BC Rowing

Submitted by admin on Sat, 04/07/2012 - 8:59pm

Southern Vancouver Island

Weather, Tides and Currents Information:
- Tides and Currents - Fisheries and Oceans tides, currents & water levels
- Pacific Marine Weather from Environment Canada
- Big Wave Dave - weather info site for the local area
- Ten Mile Point Weather Station - weather station with detailed records on 10 mile Pt.
- Xtide on line predictions - predictions for 100s of BC tide and current locations
- Current animations for Strait of Juan de Fuca
Safety:
- Transport Canada's regulations for "human-powered pleasure craft" - includes rowing shells
  - An annotated PDF version is available here
- Transport Canada Sea Kayaking Safety Guide - general principles that could apply to rowing shells also
- WorkSafe BC - Marine Reference Card - useful navigation info (pdf)
- Victoria Harbour Traffic Scheme - flow pattern within Victoria's Inner, Middle & Outer Harbour
Miscellaneous links:
- Kayak launch sites - A list of kayak launch sites in the Victoria area which may be useful for launching rowing shells
- BC Marine Trails Network - the web site for the BC marine trails system
- South Island Sea Kayaking Association - Lots of local information, links and possible routes
- Rowing Canada Aviron Insurance information - Covers liability for members