Outside Passage - Summer 2006

This is an information page for my solo paddle of the Outside Passage Route on Canada's Pacific Coast. I plan to start at Prince Rupert on June 20 and end at Port Hardy a few weeks later. Weather and sea conditions will dictate the schedule. I intend to check in regularly by satellite phone. Progress updates may be posted, but the main purpose of this page is simply to collect together the various links Kirti needs in order to send me weather and swell forecasts via a simple SMS protocol. Proper trip reports and photos will not appear until I return.

Longterm Forecasts

Surface Pressure
Pacific Swell
Prince Rupert Weather
Port Hardy Weather
Marine Forecasts

Marine Weather Overview
Hecate Strait
Queen Charlotte Sound
Central Coast
Buoy Observations

North Coast Buoys Overview
North Hecate Strait Buoy
South Hecate Strait Buoy
West Sea Otter Buoy


Overview Charts of the Route

Click on the thumbnail images to see a higher resolution chart.


Section 1: Porcher Island

Section 2: Banks Island

Section 3: Aristazabel Island

Section 4: Hunter Island

Section 5: Cape Caution

Section 6: Vancouver Island

Contact: walpole at cs dot pdx dot edu

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