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Telegraph Cove to Margaret Bay

When Sunday, November 15, 2026 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Location Telegraph Cove
Directions
2 of 9 open Free
Destination Margaret Bay
Trip style Day
Experience Basic
Distance 6 nm
Route plan A

Depart Telegraph Cove (Bay) following the shoreline past Finnerty Cove, Arbutus Cove, and Glencoe Cove before rounding Gordon Head to Margaret Bay. Return following the same route. Lunch / rest stop at either Margaret Bay or Glencoe Cove. There are a couple of notable sea caves along the route, seabirds are usually plentiful, seals and sea lions have been seen.

*** Tide at Finerty Cove is predicted as 2.82M @ 1000hrs --> 2.97M at 1200hrs --> 2.85M @ 1400hrs) which makes for favourable launching and landing conditions at Telegraph Cove. Current should be negligible with slack in Baynes Channel at launch time followed by a light ebb giving a push back to Telegraph Cove after lunch break ****

Lots of parking, but no washroom facilities at Telegraph Cove (or Margaret Bay or Glencoe Cove).

Route plan B

TBA - dependent on winds and waves.

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.

Telegraph Cove 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 8, 2026 9:22 AM · siska.ca/activities/1676

Telegraph Cove to Margaret Bay

Sunday, November 15, 2026 · 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM

Launch
Telegraph Cove4040 Lockehaven Dr
Destination
Margaret Bay
Distance
6 nm
Leader
Craig Thomson

Tides & currents Sunday, November 15

Trip 09:30–15:30 Flood Ebb Times MST

Tide Finnerty Cove
06 09 12 15 18
11:57 High 2.97 m
Current Race Passage Flood 050°T · Ebb 230°T
±5 kts 06 09 12 15 18
10:04 Slack → ebb
13:21 Max ebb 3.6 kts
18:44 Min ebb 0.9 kts
Current Baynes Channel Flood 040°T · Ebb 220°T
±4 kts 06 09 12 15 18
09:49 Slack → ebb
13:06 Max ebb 2.7 kts
18:29 Min ebb 0.7 kts

Estimated from Race Passage

CHS predictions (tides.gc.ca) for Telegraph Cove's stations. Bold times fall within the trip. Not for navigation.

Route plan A

Depart Telegraph Cove (Bay) following the shoreline past Finnerty Cove, Arbutus Cove, and Glencoe Cove before rounding Gordon Head to Margaret Bay. Return following the same route. Lunch / rest stop at either Margaret Bay or Glencoe Cove. There are a couple of notable sea caves along the route, seabirds are usually plentiful, seals and sea lions have been seen.

*** Tide at Finerty Cove is predicted as 2.82M @ 1000hrs --> 2.97M at 1200hrs --> 2.85M @ 1400hrs) which makes for favourable launching and landing conditions at Telegraph Cove. Current should be negligible with slack in Baynes Channel at launch time followed by a light ebb giving a push back to Telegraph Cove after lunch break ****

Lots of parking, but no washroom facilities at Telegraph Cove (or Margaret Bay or Glencoe Cove).

Route plan B

TBA - dependent on winds and waves.