Tides and Currents

Vancouver Island Education is pleased to offer this online course which is open to all BCA members and non-members.  Spend two mornings online with instructor-extraordinaire, Kevin Monahan, learning just how much you don’t know about tides and currents! This seminar is must-do prep for your summer cruising so you can confidently tackle the tides and currents of our coastal waters.

Through this course you will realize that there is a lot more to learn about tides and currents than just reading the basic information on your tide table book or smart phone.  You will find out the most reliable sources of information and why they are the best. Learn about tide and current effects from the North Coast to the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

Topics include:

• Forces that raise tides
• Tide prediction and current prediction
• The nature of tidal currents; why and how they form and how they affect the boater
• Wind, waves, currents and their interactions
• Local tides and current effects

Course Format

Each two hour presentation will be followed by ½ hour of questions. There is no need to subscribe to Zoom, just register for Tides and Currents and we’ll send a link to you a couple of days before the course.

About the Instructor

Kevin Monahan is a retired Canadian Coast Guard officer with more than 20 years experience navigating the British Columbia coast as a patrol vessel captain.  He has also worked on fishing boats, ferries and coastal transports.  Kevin was Superintendent of the Canadian Coast Guard’s office of Boating Safety (Pacific Region) from 2001 to 2005 before joining Transport Canada Marine Safety National Headquarters. After leaving the public service in 2012, Kevin split his time between publishing (Ports and Passes, The Radar Book,  etc.) and teaching nautical subjects to commercial and recreational mariners. In 2022 he retired from publishing but continues to teach nautical subjects and is working on a second edition of his popular Local Knowledge.

In 2013 he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal.

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