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| - | [[Main Vancouver Island Page|]] | + | [[:vancouver_island|Main Vancouver Island Page]] |
| ===== Conditions ===== | ===== Conditions ===== | ||
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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. | 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 concerning those locations.// ** | + | **//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 | * **Be prepared for cold water **- usually sub 50 deg. F / 10 deg C year round | ||
| - | * [[Local Paddler's Recommended On Water Kit|]] | + | * [[: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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| * **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:** | * **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! | * "**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! | ||
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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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| **Annual Wind Sheringham Point** | **Annual Wind Sheringham Point** | ||
| - | [[{{:locales:canada:victoria:sheringhamwind.jpg?nolink&500x319|sheringhamwind.jpg}}]] | + | {{:locales:canada:victoria:sheringhamwind.jpg?direct&500x319|sheringhamwind.jpg}} |
| - | [[{{:weather:windkey.jpg?nolink&493x56|windkey.jpg}}]] | + | {{:weather:windkey.jpg?direct&493x56|windkey.jpg}} |
| source: windalert.com | source: windalert.com | ||
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| **Jordan River to Sooke** | **Jordan River to Sooke** | ||
| - | [[{{:locales:canada:victoria:jordanriver.jpg?nolink&640x536|jordanriver.jpg}}]] | + | {{:locales:canada:victoria:jordanriver.jpg?direct&640x536|jordanriver.jpg}} |
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| **French Beach to Sooke** | **French Beach to Sooke** | ||
| - | [[{{:locales:canada:victoria:sheringham_run_2.png?nolink&640x455}}]] | + | {{:locales:canada:victoria:sheringham_run_2.png?direct&640x455}} |
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| - | [[{{:locales:canada:victoria:frenchbeach24.jpg?nolink&640x424|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 ===== | ||
| - | * [[Recommended Paddle Wear|]] | + | * [[:victoria_bc_clothing|Recommended Paddle Wear]] |
| ===== Tidal Races ===== | ===== Tidal Races ===== | ||
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| - | [[About Safety|]] | + | [[:tidalrace:tidal_races#safety_-_learning_tidal_races|About Safety]] |
| </WRAP> | </WRAP> | ||
| - | * **Baynes Channel** Victoria, BC [[https://westcoastpaddler.com|WestCoastPaddler.com]] for info (sea kayak oriented), | + | * **Baynes Channel** Victoria, BC [[https://westcoastpaddler.com|WestCoastPaddler.com]] for info (sea kayak oriented) - search for Baynes to find various related discussions, |
| - | * [[https://youtu.be/aeOjtTKzWJI|sea kayak video]] (no sound?), [[https://youtu.be/3gEDSG6PcbA|another sea kayak video]] | + | * [[:tidalrace:baynes_channel_videos|Baynes Channel Videos]] |
| - | * **Conditions** | + | * **Conditions** |
| - | * nearby [[https://tempestwx.com/station/26101/|Tempest Weather Sta]]. | + | * nearby [[https://tempestwx.com/station/26101/|Tempest Weather Sta]]. |
| - | * Lookup Discovery Island Tides on [[https://windisgood.com/|Big Wave Dave]] | + | * 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&640x882}}]] | + | {{:locales:canada:victoria:eastvictoriapaddling.png?direct&640x882}} |
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| ===== Rental ===== | ===== Rental ===== | ||
| - | * [[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 |
| + | * Plenty of water sports gear, kayak & SUP oriented | ||
| + | * Added some Nelo 510 plastic beginner skis in 2023 for rentals, but as of 2026 they no longer seem to be available | ||
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