Curated external resources for weather, tides, paddling blogs, local suppliers, and other useful sites for sea kayakers.
Weather
- Big Wave Dave (www.bigwavedave.ca)
- Environment Canada - Georgia Basin (weather.gc.ca/marine/region_e.html?mapID=03)
- Predict Wind (forecast.predictwind.com/atlas)
- Sailflow (www.sailflow.com/en-us/Search/ViewResults.aspx#48.433,-123.396,11,1)
- Ten Mile Point Weather Station (tenmilepoint.com/index.php)
- WindAlert (www.windalert.com/en-us/Search/ViewResults.aspx#48.474,-123.188,9,1)
- WindFinder (www.windfinder.com/weather-maps/forecast/canada#7/48.597/-123.080)
- Wunderground (www.wunderground.com/wundermap)
- Windy (www.windy.com/?48.683,-123.415,9)
- Environment Canada - Pacific South Coast (weather.gc.ca/marine/region_e.html?mapID=02)
- SpotWx (spotwx.com)
- AccuWeather (www.accuweather.com)
Tides & Currents
- University of South Carolina World Site Map (tbone.biol.sc.edu/tide)
- Fisheries & Oceans (www.waterlevels.gc.ca/eng/find/zone/9)
- Online Current Atlas Tables (borsboom.io/current-atlas-tables)
- Mike Jackson's Page On Tides And Currents (michaelhjackson.ca/bctides/index.htm)
- Tideview Download (dive.bc.ca/tideviewdownload.html)
- Canadian Hydrographic Service Tide and Current Tables (chs-shc.gc.ca/publications/tables-eng.html)
- WWW Tide and Current Predictor (tide.arthroinfo.org)
- Current Atlas - Juan de Fuca Strait to Strait of Georgia (waves-vagues.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/Library/41023225.pdf)
- Tiny Octopus Current Atlas App (tinyoctopus.net)
Kayaking Blogs
- Gord Warner's Victoria Kayaker (victoriakayaker.blogspot.ca)
- Kayak Yak (kayakyak.blogspot.ca)
- Mike Jackson's Paddling Journal (mhjpaddling.blogspot.ca)
- Gecko Paddler (geckopaddler.blogspot.ca)
Local Suppliers
- Pacific Paddle Sports - Brentwood Bay (www.pacificapaddle.com)
- MEC - Victoria (www.mec.ca)
- Ocean River Sports (oceanriver.com)
- Best Coast Outfitters (www.bestcoastoutfitters.com)
Local Services
- Wild Coast Recreation Maps (www.wildcoast.ca/collections/kayaking-maps-charts)
Other Useful Sites
- DaveO's Local Paddling Info Site (westcoastdave.ca/kayaking)
- Westcoast Paddler (westcoastpaddler.com)
- Port Of Victoria Traffic Scheme (www.tc.gc.ca/eng/pacific/marine-1521.html)
- BC Marine Trail (www.bcmarinetrails.org)
- Kayak Friendly Lodging (www.kayakfriendly.com/welcome.html)
- DND Rocky Point Blasting Notices (www.metchosin.ca/community/news/blasting-notices)
- Presentation Videos On YouTube (www.youtube.com/channel/UCIxhd33Iq1phFZabjqBzv0g)