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Spirit Bay to Becher Bay - RAFT UP - WITH COMOX PADDLERS - 360

Paddle the beautiful shoreline of Becher Bay

When Wednesday, June 14, 2023 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Location Spirit Bay
Directions
3 of 15 open Free
Destination Becher Bay
Trip style Day
Experience Level 1
Distance 6.5 nm
Route plan A

Launch @ 10 am from the ramp at Cheanuh Marina in Spirit Bay, 4901 East Sooke Road (launch fee is $10/kayak)

We'll noodle the whole shoreline, exploring islets, coves, islands and even a tombolo! Whales have occasionally been spotted in Becher Bay, but we're sure to see lots of smaller critters so bring your camera. The Bay is usually well protected, mostly undeveloped, and particularly scenic - a lovely place to paddle. Most of the land along the shore belongs to the Sc'ianew (Cheanuh) First Nation which is building the attractive homes at Spirit Bay, upgrading their popular Marina, and operating a number of Spill Response vessels. There is a launch/parking fee of $10 per kayak for use of the ramp, and washrooms are available.

Distance 6.5 nm. Return to launch site by 1 pm.

NOTE: Since there are 2 paddles from Spirit Bay on June 14th please indicate which one you would like to join when you respond.

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.

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 Becher Bay - RAFT UP - WITH COMOX PADDLERS - 360

Wednesday, June 14, 2023 · 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM

Launch
Spirit Bay4901B East Sooke Road, Sooke
Destination
Becher Bay
Distance
6.5 nm
Leader
Alan Campbell

Route plan A

Launch @ 10 am from the ramp at Cheanuh Marina in Spirit Bay, 4901 East Sooke Road (launch fee is $10/kayak)

We'll noodle the whole shoreline, exploring islets, coves, islands and even a tombolo! Whales have occasionally been spotted in Becher Bay, but we're sure to see lots of smaller critters so bring your camera. The Bay is usually well protected, mostly undeveloped, and particularly scenic - a lovely place to paddle. Most of the land along the shore belongs to the Sc'ianew (Cheanuh) First Nation which is building the attractive homes at Spirit Bay, upgrading their popular Marina, and operating a number of Spill Response vessels. There is a launch/parking fee of $10 per kayak for use of the ramp, and washrooms are available.

Distance 6.5 nm. Return to launch site by 1 pm.

NOTE: Since there are 2 paddles from Spirit Bay on June 14th please indicate which one you would like to join when you respond.

Route plan B

TBA