Gorge Waterway, portage at Portage Inlet to a lunch stop at Portage Park. Then paddle out of Esquimalt Harbour (be sure to call Harbour Master on VHF Channel 10) and back to Fleming Beach.

Ayetides predicts a less than 1 knot flood at the Gorge-Tillicum Bridge between 8am and 12pm but tide levels are near a 1 meter difference between the lower and upper Gorge. Immersion clothing is recommended for those unexpected swims. They do happen from time to time.

Come back at 6pm to see the 6.5 knot ebb in action.

This trip includes a portage of about 1km between the Gorge and Thetis Cove, where we will have lunch. Wheels are required, so be prepared to secure them to your kayak.

As per the information received at the February Club meeting, DND requires that we return through the centre of Esquimalt Harbour, and not follow the shore line.

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.

Fleming 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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Fleming Beach to Victoria Harbour - LOOP

Sunday, March 29, 2026 · 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM

Launch
Fleming Beach1101 Munro St, Victoria, BC V9A 5P2
Destination
Victoria Harbour
Distance
10.1 nm
Leader
Liz Lilly

Route plan A

Counterclockwise tour of Victoria Harbour, Gorge Waterway, portage at Portage Inlet to a lunch stop at Portage Park. Then paddle out of Esquimalt Harbour (be sure to call Harbour Master on VHF Channel 10) and back to Fleming Beach.

Ayetides predicts a less than 1 knot flood at the Gorge-Tillicum Bridge between 8am and 12pm but tide levels are near a 1 meter difference between the lower and upper Gorge. Immersion clothing is recommended for those unexpected swims. They do happen from time to time.

Come back at 6pm to see the 6.5 knot ebb in action.

This trip includes a portage of about 1km between the Gorge and Thetis Cove, where we will have lunch. Wheels are required, so be prepared to secure them to your kayak.

As per the information received at the February Club meeting, DND requires that we return through the centre of Esquimalt Harbour, and not follow the shore line.

Route plan B

TBA