As mentioned in the previous post, there are at least four public beach access points along Ardmore Drive in North Saanich, BC. The one that Google Maps now labels as Braemar Beach Access #80, at the west end of Braemar Avenue, might be the most popular one for cold-water swimming. Locally, it seems to be… Continue reading 186 Braemar
Tag: Saanich Inlet
Saanich Inlet
185 Ardmore
Ardmore is the name of a neighbourhood in North Saanich, most widely known for Coles Bay Regional Park and the Ardmore Golf Course. Ardmore Drive, on the west side of the neighbourhood, has at least four public beach access points. One of these, which Google Maps now labels as Yarrow Beach Access #83, is the… Continue reading 185 Ardmore
176 Henderson Point
As an experiment, this post about today’s snorkelling session in Saanich Inlet is mostly a copy-and-paste of the Evernote note that I am currently using as a logbook. Doing it this way saved a lot of typing but I don’t like how much space this WordPress theme puts between list items. This first video shows… Continue reading 176 Henderson Point
173 Snorkelling at Moses Point
Moses Point is one of my favourite snorkelling sites because it is the closest good one to my home in North Saanich, BC. The last time I was there I encountered a current that required considerable effort to swim against, even though it should have been less than 1/4 knot. Yesterday I timed my visit… Continue reading 173 Snorkelling at Moses Point
171 An Off Day at Ardmore
When I started snorkelling in the Salish Sea, one of my favourite spots was one not too far from my home. I originally referred to it as Yarrow Point, after the nearest prominent feature labelled on marine charts. Then a friend pointed out that there is also a small town named Yarrow Point near Bellevue,… Continue reading 171 An Off Day at Ardmore