RE: [Paddlewise] B.C. coastal weather forecasts

I've paddled in the Bella Bella area a couple of times, and also kayaked from Port Hardy over to the Cape Caution area. You can receive weather forecasts fine (the weather channels, unlike the VHF channels, seem to be the same in Canada as the US - I don't need to flick my VHF from Canadian mode to US mode to hear US forecasts when I'm in the Gulf Islands) If you're inshore or on shore, as kayakers often are, you may hit a local radio shadow and need to walk out on a headland or paddle out to sea a few hundred feet. 

Philip  

DMon707_at_aol.com wrote:

>I'm going to be paddling down the outside from Bella Bella to Port Hardy in 
>June. It's has been years since I paddled in Canada, but I recall Canada has 
>VHF weather channels similar to the U.S.
>
>Will a VHF radio get me weather forecasts on this part of the coast? I also 
>have a "mini-world" short wave radio that's useful in Baja (by extrapolation 
>from the weather forecasts in San Diego), but if I know I can rely on VHF 
>forecasts, I won't bother taking it.
>
>I know the Bella Bella/ Calvert Island area is pretty remote. Paddling in 
>Prince William Sound some years back, I couldn't receive any forecast by VHF, but 
>had a cheap weather radio that worked fine.
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