Boating Resources

Here’s some links to some great boating resources.

Weather and Tides

• Big Wave Dave
• Marine Forecast Environment Canada
• Earth Windmap
• Windyty
• Deep Zoom Animated Currents

US and Canadian Customs

• Documentation – Noonsite
• ROAM – report offsite arrival – mobile app
• Pleasure Boats Entering the US
• What you can and can’t bring when entering the US
• Foreign Recreational Boaters Entering Canada

General Info

• Downloadable sailing directions for Canadian waters by Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
• Free Boaters Shuttle on Salt Spring Island. Upper Ganges Shopping Centre offers a free boater’s shuttle service to and from the marina’s to their shopping mall. Service is available daily from 10am to 6pm, call (250) 538-2398 to arrange a pick up for your shopping trip.
• The Bear Smart Guide to playing in Bear and Cougar Country.
• Nauticapedia for marine history of BC.
• A Guide to Weeds in BC.
• Farmers Markets around Powell River BC.
• Warning on Prince William Sound in Alaska