Welcome!

Pacifica Paddlesports (formerly Vancouver Island Canoe + Kayak) provides novice and experienced paddlers alike with the gear, advice, and training to get you safely and confidently on the water. Whether you prefer canoeing on a lake or surf kayaking off China Beach, we can assist you with equipment rentals and sales, lessons, guided tours, wetsuits, safety gear, charts, roof racks, and more.

Visit our downtown Victoria store and showroom and explore our excellent selection. Our experienced and friendly staff can help you book a class, get you fitted for a boat or wetsuit, suggest a guidebook, or just share our enthusiasm for west coast paddlesports.

News:

August 10

Kayak for a Cure

Kayak for a Cure™ Canada is a non-profit, volunteer based organization based in Vancouver, B.C, Canada dedicated to creating a future without cancer and making a positive impact on the lives of those living with cancer. Through the annual Kayak for a Cure™ paddle, special events, corporate sponsorship and donations, the organization works to raise money for cancer research and prevention.

 Senga Simpson is new employee at Pacifica Paddlesports and has recently taken to ocean kayaking as her new outdoor activity. She quickly fell in love with kayaking and would like to use her new found paddling skills to help a very worthy cause. Senga has registered to participate in the upcoming "Kayak for a Cure" sponsored by the Canadian Cancer Society and is looking for pledges as she takes on the 8 hour paddling challenge. To sponsor Senga, go to www.kayakforacure.ca and input Senga Simpson in the "sponsor a participant" section. Senga would like to thank in advance all those that take the time to sponsor her in this event.

 

 GET FIT, GET FAST, HAVE FUN!!

Getting ready to race or looking to increase your speed and stamina on the water? Come join us for our "Early Morning Power Sessions" Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday mornings, we set out from our Johnson Street dock at 7:00 a.m  and will be finished by 8:30. Cost is $30. We supply the boat and gear and give indivdual instruction. Please call for more information and to register in advance.

 

Pacifica owner and founder Peter Harris was featured in an interview for the Smart Tutor Referrals May Newletter. He spoke about self-sufficiency and wellness. You can read the interview here.

 

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