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| ===== Conditions ===== | ===== Conditions ===== | ||
| - | * Be prepared for cold water - usually sub 50 deg. F / 10 deg C year round | + | <WRAP indent> |
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| + | If you are traveling a ways to get to this area, you may not have the luxury of being able to go whenever you know the conditions are best. But locals tells us that good conditions often are sustained for a week or more, so if you can arrange for a visit with a week's advance notice (or less) or so you should be able to look at long range forecasts and see when it looks like sustained favorable conditions are likely coming that will merit you traveling and spending a number of days downwinding here. | ||
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| + | **//There is also more specific weather information below in the paddle run descriptions// ** | ||
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| + | * **Be prepared for cold water **- usually sub 50 deg. F / 10 deg C year round | ||
| + | * [[:victoria_bc_clothing|Local Paddler's Recommended On Water Kit]] | ||
| * [[https://windisgood.com/latest.html|BigWaveDave]] wind, waves, etc. | * [[https://windisgood.com/latest.html|BigWaveDave]] wind, waves, etc. | ||
| - | * [[https://weatherspark.com/y/466/Average-Weather-in-Victoria-Canada-Year-Round#Sections-Wind|Annual Wind Patterns]] | + | * **Sooke/Gordon's Beach** |
| + | * **** [[https://www.windfinder.com/windstatistics/gordons-beach_sooke|Season Averages]] | ||
| + | * **Victoria** | ||
| + | * [[https://weatherspark.com/y/466/Average-Weather-in-Victoria-Canada-Year-Round#Sections-Wind|Annual Wind Patterns]] | ||
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| - | ==== Near Victoria ==== | + | ==== Victoria ==== |
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| * **Wind** | * **Wind** | ||
| * [[https://windisgood.com/forecast.html#model1|BigWaveDave]] Look at Dallas Road | * [[https://windisgood.com/forecast.html#model1|BigWaveDave]] Look at Dallas Road | ||
| - | * **Webcam ** [[https://windisgood.com/ross-bay-webcam-live.html|Ross Bay]] sponsored by local Ocean Rodeo shop | + | * **Webcams** |
| - | * … | + | * [[https://windisgood.com/ross-bay-webcam-live.html|Ross Bay]] panning & zooming cam view of most of the bay (sponsored by local Ocean Rodeo shop) |
| + | * [[https://windisgood.com/dallas-road.html|Ross Bay]] Big Dave webcam view from shore | ||
| + | * **More from Greg Miller:** | ||
| + | * "**Victoria's Ross Bay** is a **hotspot for wind sports**, and particularly the rapidly growing sport of wing foiling. It is an **ideal spot for Surf ski** paddling in waves. There are just a few of us that have found this sport here in Vic and there should be many more! | ||
| + | * Some **things to note** about surf ski paddling and Ross Bay in particular: | ||
| + | * Paddling here is very different from the flat water conditions that most paddle in. | ||
| + | * A surfski will surf in all sorts of conditions, even when there isn't enough wind for wings / kites etc. Waves that look unremarkable from the shore can be super fun and satisfying to work with. (//Ed. Note - It is very common to misjudge wave quality and size just a short distance from shore when viewing from shore)// | ||
| + | * **Ross Bay can have really rough** and challenging **conditions** off of Clover point, but the waves in the bay are often great particularly near the east corner (downwind end in a westerly). You can **stay close in to shore to start and work up as you progress**. | ||
| + | * **Paddling** back **up wind along the shore avoids the bigger ****waves ****and**** wind** further out. | ||
| + | * In this [[https://youtu.be/wwEeRPiUCso|wingfoiling video]] you can see the great conditions - nice waves on the outside, smaller waves in the middle, and relatively flat along the shore. Great for learning and advancing. | ||
| + | * **Surf ski paddling is a great cardio workout, excellent for building core strength, and has an endless learning curve of working with waves and mastering the paddle stroke. And,,, the beginner boats now being produced are remarkably stable and have lowered the barriers for beginners.** We are very lucky in Victoria to have Ocean River Sports at Oak Bay Marina step up and bring in beginner Surf Skis for rent. IMO an essential step to building up this amazing and largely unknown sport." | ||
| + | * … | ||
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| - | [[{{:locales:canada:victoria:rossbay.png?nolink&400x224}}]] | + | {{:locales:canada:victoria:rossbay.png?direct&400x224}} |
| **Ross Bay Laps** | **Ross Bay Laps** | ||
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| - | </WRAP> | + | **2 Short Ross Bay Laps Videos**<WRAP col2> |
| - | <WRAP indent><WRAP indent> | + | {{youtube>k8I2jnIpens?medium}} |
| - | More from Greg Miller: | + | <font inherit/inherit;;#ffffff;;inherit>.</font> |
| - | "**Victoria's Ross Bay** is a **hotspot for wind sports**, and particularly the rapidly growing sport of wing foiling. It is an **ideal spot for Surf ski** paddling in waves. There are just a few of us that have found this sport here in Vic and there should be many more! | + | {{youtube>u9kGZACgOKk?medium}} |
| - | Some things to note about surf ski paddling and Ross Bay in particular: | + | </WRAP> |
| - | - A surfski will surf in all sorts of conditions, even when there isn't enough wind for wings / kites etc. Waves that look unremarkable from the shore can be super fun and satisfying to work with. (//Ed. Note - It is very common to misjudge wave quality and size just a short distance from shore when viewing from shore//) | + | </WRAP> |
| - | - **Ross Bay can have really rough** and challenging **conditions** off of Clover point, but the waves in the bay are often great particularly near the east corner (downwind end in a westerly). You can **stay close in to shore to start and work up as you progress**. | + | |
| - | - **Paddling** back **up wind along the shore avoids the bigger ****waves ****and**** wind** further out. | + | |
| - | In this [[https://youtu.be/wwEeRPiUCso|wingfoiling video]] you can see the great conditions - nice waves on the outside, smaller waves in the middle, and relatively flat along the shore. Great for learning and advancing. | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | … \\ Note: Paddling here is very different from the flat water conditions that most paddle in. | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | \\ **Surf ski paddling is a great cardio workout, excellent for building core strength, and has an endless learning curve of working with waves and mastering the paddle stroke. And,,, the beginner boats now being produced are remarkably stable and have lowered the barriers for beginners.** We are very lucky in Victoria to have Ocean River Sports at Oak Bay Marina step up and bring in beginner Surf Skis for rent. IMO an essential step to building up this amazing and largely unknown sport." | + | |
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| - | </WRAP></WRAP> | + | |
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| - | ==== Weir Beach - Victoria Harbour ==== | + | <WRAP indent> |
| - | * **Metchosin's ****Weir Beach Park to** | + | * **Weir Beach - Victoria Harbour** |
| - | * **Victoria Harbour (Saxe Point Park? or Macaulay Point Park?)** 12 km [[https://youtu.be/bdvbaorZ7Go|video]] | + | * **Metchosin's ****Weir Beach Park to** |
| - | * **Ross Bay** 17 km | + | * **Victoria Harbour (Saxe Point Park? or Macaulay Point Park?)** 12 km [[https://youtu.be/bdvbaorZ7Go|video]] |
| - | * No ocean swell this far down the straight, but still a great run. | + | * **Ross Bay** 17 km |
| - | * **Conditions:** | + | * No ocean swell this far down the straight, but still a great run. |
| - | * [[https://windisgood.com/forecast.html#model1|BigWaveDave]] Dallas Road is the spot. | + | * **Conditions:** |
| - | * [[https://windisgood.com/vicharbour.html?site=40|BigWaveDave]] Victoria Harbour | + | * [[https://windisgood.com/forecast.html#model1|BigWaveDave]] Dallas Road is the spot. |
| + | * [[https://windisgood.com/vicharbour.html?site=40|BigWaveDave]] Victoria Harbour | ||
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| - | ==== Sooke ==== | + | </WRAP> |
| - | <WRAP indent> | + | ==== Sooke (Whiffin Spit) ==== |
| - | === Various starts to Sooke (Whiffin Spit) === | + | <WRAP indent> |
| - | * **Greg Miller: "**We have many good days / evenings when the onshore westerly push builds down Juan de Fuca Strait. Our favourite run is the Sheringham run, from near French Beach park / Sheringham Lighthouse to Whiffin spit in Sooke. This run often has ocean swell and wind waves**"** | + | Greg Miller: **"**We have many good days / evenings when the onshore westerly push builds down Juan de Fuca Strait. Our favourite run is the Sheringham run, from near French Beach park / Sheringham Lighthouse to Whiffin spit in Sooke. This run often has ocean swell and wind waves**"** |
| - | * **Wind** [[https://windisgood.com/model-1.html|BigWaveDave]] Look at Gordon's Beach | + | |
| * **Sheringham Runs** | * **Sheringham Runs** | ||
| * Whiffin Spit guards the large Sooke Harbour and provides a convenient takeout at a small park/parking lot. Don't turn into shore until you are a bit past the parking lot or you may have to negotiate more bull kelp coming in than you would like. | * Whiffin Spit guards the large Sooke Harbour and provides a convenient takeout at a small park/parking lot. Don't turn into shore until you are a bit past the parking lot or you may have to negotiate more bull kelp coming in than you would like. | ||
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| - Whiffin Spit ** ~ 17 km | - Whiffin Spit ** ~ 17 km | ||
| * **Flea Beach - Whiffin Spit** ~16 km (Flea Beach is a small day use public beach) | * **Flea Beach - Whiffin Spit** ~16 km (Flea Beach is a small day use public beach) | ||
| - | === Conditions === | + | * **Conditions** |
| - | + | * **Wind** [[https://windisgood.com/model-1.html|BigWaveDave]] Look at Gordon's Beach | |
| - | <WRAP indent> | + | * [[https://windisgood.com/sheringham.html?site=30|BigWaveDave Sheringham]] |
| - | + | * … | |
| - | If you are traveling a ways to get to this area, you don't have the luxury of being able to go whenever you know the conditions are right. But locals tells us that good conditions often are sustained for a week or more, so if you can arrange for a visit with a week's advance notice (or less) or so you should be able to look at long range forecasts and see when it looks like sustained favorable conditions are likely coming that will merit you traveling and spending a number of days downwinding here. | + | |
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| - | </WRAP> | + | |
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| **Annual Wind Sheringham Point** | **Annual Wind Sheringham Point** | ||
| - | **[[{{:locales:canada:victoria:sheringhamwind.jpg?nolink&400x255|sheringhamwind.jpg}}]]** | + | {{:locales:canada:victoria:sheringhamwind.jpg?direct&500x319|sheringhamwind.jpg}} |
| - | **[[{{:weather:windkey.jpg?nolink&400x45|windkey.jpg}}]]** | + | {{:weather:windkey.jpg?direct&493x56|windkey.jpg}} |
| source: windalert.com | source: windalert.com | ||
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| </WRAP> | </WRAP> | ||
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| - | * [[https://windisgood.com/sheringham.html?site=30|BigWaveDave Sheringham]] | ||
| - | * … | ||
| </WRAP> | </WRAP> | ||
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| - | [[{{:locales:canada:victoria:sheringham_run_2.png?nolink&640x455}}]] | + | **Jordan River to Sooke** |
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| + | {{:locales:canada:victoria:jordanriver.jpg?direct&640x536|jordanriver.jpg}} | ||
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| - | [[{{:locales:canada:victoria:jordanriver.jpg?nolink&640x536|jordanriver.jpg}}]] | + | **French Beach to Sooke** |
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| + | {{:locales:canada:victoria:sheringham_run_2.png?direct&640x455}} | ||
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| - | [[{{:locales:canada:victoria:frenchbeach24.jpg?nolink&700x463|frenchbeach24.jpg}}]] | + | {{:locales:canada:victoria:frenchbeach24.jpg?direct&640x424|frenchbeach24.jpg}} |
| French Beach Provincial Park photo Handsome Dan's Port Renfrew | French Beach Provincial Park photo Handsome Dan's Port Renfrew | ||
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| ===== Safety ===== | ===== Safety ===== | ||
| - | * [[:surfski.wiki:doku.php?id=victoria_bc_clothing|Recommended Paddle Wear]] | + | * [[:victoria_bc_clothing|Recommended Paddle Wear]] |
| ===== Tidal Races ===== | ===== Tidal Races ===== | ||
| - | [[:about_safety|About Safety]] | + | <WRAP indent> |
| - | * **Baynes Channel** Victoria, BC [[https://westcoastpaddler.com|WestCoastPaddler.com]] for info (sea kayak oriented), | + | [[:tidalrace:tidal_races#safety_-_learning_tidal_races|About Safety]] |
| - | * [[https://youtu.be/aeOjtTKzWJI|sea kayak video]] (no sound?), [[https://youtu.be/3gEDSG6PcbA|another sea kayak video]] | + | |
| - | * **Conditions** | + | </WRAP> |
| - | * nearby [[https://tempestwx.com/station/26101/|Tempest Weather Sta]]. | + | |
| - | * Lookup Discovery Island Tides on [[https://windisgood.com/|Big Wave Dave]] | + | * **Baynes Channel** Victoria, BC [[https://westcoastpaddler.com|WestCoastPaddler.com]] for info (sea kayak oriented) - search for Baynes to find various related discussions, |
| - | * … | + | * [[:tidalrace:baynes_channel_videos|Baynes Channel Videos]] |
| + | * **Conditions** | ||
| + | * nearby [[https://tempestwx.com/station/26101/|Tempest Weather Sta]]. | ||
| + | * Lookup Discovery Island Tides on [[https://windisgood.com/|Big Wave Dave]] | ||
| + | * **Enterprise Channel** | ||
| + | * We've heard the waves can get very big here, but if you have a problem you will be going out to sea. We don't have any first person reports of anyone paddling here | ||
| + | * **Telegraph Cove** | ||
| + | * **** Waves can really stack up with an SE against a big ebb | ||
| + | * … | ||
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| Photo: East Victoria Paddling Map from Colin @infiNorth - click for higher resolution version to zoom in on | Photo: East Victoria Paddling Map from Colin @infiNorth - click for higher resolution version to zoom in on | ||
| - | [[{{ :locales:canada:victoria:eastvictoriapaddling.png?nolink&400x394 }}]] | + | {{:locales:canada:victoria:eastvictoriapaddling.png?direct&640x882}} |
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| ===== Dealers/Shops ===== | ===== Dealers/Shops ===== | ||
| + | * [[https://www.coastlinesurf.com/|Coastline Surf]] wetsuits 1417 Broad St. Victoria BC Canada V8W 2B2, 250-382-2123, [[sales@coastlinesurf.com|sales@coastlinesurf.com]] | ||
| * **Ocean Rodeo Canada HQ** 41 Cadillac Ave, Victoria, BC, Canada, Saanich, British Columbia V8Z 1T3 Canada, Kiteboarding Retailer, 888-544-4969, [[http://oceanrodeo.com/|oceanrodeo.com]] | * **Ocean Rodeo Canada HQ** 41 Cadillac Ave, Victoria, BC, Canada, Saanich, British Columbia V8Z 1T3 Canada, Kiteboarding Retailer, 888-544-4969, [[http://oceanrodeo.com/|oceanrodeo.com]] | ||
| * [[https://oceanriver.com/|Ocean River Sports]] hrs: M-Su 10am-5pm, 1327 Beach Drive, Victoria, BC. 250-381-4233, retail@oceanriver.com, as of summer 2023 surfskis - Nelos?, now for sale | * [[https://oceanriver.com/|Ocean River Sports]] hrs: M-Su 10am-5pm, 1327 Beach Drive, Victoria, BC. 250-381-4233, retail@oceanriver.com, as of summer 2023 surfskis - Nelos?, now for sale | ||
| + | * [[https://southislandsup.com/store/|SouthIslandSUP]] not surfskis but water clothing and accessories. They also guide tours and surfing (pick up some beta?) | ||
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| * [[https://oceanriver.com/|Ocean River Sports]] hrs: M-Su 10am-5pm, 1327 Beach Drive, Victoria, BC. 250-381-4233, retail@oceanriver.com added some Nelo 510 plastic beginner skis in 2023 for rentals | * [[https://oceanriver.com/|Ocean River Sports]] hrs: M-Su 10am-5pm, 1327 Beach Drive, Victoria, BC. 250-381-4233, retail@oceanriver.com added some Nelo 510 plastic beginner skis in 2023 for rentals | ||
| + | * … | ||
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| + | ===== Resources ===== | ||
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| + | * **SouthIslandSUP Blog** | ||
| + | * [[https://southislandsup.com/environmental-stewardship-for-paddlers-series-habitat-protection/|Habitat Protection]] | ||
| + | * [[https://southislandsup.com/environmental-stewardship-for-paddlers-series-protected-areas/|Protected Areas]] | ||
| + | * [[https://southislandsup.com/environmental-stewardship-for-paddlers-series-wildlife-interaction/|Wildlife Interaction]] | ||
| * … | * … | ||
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