help_outline Skip to main content
Add Me To Your Mailing List
  Washington Kayak Club
Fun and safe kayaking through trips, education, skill development, and conservation

Sea Kayaking Trips

Orcas Island Doe Bay to North Beach
Scott McBride
Greetings ~ I *hope* to paddle Doe Bay to North Beach (~ 10.75 miles) around Orcas Island on 15 Feb. By my calculations the current should be amenable to this at 8 AM that day. Everything is dependent on the weather though. I don't have a Plan B for bad weather.

Is anyone interested in joining me?

LightFoot
David Ortland
Hi Scott,
Sounds like a great plan. Alas I will not be able to join you. My
sources indicate there is very little current most of that day, so all
should go according to plan, weather permitting. However my experience
along that stretch of Orcas is that the current along shore is often in
the opposite direction to what it is out in mid channel. At least, on a
big flood. What I expected to be a good current ride turned out to
actually be a bit of a slog, but a pleasant and quite scenic one.
Dave

On 1/30/2015 8:21 AM, Sea Kayak Trips wrote:
>
>
>
> Greetings ~ I *hope* to paddle Doe Bay to North Beach (~ 10.75 miles) around Orcas Island on 15 Feb. By my calculations the current should be amenable to this at 8 AM that day. Everything is dependent on the weather though. I don't have a Plan B for bad weather.
>
> Is anyone interested in joining me?
>
> LightFoot
>
>
>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<<
> You have received this message as a member of: Washington Kayak Club
> Change preferences (including opt-out): https://WAKayakClub.clubexpress.com/content.aspx?page_id=13&club_id=821680
>
>
Scott McBride
Thank you for your input Dave. What resource do you use for current predictions in the Sound?
David Ortland
I use deepzoom.com for instant gratification.

On 1/30/2015 3:59 PM, Sea Kayak Trips wrote:
>
>
>
> Thank you for your input Dave. What resource do you use for current predictions in the Sound?
>
>
>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<<
> You have received this message as a member of: Washington Kayak Club
> Change preferences (including opt-out): https://WAKayakClub.clubexpress.com/content.aspx?page_id=13&club_id=821680
>
>
Eleanor Ortland
I use deepzoom.com Instant gratification.

On 1/30/2015 3:59 PM, Sea Kayak Trips wrote:
>
>
>
> Thank you for your input Dave. What resource do you use for current predictions in the Sound?
>
>
>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<<
> You have received this message as a member of: Washington Kayak Club
> Change preferences (including opt-out): https://WAKayakClub.clubexpress.com/content.aspx?page_id=13&club_id=821680
>
>
Return to Forum

WKC Calendar

  
Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events