Vancouver Island is a BCMT region (one of six). It is comprised of several paddling areas including the Gulf Islands.
If you spend enough time exploring British Columbia’s outer coast, you’ll eventually hear a reverent hush when someone mentions Cow Bay on the wild west coast of Flores Island. Located…
On July 6, 2025, Clara Hudacin and I pushed off a quiet Salt Spring Island beach and took the first of over one million paddle strokes that would take us around Vancouver Island. It was a sunny, calm afternoon. Fifty-eight days later, after paddling 730 nautical miles (1,350 km), our bows scraped up onto that same beach to complete a trip that I had been dreaming of for more than four years.
If you’ve spent any time paddling in coastal waters, you know how peaceful, and sometimes how unpredictable, the ocean can be. For small boaters, especially kayakers, one of the biggest…
The Chatham and Discovery Islands, located just a kilometre across Baynes Channel from Oak Bay and even closer to Saanich’s Ten Mile Point, are a magical and cherished destination for kayakers. The islands are among the last remaining parts of the Songhees' homeland that remain largely unchanged since the early 1800s.
My 60th birthday was already in the rear-view mirror, and 61 was just one month away. As a thalossophile, I was ready to embark on a dream of solo SUPing…
One of my favorite days of paddling was defined by one single hour out of a difficult 12 ½-hour day.We needed just two decent days to get back to Port…
"Between ocean and land exists a remarkable place unlike any other in the world: the intertidal zone."
This turned out to be the kayak trip from hell. Inviting Covid along for the paddle—not a great idea!There were eight of us originally. One dropped out a couple of…
To the best of our knowledge, no one has come up with a proper rating system for BC’s sea kayaking beaches. Here is our attempt.