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Albert Head to Witty's Lagoon and Sitting Lady Falls

Paddle around Albert Head and into the lagoon to view the spectacular falls

When Sunday, January 12, 2025 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Location Albert Head
Directions
Full Free
Destination Witty's Lagoon and Sitting Lady Falls
Trip style Day
Experience Level 1
Distance 7.5 nm
Route plan A

The high tide should permit access into the lagoon and spectacular Sitting Lady Falls. Meet at Albert Head Lagoon Regional Park (the foot of Delgada Rd) parking lot at 9:30 to be on the water for 10:00 am. We'll launch and head along the shoreline toward Witty's Lagoon. There is wonderful potential for a bit of 'West Coast feel' wave action and some rock gardening if you so choose. If you intend to play in the rocks on our journey you MUST wear a helmet. Lunch will be outside the lagoon after viewing Sitting Lady Falls (where there are picnic tables and toilets.) After lunch, we will paddle around the Haystock Islets and return to Albert Head along the shore.

With winter weather and the exposed coastline around Albert Head, please dress appropriately - immersion gear (drysuit or wetsuit) is mandatory for this paddle. If you have any questions about the requirements or skill level for this paddle, please reach out to me directly.

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.

Albert Head 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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Albert Head to Witty's Lagoon and Sitting Lady Falls

Sunday, January 12, 2025 · 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM

Launch
Albert HeadDelgada Road, Metchosin
Destination
Witty's Lagoon and Sitting Lady Falls
Distance
7.5 nm
Leader
Anton Cepeliauskas

Route plan A

The high tide should permit access into the lagoon and spectacular Sitting Lady Falls. Meet at Albert Head Lagoon Regional Park (the foot of Delgada Rd) parking lot at 9:30 to be on the water for 10:00 am. We'll launch and head along the shoreline toward Witty's Lagoon. There is wonderful potential for a bit of 'West Coast feel' wave action and some rock gardening if you so choose. If you intend to play in the rocks on our journey you MUST wear a helmet. Lunch will be outside the lagoon after viewing Sitting Lady Falls (where there are picnic tables and toilets.) After lunch, we will paddle around the Haystock Islets and return to Albert Head along the shore.

With winter weather and the exposed coastline around Albert Head, please dress appropriately - immersion gear (drysuit or wetsuit) is mandatory for this paddle. If you have any questions about the requirements or skill level for this paddle, please reach out to me directly.

Route plan B

TBA