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Telegraph Cove to Chatham/Discovery Islands

When Sunday, February 28, 2021 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Location Telegraph Cove
Directions
1 of 6 open Free
Destination Chatham/Discovery Islands
Trip style Day
Experience Level 1
Distance 9.5 nm
Route plan A

This popular paddle to Chatham/Discovery Islands will start at Telegraph Cove. We will follow the shoreline towards 10 Mile Point, enjoying the coastline and watching for birds and sea lions. After grouping at the navigation light we will, if conditions allow, cross Baynes Channel over to Strongtide Island, paddle through the slough, between the two Chathams, then over to Discovery Island and paddle counter-clockwise around Discovery to lunch at Rudlin Bay. We will then paddle around the outside of Chatham, see if there is enough water to explore the 'lagoon', then cross Baynes and follow the shore line back to the launch site.

Route plan B

If westerly winds prevent the crossing over Baynes Channel, we will paddle to Ten Mile Point to take a look at conditions, then return past Telegraph Cove and up to Cormorant Point, where we will have a lunch break before returning to Telegraph Cove.

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.

Telegraph Cove 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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Telegraph Cove to Chatham/Discovery Islands

Sunday, February 28, 2021 · 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM

Launch
Telegraph Cove4040 Lockehaven Dr
Destination
Chatham/Discovery Islands
Distance
9.5 nm
Leader
Barry Copeland

Route plan A

This popular paddle to Chatham/Discovery Islands will start at Telegraph Cove. We will follow the shoreline towards 10 Mile Point, enjoying the coastline and watching for birds and sea lions. After grouping at the navigation light we will, if conditions allow, cross Baynes Channel over to Strongtide Island, paddle through the slough, between the two Chathams, then over to Discovery Island and paddle counter-clockwise around Discovery to lunch at Rudlin Bay. We will then paddle around the outside of Chatham, see if there is enough water to explore the 'lagoon', then cross Baynes and follow the shore line back to the launch site.

Route plan B

If westerly winds prevent the crossing over Baynes Channel, we will paddle to Ten Mile Point to take a look at conditions, then return past Telegraph Cove and up to Cormorant Point, where we will have a lunch break before returning to Telegraph Cove.