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Spirit Bay to Movie Set Beach

a rounding of Becher Bay up to Aylard park (Movie set beach)

When Saturday, February 24, 2024 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Location Spirit Bay
Directions
1 of 8 open Free
Destination Movie Set Beach
Trip style Day
Experience Level 1
Distance 6.5 nm
Route plan A

The plan is to round Becher Bay, heading to Aylard Park/Movieset Beach stop for lunch and then round on back. We may decide to do this counterclockwise if the group wants to. this is a 6 mile paddle, and is in an easy going bay, with just one crossing across the top mouth of the bay. No alternative plan yet, as we should be afforded relatively protected waters.

NOTE: There is a $10 fee per paddler, payable to the marina offices.

ALSO: Please do not block the ramp, keep kayaks off to the side until we are ready to launch, Thx!

Route plan B

Telegraph Cove to Margaret Cove, as winds are at present as of Feb 22 8 to 13 knots S/SW, not making Becher Bay too great for a relaxed style paddle..

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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Printed Nov 9, 2026 10:59 AM · siska.ca/activities/1447

Spirit Bay to Movie Set Beach

Saturday, February 24, 2024 · 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM

Launch
Spirit Bay4901B East Sooke Road, Sooke
Destination
Movie Set Beach
Distance
6.5 nm
Leader
Rod Stiebel

Route plan A

The plan is to round Becher Bay, heading to Aylard Park/Movieset Beach stop for lunch and then round on back. We may decide to do this counterclockwise if the group wants to. this is a 6 mile paddle, and is in an easy going bay, with just one crossing across the top mouth of the bay. No alternative plan yet, as we should be afforded relatively protected waters.

NOTE: There is a $10 fee per paddler, payable to the marina offices.

ALSO: Please do not block the ramp, keep kayaks off to the side until we are ready to launch, Thx!

Route plan B

Telegraph Cove to Margaret Cove, as winds are at present as of Feb 22 8 to 13 knots S/SW, not making Becher Bay too great for a relaxed style paddle..