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Spirit Bay to Aylard Farm

Note that SISKA has no permission to land on Beecher Bay First Nation land.

When Saturday, April 4, 2026 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Location Spirit Bay
Directions
1 of 8 open Free
Destination Aylard Farm
Trip style Day
Distance 6.5 nm
Route plan A

Launch from Spirit Bay, Heading around the small islet and rocks up to Movie Set Beach, which was supposed to be our lunch stop. Due to it being on First Nations land, permission has now been denied to land, and we will cross over to Alyard Beach for lunch. It is a 6.5 Kt distance. Becher Bay is well protected, mostly undeveloped and particularly scenic, just a lovely place to paddle! Most of the land belongs to the Scianew First Nation which built the colourful homes at Spirit Bay, upgraded their popular Marina and docks, and operate several Spill Response vessels for JDF Strait.

There is a launch and parking fee of $10 per kayak, and washrooms are available.

Winds permitting, we will follow a clockwise route around Becher Bay, and make two short crossings to islands and islets in the Bay.

Route plan B

If winds are up, we can probably still do the leeward side of the bay, and just come back the same way, which has most of the interesting bits to it,

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 8, 2026 9:15 AM · siska.ca/activities/1622

Spirit Bay to Aylard Farm

Saturday, April 4, 2026 · 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM

Launch
Spirit Bay4901B East Sooke Road, Sooke
Destination
Aylard Farm
Distance
6.5 nm
Leader
Rod Stiebel

Route plan A

Launch from Spirit Bay, Heading around the small islet and rocks up to Movie Set Beach, which was supposed to be our lunch stop. Due to it being on First Nations land, permission has now been denied to land, and we will cross over to Alyard Beach for lunch. It is a 6.5 Kt distance. Becher Bay is well protected, mostly undeveloped and particularly scenic, just a lovely place to paddle! Most of the land belongs to the Scianew First Nation which built the colourful homes at Spirit Bay, upgraded their popular Marina and docks, and operate several Spill Response vessels for JDF Strait.

There is a launch and parking fee of $10 per kayak, and washrooms are available.

Winds permitting, we will follow a clockwise route around Becher Bay, and make two short crossings to islands and islets in the Bay.

Route plan B

If winds are up, we can probably still do the leeward side of the bay, and just come back the same way, which has most of the interesting bits to it,