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Simple Boating Resources

Here’s some links to some great boating resources.

News

  • Sidney Spit Closure – Nov. 1, 2021 to Feb. 28, 2022

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

  • Acceptance of Electronic Visual Distress Signals in lieu of Pyrotechnic Distress Signals (smoke signal or flare) on pleasure craft.
  • 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.
  • Nauticapedia for marine history of BC.
  • Farmers Markets around Powell River BC.
  • Warning on Prince William Sound in Alaska
  • Salt Spring Farm Stands 2020

Education

  • How You Can Stay Safe In Bear Country
  • Parks BC – You are in Bear Country
  • Grizzly Population in BC
  • BearSmart
  • Grizzly Bear Encounters
  • A Guide to Weeds in BC.
  • Kelp – Sailors for the Sea – Kids environmental lesson plans

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