Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

--- west_of_victoria_bc [2024/07/28 21:00]
preavley
+++ west_of_victoria_bc [2025/04/16 05:14] (current)
pstureavley
@@ Line 19: / Line 19: @@
 ===== Conditions =====
-  * Be prepared for cold water - usually sub 50 deg. F / 10 deg C year round
+<WRAP indent>
+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.
+**//There is also more specific weather information below in the paddle run descriptions// **
+   * **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://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]]
   * …
+</WRAP>
 ----
@@ Line 39: / Line 51: @@
         * **Wind**
           * [[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!
@@ Line 60: / Line 74: @@
 ----
+**2 Short Ross Bay Laps Videos**<WRAP col2>
+{{youtube>k8I2jnIpens?medium}}
+<font inherit/inherit;;#ffffff;;inherit>.</font>
+{{youtube>u9kGZACgOKk?medium}}
+</WRAP>
 </WRAP>
@@ Line 67: / Line 91: @@
 <WRAP indent>
-**Weir Beach - Victoria Harbour**
+  * **Weir Beach - Victoria Harbour**
+      * **Metchosin's ****Weir Beach Park to**
-  * **Metchosin's ****Weir Beach Park to**
+        * **Victoria Harbour (Saxe Point Park? or Macaulay Point Park?)**  12 km [[https://youtu.be/bdvbaorZ7Go|video]]
-      * **Victoria Harbour (Saxe Point Park? or Macaulay Point Park?)**  12 km [[https://youtu.be/bdvbaorZ7Go|video]]
+        * **Ross Bay**  17 km
-      * **Ross Bay**  17 km
+      * No ocean swell this far down the straight, but still a great run.
-  * No ocean swell this far down the straight, but still a great run.
+      * **Conditions:**
-  * **Conditions:**
+        * [[https://windisgood.com/forecast.html#model1|BigWaveDave]] Dallas Road is the spot.
-      * [[https://windisgood.com/forecast.html#model1|BigWaveDave]] Dallas Road is the spot.
+        * [[https://windisgood.com/vicharbour.html?site=40|BigWaveDave]] Victoria Harbour
-      * [[https://windisgood.com/vicharbour.html?site=40|BigWaveDave]] Victoria Harbour
   * …
@@ Line 84: / Line 107: @@
 </WRAP>
-==== Sooke ====
+==== Sooke (Whiffin Spit) ====
 <WRAP indent>
-=== Various starts to Sooke (Whiffin Spit) ===
+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**
       * 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.
@@ Line 98: / Line 118: @@
  - Whiffin Spit **  ~ 17 km
       * **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.
-</WRAP>
 <WRAP centeralign>
@@ Line 112: / Line 129: @@
 **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
@@ Line 121: / Line 138: @@
 </WRAP>
-  * [[https://windisgood.com/sheringham.html?site=30|BigWaveDave Sheringham]]
-  * …
 </WRAP>
-----
+<WRAP centeralign>
-<WRAP centeralign>
+**Jordan River to Sooke**
-[[{{:locales:canada:victoria:sheringham_run_2.png?nolink&640x455}}]]
+{{:locales:canada:victoria:jordanriver.jpg?direct&640x536|jordanriver.jpg}}
 ----
-[[{{:locales:canada:victoria:jordanriver.jpg?nolink&640x536|jordanriver.jpg}}]]
+**French Beach to Sooke**
+{{:locales:canada:victoria:sheringham_run_2.png?direct&640x455}}
 ----
-[[{{: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
@@ Line 153: / Line 169: @@
 ===== 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
+  * …
 <WRAP centeralign>
@@ Line 176: / Line 200: @@
 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}}
 ----
@@ Line 192: / Line 216: @@
 ===== 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]]
   * [[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?)
   * …
@@ Line 201: / Line 227: @@
   * [[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
+  * …
+----
+===== Resources =====
+  * **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]]
   * …

Surfski Knowledge Base

User Tools

Site Tools

Differences

Page Tools