Tides & Currents

Below you will find links to the following information.

• 2013 Tide and Current Tables
• Discovery Islands Weather
• Fisheries Notice Reports

Tide and current tables are helpful for planning kayak trips. If you plan to paddle through some of the area’s tidal passages, you will need to know when and how fast the currents are moving. There are momonts each day when the tide “reverses” and the current is slack. This information, along with projected direction and speed of the next tide, will help you plan safe passage.

Don’t wing it! These areas are potentially very dangerous and to stay safe you need to understand what’s happening when and where! With proper timing and appropriate skills, tidal passages can be safely negotiated by kayak.

If you are not familiar with how to read the tables, find out. Be sure you inderstand which way the tide flows and ebbs through the passage(s) you plan to traverse. Remember to adjust for Daylight Savings time – the Current times are all presented in Standard time.

Environment Canada Discovery Islands Local Weather (Campbell River area) http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/bc-19_metric_e.html

Department of Fisheries & Oceans Information:

Local Area Fishery Map of Discovery Islands Fishery Management Area 13
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/maps-cartes/areas-secteurs/13-eng.htm

Local Area Fishery openings & closures

http:www-ops2.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/xnet/content/fns/index.cfm?pg=view_notice(=en&ID=recreational&ispsp=1

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Tides & Currents

Tides & Currents

Canadian Hydrographic Service Tide and Current Tables

2013 Tide Tables for our immediate area:

2013 Current Tables for our immediate area: