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Whiffin Spit to Cabin Point

A scenic shoreline paddle along East Sooke Park

When Sunday, December 14, 2025 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Location Whiffin Spit
Directions
Full Free
Destination Cabin Point
Trip style Day
Experience Level 1
Distance 9.6 nm
Route plan A

This is a beautiful shoreline paddle from Whiffin Spit to Cabin Point in East Sooke Park. If the conditions permit we'll launch on the outside part of the spit, otherwise we'll launch on the Sooke Basin side. We will noodle along the very scenic coastline of East Sooke Park. Lunch will be at Cabin Point. After lunch we'll paddle back, often taking a bit more a direct route.

Be aware that parking at Whiffin Spit is limited; you may need to drop off your boat and park further up the road if the lot is full.

Route plan B

If the weather is too rough for Cabin Point, we'll launch on protected side of the spit and take a tour of the Sooke basin, including a very scenic paddle up the Sooke River.

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.

Whiffin Spit 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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Whiffin Spit to Cabin Point

Sunday, December 14, 2025 · 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM

Launch
Whiffin SpitWhiffin Spit Road
Destination
Cabin Point
Distance
9.6 nm
Leader
Anton Cepeliauskas

Route plan A

This is a beautiful shoreline paddle from Whiffin Spit to Cabin Point in East Sooke Park. If the conditions permit we'll launch on the outside part of the spit, otherwise we'll launch on the Sooke Basin side. We will noodle along the very scenic coastline of East Sooke Park. Lunch will be at Cabin Point. After lunch we'll paddle back, often taking a bit more a direct route.

Be aware that parking at Whiffin Spit is limited; you may need to drop off your boat and park further up the road if the lot is full.

Route plan B

If the weather is too rough for Cabin Point, we'll launch on protected side of the spit and take a tour of the Sooke basin, including a very scenic paddle up the Sooke River.