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Brentwood Bay Ferry Wharf to Langford kayak launch

A long paddle up Finlayson Arm and around Sawluctus Island

When Saturday, October 30, 2021 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Location Brentwood Bay Ferry Wharf
3 of 12 open Free
Destination Langford kayak launch
Trip style Day
Experience Level 1
Distance 14 nm
Route plan A

10:00 start time. We will depart from Brentwood Bay near the ferry and travel past Willis Point, crossing over towards Bamberton. Then we’ll noodle along Finlayson Arm past Spectacle Falls and have a late the waterfront property acquired in 2019 by Langford. The return trip will have the option of going around Sawluctus Island and following the south shoreline past MacKenzie Bight.

Route plan B

Should the wind forecast change we will adjust accordingly to stay along the south-east shore or go north-east towards Patricia Bay.

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.

Brentwood Bay Ferry Wharf tide/current reference

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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.

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Brentwood Bay Ferry Wharf to Langford kayak launch

Saturday, October 30, 2021 · 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM

Launch
Brentwood Bay Ferry WharfVerdier Avenue, British Columbia
Destination
Langford kayak launch
Distance
14 nm
Leader
Tim Frick

Route plan A

10:00 start time. We will depart from Brentwood Bay near the ferry and travel past Willis Point, crossing over towards Bamberton. Then we’ll noodle along Finlayson Arm past Spectacle Falls and have a late the waterfront property acquired in 2019 by Langford. The return trip will have the option of going around Sawluctus Island and following the south shoreline past MacKenzie Bight.

Route plan B

Should the wind forecast change we will adjust accordingly to stay along the south-east shore or go north-east towards Patricia Bay.