Sooke Fishing Weather

General Weather:

• Weather Network: Sooke
• Sooke Harbour webcam: courtesy of Salty Towers Oceanfront Resort
• Pacific Satellite Map (animation)

Wind Conditions:

• Bigwavedave.ca:
  • Latest wind observations: Race Rocks to the east, Sheringham to the west, Gordons Beach in between
  • Wind Forecast: Gordon's Beach is just west of Otter Point
  • Webcams: Gordon's Beach cam #1 (live feed) , cam #2 (animation with wind observation)
• US National Weather Service: Washington Marine Forecast. Look for "Central US Waters Strait of Juan de Fuca"
• Environment Canada: Juan de Fuca Strait, Juan de Fuca East Entrance (Victoria)
• Stormsurfing.com Wind Forecast Model (MM5)

• Buoys:
  • La Perouse (north of Port Renfrew)
  • Neah Bay (across Juan de Fuca at Cape Flattery)
• Wave forecast model: BE AWARE, can show big weather on the way
• Magic seaweed: wave and wind forecast for Southern Vancouver Island

• Sooke Tide (site #2, unofficial)
• Becher Bay: to the east of Sooke, around the corner from Beechey Head
• Point-No-Point Tide: to the west of Sooke, just past Sheringham Point
• Currents:
  • Juan de Fuca West Entrance
  • Juan de Fuca East Entrance
  • Race Rocks (site #2)
• Animated Current Model:
  • East Sooke and Victoria
  • Western Juan de Fuca Strait to Jordan River
• Current program, download on your computer: Tideview
• Tide tips: salmon fishing best on one hour on either side of slack tide (feeding time!)

Surfing forecast sites:

• Magic seaweed: wave and wind forecast for Southern Vancouver Island
• Winds, waves, weather, and tides (Jordan River), all on one page, all on one page, and nearby ship observations (wind forecasts not that great)

Sooke Satellite Map and Marine Chart

Sooke Fishing Adventures
info@fishingsooke.ca
Phone: 1-250-642-2587